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David Wilson (68)
Well the original contention was that Georgia were testing a much lower % than Aus, not exactly true. As for the lesson, seems pretty clear in this crisis that countries that did not have too many imported cases before shutting the borders were able to suppress the spread. The extent of the spread before shutting the borders has more to do with geography than regulatory actions by government.
Maybe not entirely correct UTG. Reports are now coming out of US that the spread of the virus actually occurred some weeks after the first reported cases. Apparently, genome analysis has established that the early cases of the virus were not passed on, and that had action been taken at the time to restrict people going into the US, the death rate could have been minimal in comparison with how it has eventuated.