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With 5 years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic there’s finally some good analyses of how countries around the world fared. They should be useful lessons for the next pandemic. The various opposing political stands should only be examples of what not to do, but that’s likely to continue anyway. As individuals though, we can learn from history and protect ourselves. Below is a link to one analysis by the BBC.
Japan’s experience stands out to me because they have long accepted mask-wearing as part of their strategy to reduce infections. Most of the article examines the use of lockdowns, which are, I think primarily, imposed to prevent overloading the health care system (which I think most of us have forgotten, and I’m sad to see some of us no longer appreciate medical staff as we did early on in the pandemic).
www.bbc.com/future/article/20250304-the-countries-that-never-locked-down-for-covid-19