Nearly half of Slovakia’s entire population tested for Covid-19 in one day
By: The Guardian
Of the 2.58 million Slovaks who took the test, 25,850, or 1%, tested positive and must go into quarantine
Slovakia is a small country - five and a half million people -
that's about 1.7% of the US' population. To get proportional US results,
Slovakia's must be multiplied by about 60. The the number of Slovakia-wide deaths
that brought on this nation-wide campaign is equivalent to about thirteen thousand .
As compared to the US' two hundred thirty thousand .
Does that sound like the US has nearly twenty times Slovakia's deaths? Yes.
Slovakia's government has decided to test its entire population.
America's government has decided to do as little as possible.
Is this shameful?
Yes.
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Nearly half of Slovakia’s entire population were tested for coronavirus on Saturday, as the country began a two day testing programme which it hopes will bring the virus under control without further lockdown measures.
Of the 2.58 million Slovaks who took the test, 25,850, or 1%, tested positive and must go into quarantine.
More than 40,000 medics and support teams of soldiers, police, administrative workers and volunteers staffed around 5,000 sites to administer the antigen swab tests. The country, which has a population of 5.5m, is aiming to test as many citizens as possible, except those under the age of 10.
The scheme is the first in the world in a country of a comparable size, and is being carefully watched by countries around the world to see if it might offer an alternative approach to the pandemic.
While the testing was free and technically voluntary, Slovakia’s government will impose a lockdown on those who do not participate, which includes a ban on going to work.
“Freedom must go together with responsibility toward those who ... are the weakest among us, oncology patients, old people, people with other diseases,” prime minister Igor Matovic told a news conference.
During the first wave of the virus, Slovakia recorded just a few thousand cases of coronavirus after swiftly imposing restrictions, but cases have soared in recent weeks.
On Sunday, Slovakia reported 2,282 new cases, bringing the total to 59,946 - not including those identified in the nationwide scheme. The country has lost 219 lives.
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Look at the graphs. Slovakia's authorities saw the cases spiking, and reacted with vigor... while deaths were still low.
Why can't America's leadership be as good as Slovakia's?
Or New Zealand's, or Australia's, or even Canada's. America is a first world country with third world leadership.
I wonder which American officials "are carefully watching" the results of Slovakia's action.
Leadership, what leadership?
... and I don't even know the Slovakian guy's name...