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Re:Vilified early over Covid-19 strategy, Sweden seems to ha... by lsllc on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @02:25PM (#24641899)
Vietnam is interesting, they initially were very successfully contained COVID, but have had a resurgence over the summer that they put down to a "more infectious" strain (the "G" strain that has been prevalent in the US, Italy/Europe vs the supposedly less infectious "D" strain in Asia):

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Vietnam-fights...

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Vietnam-deploy...

But regardless, Vietnam has done quite well.

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Re:Vilified early over Covid-19 strategy, Sweden seems to ha... by SomeoneFromCA on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @04:01PM (#24643109)
You need to look the excess death. The only true indicator. There might be hidden deaths, keeping in mind that Vietnam is not a country where the press is free.
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