O/T:- ⚠️Impressed with the leadership [The UK Party Politics Thread]

[pingu_pie]

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.

Yep, good points and questions, I know it's not cut and dried. You're right with NZ and Oz, and they are strict in terms of immigration, but I would also say that they are fairly popular tourist destinations; I remember back when I visited New Zealand that it was a major place to visit for people from Japan and Korea, just as Spain is such a popular destination for Brits. It was also their summer at the time, so, without having anything to evidence it, I would have thought they would have been fairly high risk in terms of high numbers of East Asian visitors in high season, presumably with less warning. But they made strong decisions early on.

I don't know the exact make up of the German population, but I thought they had a particularly large Turkish-ethnic diaspora, no? No idea on other Asian populations, but even if they did have less ethnically diverse communities, they do still have some.

Probably rubbish for horse racing over there though 😂

[i961pie]

Yep, good points and questions, I know it's not cut and dried. You're right with NZ and Oz, and they are strict in terms of immigration, but I would also say that they are fairly popular tourist destinations; I remember back when I visited New Zealand that it was a major place to visit for people from Japan and Korea, just as Spain is such a popular destination for Brits. It was also their summer at the time, so, without having anything to evidence it, I would have thought they would have been fairly high risk in terms of high numbers of East Asian visitors in high season, presumably with less warning. But they made strong decisions early on.

I don't know the exact make up of the German population, but I thought they had a particularly large Turkish-ethnic diaspora, no? No idea on other Asian populations, but even if they did have less ethnically diverse communities, they do still have some.

Probably rubbish for horse racing over there though ��

NZ has become our second home because my daughter lives there and we try to go every year or 18 months for 2 or 3 months or so.
You are right they have quite a large Chinese/ Korean population but the vast majority live in Auckland.