Record 200 Days with No Local Case Makes Taiwan
World’s Envy
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-29/this-place-hasn-t-had-a-local-coronavirus-case-in-200-days
South Korea virus response underpins sharp GDP jump
https://www.ft.com/content/40a8320e-72a8-4294-b0e5-787d8f9b897f
Related:
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-10-27/the-real-winner-of-the-work-from-home-economy
Devi Sridhar, professor and chair of global public health
at the University of Edinburgh, notes:
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2020/10/devi-sridhar-longer-uk-delays-lockdown-longer-it-will-last
“In the West, in general, we went into a late lockdown and therefore it was a long lockdown. We spent weeks debating whether testing mattered, then we got testing up and running but the test and trace system was still not fully functional. We’ve gone in circles over how serious the virus is. I don’t think those debates happened in the countries that really locked down.”…
“I don’t think it’s been through any deliberate decision not to protect lives or livelihoods,” Sridhar said. “It’s been a neither here nor there strategy, going back and forth. They’re trying to tread the middle path but the middle path leads you nowhere, unfortunately.”
Trump’s Election Gift to China?
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/donald-trump-disputed-election-gift-to-china-by-minxin-pei-2020-10
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-29/this-place-hasn-t-had-a-local-coronavirus-case-in-200-days
https://www.ft.com/content/40a8320e-72a8-4294-b0e5-787d8f9b897f
Related:
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-10-27/the-real-winner-of-the-work-from-home-economy
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2020/10/devi-sridhar-longer-uk-delays-lockdown-longer-it-will-last
“In the West, in general, we went into a late lockdown and therefore it was a long lockdown. We spent weeks debating whether testing mattered, then we got testing up and running but the test and trace system was still not fully functional. We’ve gone in circles over how serious the virus is. I don’t think those debates happened in the countries that really locked down.”…
“I don’t think it’s been through any deliberate decision not to protect lives or livelihoods,” Sridhar said. “It’s been a neither here nor there strategy, going back and forth. They’re trying to tread the middle path but the middle path leads you nowhere, unfortunately.”
Trump’s Election Gift to China?
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/donald-trump-disputed-election-gift-to-china-by-minxin-pei-2020-10