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New Zealand has one of the best records against COVID-19 on the planet. Relatively few cases (per capita) and very few deaths. They opted for strict lockdown procedures in wake of the virus, and have done a remarkable job containing it as a result.
Early in the pandemic, anti-lockdown advocates attributed NZ's to their sparse population and remote geographic location. After all, lockdowns couldn't actually work, could they?
If this were strictly a case of geographic remoteness and spare population density, a place like Alaska should fare similarly. Yet looking at the relative statistics, a different story emerges.
Alaska has about 1/5 the population size of NZ, and has 27x the number of cases and 20x the number of deaths.
Maybe it's not about remote geographic locations and spare populations after all?
Early in the pandemic, anti-lockdown advocates attributed NZ's to their sparse population and remote geographic location. After all, lockdowns couldn't actually work, could they?
If this were strictly a case of geographic remoteness and spare population density, a place like Alaska should fare similarly. Yet looking at the relative statistics, a different story emerges.
Alaska has about 1/5 the population size of NZ, and has 27x the number of cases and 20x the number of deaths.
Maybe it's not about remote geographic locations and spare populations after all?