Taiwan Survived Covid with No Lockdown By Brian Simpson
Apart from Sweden, Taiwan survived the Covid freak out with no lockdown, and did not destroy its economy, for China.
https://nodebe4.github.io/waimei/2020-12-02/Covid-19-has-ravaged-economies-all-over-the-world
“Two factors tied to the pandemic help account for Taiwan’s relative success this year. First, it was the only country to contain covid-19 without sweeping closures of schools, offices and shops. Its government, alert to new diseases in China, started screening visitors from Wuhan at the end of 2019, as soon as reports emerged of a mysterious pneumonia outbreak. Thanks to fine-grained contact-tracing and near-universal mask-wearing, life has carried on more or less as normal. Since July revenues for retailers and restaurants alike have increased compared with a year earlier.
Second, Taiwan’s manufacturers have been well-positioned to cater to global demand, such as it is. From tiny semiconductors to giant computer servers, electronics account for a third of Taiwan’s exports. With so many people suddenly forced to work from home, sales of products such as tablet computers and headphones have been strong. So while global trade this year will shrink by about 10%, Taiwan’s exports are up by nearly 5%.”
Thus, there was an alternative to the tyranny that we have endured. We should therefore be asking, why this has happened, what the agenda is, things we have covered extensively.
Comments