Originally Posted by
helipixman
Is that how New Zealand stopped the spread by closing their borders early on. I know they are less populated, about the same as Scotland, and have only had 25 deaths ?
Less populated and less than one third of the population density.
And if you think that geographic remoteness and low density don't matter, then you have to explain why Highlands and Islands health boards have the lowest number of cases in Scotland.
NZ is a great success story and I'd much rather be there right now, the irony is that their reopening to the world relies heavily on a vaccine being developed and produced elsewhere and delivered to their doorstep.