At least they are doing something (or probably the right thing to say is that they are the only country with competent measures) and because of transparency you can see what's going on almost in real time. I think their numbers look bad now, but the measures look solid and to be honest Singapore is probably the only country with adequate response. So if things go bad there, i'm pretty sure it will go bad everywhere.[1] https://www.channelnewsasia.com/image/12436712/0x0/3000/5883...
[2] https://www.channelnewsasia.com/image/12455138/0x0/2316/3209...
[3] https://coconuts.co/singapore/news/covid-19-heres-every-nove...
[4] https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=14y9TsLoO2Y6bLj...
firethief|6 years ago
Oh absolutely. In these crucial moments seeing every other country failing in its own way, Singapore's response impresses me. I think this crisis is acting as a child/adult/senile test. Some countries are not developed enough to handle this; they are denying anything is wrong and trying to delay the economic impact as long as possible. Some countries have been stable long enough to ossify; each is failing due to its own unique type of entrenched-power disease. Singapore is grown up enough to have the right resources to fight, and young enough to have control of its faculties.
> So if things go bad there, i'm pretty sure it will go bad everywhere.
I'm not sure about this. Singapore is one of the most polluted cities in the world, due to Indonesia being chronically on fire. There's some research that suggests that air pollution upregulates ACE2 receptors, which would be expected to increase transmissibility for a virus known to use those receptors to enter cells. We don't know much yet about its spread in populations with low smoking rates and cleaner air.
skmurphy|6 years ago