Originally Posted by
Turnleft080
Since this is a youtube day
We gonna mask you all the way
Do you think Dan is making a lie
Of course not we want you to mentally die.
Countries in east Asia where mask wearing is prominent and cases per 1 million people:
Vietnam 4
Taiwan 19
Thailand 46
China 58
Japan 191
Hong Kong 237
South Korea 268
Malaysia 271
Now some selected non East Asian countries:
Germany 2417
Italy 4039
UK 4331
Russia 5245
Israel 5367
Sweden 7650
USA 11577
Chile 17195
So whatever East Asian countries are doing its undeniable they’re doing better than comparable first world Western countries. And part of this must be related to greater acceptance of mask wearing, which was prominent culturally in Asia even before this pandemic.
Asian collectivist mindset and greater emphasis on social wellbeing rather than western culture of individual rights and resistance to authority may be the explanation.
So whilst some here may say mask wearing is the sign of a dictator enforcing brutal authority on the populace, those of more Asian mindset will probably say it’s the sign of effective government leadership and a society all willing to chip in for the greater good.