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Several countries were highly effective at controlling it, and had far lower death tolls as a consequence.

These countries are very diverse in many respects, so one can't claim that they only succeeded due to some particular quirk they share in common: China, New Zealand, Australia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Singapore, and others.



FWIW I'll jump on the other side and note that most of these are island nations which makes it a lot easier.


China is not an island nation.




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