What specific measures are they more adept at?
I get that they might quarantine people better. Something that has rightly been questioned in the US. How should we limit travel for example?
Honestly, if I started running a temperature I might get one of my friends to give me a prescription for a medicine in the Tamiflu family but they probably do not work. I would just move upstairs (and not go out) and call an ambulance if I became dehydrated or had troubles breathing.
What would I fly to China to do for me? I am open to ideas but I seldom hear specifics.
The exception being CNN first bringing up concerns about the number of respirators. We are not the worst on that for sure. But a real concern nonetheless.
It is probably true that there is a shortage of N95 masks. Regular surgical mask are not thought to be effective. The person with the disease may be asked to wear one—essentially for when they sneeze. Can someone confirm for me that rural China was flush with N95 masks?
Will you wear a mask in public if they are more available? I will not in my office. I do not get too intimate with anyone in the supermarket so probably not there either, but maybe.
Testing when there is no treatment: good for quarantining. South Korea excelled in this. Maybe China was good at locking down the country. Maybe not. I have heard both. Maybe this is a good thing. Maybe not.
Maybe South Korea got it about right and probably better than the US. It is a real debate. One where specifics can be missing.
I am already convinced on South Korea. I will need to learn more about China. Probably not from their press if I am to be convinced. And I might actually see what happens in the US before my final judgement.
Best,
Jim