"See but then there’s that whole seaport and major airport traffic, which would seem to be far more relevant to how many potential Covid cases would come into a country than whether a nice country or blue colour is next to it on a map."
Jesus, really?
"Most of them have one thing in common.... they're isolated as hell and surrounded by thousands of miles of Pacific ocean, with few visitors in and out. "
You quoted that, but apparently you didn't even bother to read it.
Limited international contact is exactly how your supposed COVID CHAMPION! nations have allegedly "defeated" Covid.
When nations started shutting their borders to international travel the political left in the United States couldn't cheer loudly enough because they were bravely fighting the pandemic.
When Trump tried to limit international travel to the United States, your spirit animal political compatriots couldn't screech racism and xenophobia quickly or loudly enough.
You're all over the map in your "explanations" and "arguments," and like your spirit animal political compatriots, virtually none of them make sense.
First off, where have I been talking about Trump or Democrats???
Second, the point about borders was that major international destinations like SK and Taiwan managed to do this. Those are not places with few visitors.
Yes, the USA has more people but it also has greater resources. Why those weren’t applied to a proper control strategy is a legitimate question. I don’t accept the argument that America’s population size means its medical responses to pandemics should be worse than the response in far less wealthy countries.
Then there’s that whole bizarre argument that COVID isn’t bad at all, which pervades this thread. It’s legitimate to point out that while you are going after NY for returning covid patients to nursing homes, you’ve got people in this very thread saying that spreading Covid is just natural immunisation and that if old people die well that’s just a “nudge” for someone already on the way out.
Frankly, talking about spirit animals and Democrats looks frantic and all over the place. I’m quoting sources that show the impact of COVID (and seeing people claim it’s fake and COVID isn’t bad) and giving examples of countries that didn’t have nearly the per capita death and illness rate the USA did. You’re the one talking about Trump vs Democrats on Covid failure, not me.