Fall of the West, Rise of the East?
US, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany are all in the losers' circle in terms of per-capita cases and deaths.
South Korea and Japan are doing 10-100X better. China too if you believe the reported numbers.
bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-…
US, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany are all in the losers' circle in terms of per-capita cases and deaths.
South Korea and Japan are doing 10-100X better. China too if you believe the reported numbers.
bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-…
My rough mental model even pre-Corona is that the West (with exceptions like Estonia, Israel, New Zealand) was in decline, while the East was in ascendance.
The 21st century as an inversion of the 20th. Prosperity leads to arrogance and then decline.
The 21st century as an inversion of the 20th. Prosperity leads to arrogance and then decline.
We'll see how Russia & India land up.
Russia is doing poorly. They may have to enter into a new pact with China to control corona. This time as junior partner.
India got A for effort early on. But cases continue to climb. Rough guess? It'll be hit, but punch above its weight.
Russia is doing poorly. They may have to enter into a new pact with China to control corona. This time as junior partner.
India got A for effort early on. But cases continue to climb. Rough guess? It'll be hit, but punch above its weight.
Why do I think India may punch above its weight? It's actually trying.
Modi has had a consistent message of taking corona seriously. Travel bans were imposed early. And India's national contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu, (@SetuAarogya) has >90M installs. play.google.com/store/apps/det…
Modi has had a consistent message of taking corona seriously. Travel bans were imposed early. And India's national contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu, (@SetuAarogya) has >90M installs. play.google.com/store/apps/det…
