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Chris Schuck's avatar

You left out the possibility that the way the U.S. tests or records cases as a whole is significantly different. I don't pretend to know why this would be, but it's not inconceivable, right?

By the way, I haven't had the chance to dip into this blog too often, but whenever I do I'm truly impressed by the level of analysis and insight, and your candor. Not to mention, your generosity in sharing your writing for free. It's a terrific Substack and I always mention it to friends when I'm in the business of making recommendations. Thanks for all the effort you put in!

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Scoots's avatar

Brazil also had a huge anti-vax movement, did it not, just like the US? It seems plausible that both just have much lower compliance with public health measures than Euro countries, for reasons of national character.

Also, both have highly emancipated gays with big party scenes. Other countries that have low compliance with public health measures might tend to repress their gays a lot more.

Seems to me it's the intersection of highly liberated gays and low general compliance with public health measures that most plausibly explains the disease spreading in both the US and Brazil, but not Europe or the far East.

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