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I think the question that a lot of people in the U.K. have is simply why are we so different to these other countries?
There’s no denying we are currently the outlier.
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Fyoosh
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There’s no denying we are currently the outlier.
Perhaps helpful to add to the list you posted is that the other Nordic haven´t shut schools either but low population, very low population density. My family are from a part of Finland that has a pop density of 2 (two, as in two times one) people per square kilometre.
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why are we so different to these other countries?
I'll ask my wife this when she returns but I suspect it's because our experts think the virus will peak later here than in countries listed. If the UK gov closes schools in 2 weeks, it won't have been a sudden decision.
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Closing schools and nurseries is not that clear cut. Who will look after the children? If the parents are at work, how does one mitigate the risk of grandparents looking after children?
Petteri
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hesa
She works in global public health with multinational agencies. Whether she means largest number of individuals or largest breadth of knowledge amongst a collective of individuals, I don't know (I can ask later).
China might very well have more public health experts in number, but they're expertise might be more limited. My wife would point out that the UK has historically done a lot more international containment/eradication field work than China.