| Pubs 10:29 - Oct 16 with 11620 views | controversial_jack |
To be shut in Wales for a month from the 26th |  | | |  |
| Pubs on 19:38 - Oct 23 with 466 views | A_Fans_Dad |
| Pubs on 16:57 - Oct 23 by Scotia |
They handled the situation infinitely better than most other case's. The testing stats you post clearly demonstrate that, of course our testing capacity has only recently got to anywhere near that level.
At the start of the pandemic we were testing less than a tenth of our current capacity.
On the whole though the countries can't be compared for a whole host of reasons. In the main though the virus had established itself in our community before we realised down to the volume of tourism to and from the European hotspots.
Probably around 5 times the population of Singapore travel between here and Spain and Italy each year. |
Didn't you note their travel statistics in my post?
They already have a population density like London and have a further 68 million (13 times their own population) going through their main airport.
They have had a lot of cases/million, but their mortality rate is miniscule compared to Europe and the USA.
Perhaps they are just very healthy people. | | | |
| Pubs on 21:10 - Oct 23 with 454 views | Scotia |
| Pubs on 19:38 - Oct 23 by A_Fans_Dad |
Didn't you note their travel statistics in my post?
They already have a population density like London and have a further 68 million (13 times their own population) going through their main airport.
They have had a lot of cases/million, but their mortality rate is miniscule compared to Europe and the USA.
Perhaps they are just very healthy people. |
I did but I don't think it is particularly relevant, as it is a transit hub rather than a destination.
I suspect their very low mortality rate is down to a huge amount of testing since day one of the outbreak picking up cases many other countries wouldn't have. They probably are less fat and generally more healthy to.
I'm sure I read somewhere that they hospitalise everyone over 50 with the virus even if asymptomatic. | | | |
| Pubs on 22:02 - Oct 23 with 436 views | Catullus |
| Pubs on 12:09 - Oct 23 by A_Fans_Dad |
What about Singapore, a population of only 5.7 Million people packed in to an area of 724.2 square kilometres.
Their population density is 8,136.78 people per square kilometer compared to 278.67 people per square kilometer for the UK.
They are also a transit hub for international flights with a throughput of 68 million passengers/year compared to Heathrow's 81 Million/year.
Singapore tests/million = 594,458
UK tests/million = 453,097
Singapore Cases/million = 9,881 Deaths/Million = 5 (very similar to the rest of Malasia)
UK Cases/million = 11,919 Deaths/Million = 652
I wonder why they have so few deaths compared to Europe. |
Singapore is a very different place to the UK. They are far more disciplined because the punishment for breaking rules there are very harsh. Chewing gum is banned.....
According to Singapore Statutes Online, the first-time penalty for the selling of gum can be as high as $100,000 or a prison sentence of up to two years. Penalties are subject to rise with each conviction, but certain chewing gums that have medical benefits will be allowed.
So imagine what they'd do to covid rule breakers. | |
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