[dfwgator]

Also why didn’t Seoul get a huge outbreak after South Korea was one of the hardest hit countries in the beginning? Ditto for Rome.

[Jeff Chandler]

Perhaps those other countries secured their care centers.

[LouieFisk]

“Also why didn’t Seoul get a huge outbreak after South Korea”
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Easy to get tests (they had the first drive thru testing, I believe) and aggressive tracking & tracing.

New Zealand pretty much stopped the virus in it’s tracks mostly by not letting the infected in. They closed down the borders and mandated testing & quarantine of anyone coming in for x amount of days.
https://www.politico.eu/article/kiwis-vs-coronavirus-new-zealand-covid19-restrictions-rules

[crusty old prospector]

Or Beijing or Shanghai. A big nothing burger for such big cities.

[ifinnegan]

“Also why didn’t Seoul get a huge outbreak after South Korea was one of the hardest hit countries in the beginning? Ditto for Rome.”

The areas in Korea and Italy that got hit hard are the areas with most foreigners including Chinese from China.

New York same with Italy and Europe and Iran/Middle East added in to the mix.