The story of Uruguay as Latin America's outlier in keeping down Covid cases feels under-appreciated (chart below via https://bit.ly/3kZX309 ). Brief thread...

Haven't seen a ton written about it, but here was a useful overview that includes links -- https://bit.ly/3cHSaGm . It suggests Uruguay's domestically produced test kit, making it possible to test early and frequently, is largely responsible for outperforming its neighbors:

Uruguay's positivity rate is 0.5% (!!!), whereas nearby (5.4%), Paraguay (26%), Bolivia (31.4%), and Argentina (an astonishing 66.6%) are all much higher. Via @ourworld: https://bit.ly/33gN3tx 

Other articles have emphasized Uruguay's early public health interventions and its low density: https://bit.ly/2ELO43i  & https://wapo.st/30ocfwt 

I'm no expert on Uruguay and I don't know what the best explanation is, but it seemed worth noting given the absence of commentary about its impressive success relative to its region. END THREAD

That's *Chile with the 5.4% positivity rate in the second tweet above. Dunno how that got deleted...