I think there is some evidence that lockdowns at least offered partial mitigation, but my memory is fuzzy on that. They certainly didn't stop transmission but they may have blunted the rate a bit. I also looked into the…
A lot of your observations make sense. My speculation would be: A) Japan has a more temperate climate B) Japan is an island and was pretty strict about locking down travel and forcing everyone entering the country to…
Africa: Hot climate, poor testing, data likely not accurate Australia: Island, hot climate, pretty heavy travel/quarantine restrictions New Zealand: Island, rural with very dispersed population, heavily restricted…
It's out there. It's also not hard to take raw data and divide by the population size which is publicly available for all counties and cities.
I think there is some evidence that lockdowns at least offered partial mitigation, but my memory is fuzzy on that. They certainly didn't stop transmission but they may have blunted the rate a bit. I also looked into the…
A lot of your observations make sense. My speculation would be: A) Japan has a more temperate climate B) Japan is an island and was pretty strict about locking down travel and forcing everyone entering the country to…
Africa: Hot climate, poor testing, data likely not accurate Australia: Island, hot climate, pretty heavy travel/quarantine restrictions New Zealand: Island, rural with very dispersed population, heavily restricted…
It's out there. It's also not hard to take raw data and divide by the population size which is publicly available for all counties and cities.