H1N1 vs COVID-19 - different social moments?

[Bob Butler 54]

(03-18-2020, 07:26 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(03-18-2020, 07:19 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Interesting.  Is there a generational rhyme to how various governments are handling the virus?  Supposedly we are four generations past World War II, and many civilizations should be in Crisis mode, but many might not be.  Is there a correspondence between those who are likely not in Crisis and a lesser response?

WWII synchronized almost everyone.  The Arab world is out of sync, and there seems to be a lot less panic about it emanating from there.  Same goes for Africa.  Any other places that are out of sync?

The only country that stands out in the above is Iran, and they are a very different flavor of conservative. They are going with an Agricultural Age religion and autocracy flavored version of conservative. They were slow to recognize the problem, and let it get a head start. I have not paid enough attention as to how the rest of the Middle East is responding.

Israel is responding heavily, but they are more likely in sync generationally.

You are hearing less from the Middle East and Africa than elsewhere, but is it the virus has arrive more elsewhere? Like America, they have more of a pause before the problem becomes more obvious, less deniable if one keeps one's eyes closed? Is it a lack of action equals less testing equals less reported victims equals less press?

Has anyone been watching closely?