WebsterMark wrote on 04/04/20 at 05:31:00:If you look at the whole article - see how high those countries like Belgium etc are especially on a per capita basis. I don't know about you, but that IMHO is the direct result of socialized medicine. If the thing is free, when some news like this hits, everyone turns up asking for free chiitte. OTOH, India has no medical system to speak of. Doctors offices where you pay at the time of consult. And their cases are very low especially considering the population is nearly level with china.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/coronavirus-latest-updates-india-reports-more-than-500-cases-for-second-straight-day/articleshow/74976935.cms
Coronavirus latest updates: Death toll rises to 75, total cases climb to 3072.
Why is that so low ? For 1.2 Billion people. Well social distancing in India = you're stuck with people in your house only. You may live in an apartment with 5000, there is no recirculation of air. Windows will be open, fans will be run and the ocassional A/C unit in the window. Even if you live in a slum, you have social distancing in your house, and they have a nationwide lockdown.
BTW The system there is different, states can not decide to lock down or not, the central govt has the power to call for one of those and people comply. We have experience doing that - Its called Bandh - Shutdown. Every year or so we get one or more of these.
And there is no socialized or even a 1/2 way socialized medical system. So hordes of non sick doesn't show up at a "free" clinic asking for a handout that doesn't exist for a disease they didn't have - atleast till they showed up there and the 1 person who did have the disease gave it to them.
Cool.
Srinath.