| ID | 174229 |
| Title Proper | Asia’s COVID-19 Lessons for the West |
| Other Title Information | Public Goods, Privacy, and Social Tagging |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Cha, Victor |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Epidemiologists universally acknowledge that communities in Asia including in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam have been more successful than the United States and most European countries in “flattening the curve” and limiting the spread of the COVID-19 virus among its populations. Despite the relative proximity of human-to-human transmission with China, the total number of cases and deaths as of May 2020 for these five countries is unusually small compared to the United States, Italy, and other European states. South Korea discovered its first positive case within one day of the United States but slowed the infection rate by the end of February. The United States, by contrast, exceeded 1.1 million cases and was still on the incline in late April. Singapore has demonstrated the lowest mortality rate for the virus and succeeded in initially suppressing infection rates with quarantines and social distancing. And all these Asian societies have managed to maintain some degree of normalcy and economic well-being compared with the lockdown and economic freefall in the United States. |
| `In' analytical Note | Washington Quarterly Vol. 43, No.2; Summer 2020: p.1-18 |
| Journal Source | Washington Quarterly Vol: 43 No 2 |
| Key Words | Asia ; COVID-19 |