erolz66 wrote:In terms of looking to South Korea as the only large democratic country (50 million) to so far succeed in getting of the exponential, and trying to emulate their success then the kind of numbers that matter are not 'infections per million and the like'. They are things like 'targeted testing per million' which as of 17th march was 5200 per million in South Korea and 74 per million in the US.
Questions that should be being asked of governments, all of them, Cypriot, UK, Australian, US , and and , is where are things likeThe national mobile phone alert system warns residents of the respective districts or localities when a fresh case is detected and carries a link to detailed information about the last few places which the patient had passed through. This alerts people who have visited the areas to monitor and report possible symptoms.
andThe government has developed two mobile phone applications to follow potential patients, with one of them being mandatory for people arriving in South Korea from high-risk areas – currently China, Hong Kong, Macao, Iran and the entirety of Europe – who are forced to answer daily questions about their possible symptoms.
The app forwards users to telecalling executives for arranging testing if they report developing symptoms.
The other app warns public officials whenever someone in quarantine leaves the isolation zone, although this depends on personal responsibility as downloading the application is not mandatory.
Emulating such things is first order priority. More important that sourcing more ventilators and ppe and the like, which are important but can only mitigate the worst outcomes of being on the curve, not get a country off it.
It isn't the only democratic country to so far succeed. it seems South Korea is joined by Australia as of today with detections decreasing by 60% or more.
We will be lending as much help to our American friends as soon as we can.
