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Japan, Korea and Italy are Authoritarianism as well?? They are losing grip even after Chinese and WHO warned them.

almost_usual 7y ago
You can be bad at authoritarianism. Vietnam is authoritarian and has contained the virus very well. They were also the first country to stamp out SARS.
- pbourke 7y ago
  > Vietnam is authoritarian and has contained the virus very well. The jury is still very much out on that. Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia - give it 12-18 months before we make any categorical declarations about these countries.
  - almost_usual 7y ago
    The fact you are blindly grouping all these countries together tells me you don’t know much about Southeast Asia. I’ll let you continue with your assumptions.
    - pbourke 7y ago
      You are referring to the inclusion of Thailand? Major tourist destination for China, but only 35 confirmed cases. Just changed testing protocol to drop travel to China as prerequisite two days ago. We shall see, I suppose. That's all I was saying - it's very early days to say which country has handled this well or not.
      - almost_usual 7y ago
        Vietnam has closed its border to China and banned all flights weeks ago. Vietnam has already started force quarantining passengers from South Korea. Vietnam operates a ‘brutal’ militarized ring quarantine which is extremely effective. The SK residents will not be going to a militarized area but all VN exposed to them will. SK residents go to a hospital that has been sprayed and decontaminated. Compare this with the US and I’d argue I’d feel safer in Vietnam than here.
koheripbal 7y ago
The WHO has been repeating the ridiculous lines that travel restrictions don't work and that China is doing a wonderful job containing the virus.
- acoderhasnoname 7y ago
  Italy applied travel bans long time ago, apparently didn't work?
  - yasp 7y ago
    Italy banned direct flights from China, but not indirect flights.

You can be bad at authoritarianism. Vietnam is authoritarian and has contained the virus very well. They were also the first country to stamp out SARS.

pbourke 7y ago
> Vietnam is authoritarian and has contained the virus very well. The jury is still very much out on that. Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia - give it 12-18 months before we make any categorical declarations about these countries.
- almost_usual 7y ago
  The fact you are blindly grouping all these countries together tells me you don’t know much about Southeast Asia. I’ll let you continue with your assumptions.
  - pbourke 7y ago
    You are referring to the inclusion of Thailand? Major tourist destination for China, but only 35 confirmed cases. Just changed testing protocol to drop travel to China as prerequisite two days ago. We shall see, I suppose. That's all I was saying - it's very early days to say which country has handled this well or not.
    - almost_usual 7y ago
      Vietnam has closed its border to China and banned all flights weeks ago. Vietnam has already started force quarantining passengers from South Korea. Vietnam operates a ‘brutal’ militarized ring quarantine which is extremely effective. The SK residents will not be going to a militarized area but all VN exposed to them will. SK residents go to a hospital that has been sprayed and decontaminated. Compare this with the US and I’d argue I’d feel safer in Vietnam than here.

koheripbal 7y ago

The WHO has been repeating the ridiculous lines that travel restrictions don't work and that China is doing a wonderful job containing the virus.

acoderhasnoname 7y ago
Italy applied travel bans long time ago, apparently didn't work?
- yasp 7y ago
  Italy banned direct flights from China, but not indirect flights.