{"id":3720,"date":"2020-10-30T11:45:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T11:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=3720"},"modified":"2020-10-30T11:45:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T11:45:14","slug":"the-4-simple-reasons-germany-is-managing-covid-19-better-than-its-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=3720","title":{"rendered":"The 4 simple reasons Germany is managing Covid-19 better than its neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“what exactly is Germany getting right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s often cited is an effective deployment of technology<\/a>, such as a contact tracing app<\/a>, to fight the pandemic. There\u2019s the frequently praised mass testing program<\/a>, which rivals South Korea\u2019s<\/a>, and the oversupply of ICU beds<\/a> \u2014 controversial before the coronavirus<\/a>, now lauded. It also helps that Angela Merkel has a doctorate in quantum chemistry and heads a country that treats scientists, like the Berlin-based virologist and podcaster Christian Drosten<\/a>, like superstars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet this is far from the whole story of Germany\u2019s relative success.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Over the past few weeks, I talked to doctors, health officials, and researchers in Germany\u2014 including some of the country\u2019s first Covid-19 responders \u2014 and elsewhere to get a deeper perspective on why Germany has had better-than-average pandemic performance in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I heard, again and again, four explanations for the country\u2019s coronavirus success. They had nothing to do with tech, Merkel, or hospital beds. And they\u2019ve been largely overlooked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Let\u2019s call them the L\u2019s: luck, learning, local responses, and listening. While the pandemic certainly isn\u2019t over, and Germany is facing a pivotal moment<\/a> with a record number of new infections<\/a>, these factors may be the reason Germany bends the curve quickly once again.”  
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https:\/\/www.vox.com\/21495327\/covid-19-germany-coronavirus-cases-deaths<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“what exactly is Germany getting right?<\/p>\n

What\u2019s often cited is an effective deployment of technology, such as a contact tracing app, to fight the pandemic. There\u2019s the frequently praised mass testing program, which rivals South Korea\u2019s, and the oversupply of ICU beds \u2014 controversial before the coronavirus, now lauded. It also helps that Angela Merkel has a doctorate in quantum chemistry and heads a country that treats scientists, like the Berlin-based virologist and podcaster Christian Drosten, like superstars.<\/p>\n

Yet this is far from the whole story of Germany\u2019s relative success.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Over the past few weeks, I talked to doctors, health officials, and researchers in Germany\u2014 including some of the country\u2019s first Covid-19 responders \u2014 and elsewhere to get a deeper perspective on why Germany has had better-than-average pandemic performance in Europe.<\/p>\n

I heard, again and again, four explanations for the country\u2019s coronavirus success. They had nothing to do with tech, Merkel, or hospital beds. And they\u2019ve been largely overlooked. <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s call them the L\u2019s: luck, learning, local responses, and listening. While the pandemic certainly isn\u2019t over, and Germany is facing a pivotal moment with a record number of new infections, these factors may be the reason Germany bends the curve quickly once again.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[588,409,483,727],"class_list":["post-3720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-corona","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-germany"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3721,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3720\/revisions\/3721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}