Read this on Germany:syam wrote:Germany seems to be doing good compared to its neighbours. What's the trick there? Are they using homeopathy or something?
our current situation reminds me of older days where villagers put wet napkin on forehead and wait it out.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/worl ... -rate.html
To sum it up:
1. Average age of infected is 49 compared to over 60 in Italy,
2. Lots of ICU beds and a very prepared medical system,
3. Most importantly: Heavy testing like in South Korea; more cases caught and identified lower death rate; also cases caught early combined with #1 younger average age and #2 ample ICU room means more successful treatment,
4. A trusted government and discipline population allow policies to be followed so that #3 testing can be applied uniformly to both young and old.
Overall, it is just a very disciplined and efficient country even when it is bordered by Italy and France with very high death rates (over 12%.) Germany's death rate is lower than SoKo -- 1.6%.