On the Asian Tigers

South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore have done relatively well so far with COVID but they are not out of the debacle yet. They also framed their specific responses in a way that would be inconsistent with certain facets of North American civil liberties.While I commend their approach it is important to note that there is a specific cultural aspect to the way other countries are dealing with this that is not necessarily transferable to the West,

Oddly enough the South Koreans have not been as forceful with respect to a national lockdown as we have. Where they have succeeded is in targeting and isolating the infected and adhering to an early testing regime. SK has been planning for this for some time as they were hard hit by both SARS and MERS.

Wishing them all continued success.