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1. Had a v concentrated initial outbreak in a megachurch
2. Has previous experience with pandemics incl SARS
3. Is home to global telecoms giant so is ahead on tech
4. Quarantine measures mean removing parents & children *from their families* - try that here?

Also, on countries going into lockdown ‘early’ ie sooner after the start of their outbreak:

Find me a western democracy that did it before Italy sealed off affected towns, and I’ll take notice. In open societies, the *precedent* mattered

New Zealand getting credit for locking down early - but it did so roughly in step with other western countries *because its first case was at the end of February*

Easy to move ‘quickly’ when you start late. Because you’re at the edge of the world