Quote Originally Posted by pingu_pie View Post
So why single out "other countries"?

So far, the only data we have is the data we have. The UK doesn't exactly look great. Nor does the USA. Others look suspiciously low; China and Russia spring to mind. Brazil looks amazingly high, considering their President doesn't even seem to think it exists.

However, New Zealand and Australia look to have done a very good job. And Germany is looking a lot better than us, and they don't even have the benefit of being an island. So, there is a question to ask there. Maybe the UK is counting cases the Germans wouldn't, and it's a purely statistical aberration as you want it to be. Maybe it's that those countries decided to be proactive instead of trying to use bluster and not missing out on holidays that has led to actual success. So it's a fair question, ne c'est pas?
New Zealand only have a population of around 4 million and over 75% of those are on the North island, plus it is fairly isolated compared to the rest of the world. And along with Australia they have a far more rigid immigration policy than most.
Does Germany have such a varied and mixed variety of nationalities as us who fly back and forth to their country of origin. (this is a question
not a fact). We have very large Asian and Afro Carribean communities and for some reason the scientists can't explain why they seem more susceptible to the virus. ( please BFG don't try to turn this into a racist comment).The question has been asked on numerous tv shows etc.
Plus they didn't have a Cheltenham festival or a European cup match to contend with, a massive error by the government.