Ask HN: Why USA, the most tech-forward country in the world can't control Covid?

Re:Ask HN: Why USA, the most tech-forward country in the wor... by GuB-42 on Sunday January 09, 2022 @05:03PM (#29867769)

Because tech alone cannot control Covid. It certainly helps, and the US is doing an outstanding job for that part, but it is lacking in most other aspects.

Problems include:

- Ageing population, like in most developed countries (risk factor)

- High rate of obesity, diabetes (another risk factor)

- An individualistic, freedom loving population that doesn't like to be told what to do, even when it is for the greater good

- A weak welfare system, unable to act as a buffer during hard times. As a result the poor can't afford care, testing, and work then they shouldn't, spreading the virus

- A highly connected country with large, dense cities

An important aspect is that in order to control covid, you have to control people. It is hard to control people when individual freedoms is a core value.

Is dying for your freedoms worth it? You decide. Because it is literally what is happening now (on a population scale).

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Re:Ask HN: Why USA, the most tech-forward country in the wor... by sankalpdomore on Monday January 10, 2022 @03:12AM (#29871853)

> - An individualistic, freedom loving population that doesn't like to be told what to do, even when it is for the greater good

One of the problems of developed nations. But why a few European countries who're also individualistic and freedom loving, are more inclined to listen to their governments and act in community's benefit?

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