No one has the coronavirus answer

Worldly

The Worldly team looks at efforts at reopening in East Asia, including Wuhan, China, and argues that the early data suggests this might be premature — that Singapore and Hong Kong are experiencing a rough second wave of coronavirus infections, indicating that social distancing didn’t end the disease but merely put its spread on pause. They then take a look at two countries that were slow to impose restrictions in the first place — Sweden and Japan — where the situations are now looking grim.

References:

The New York Times has a great piece about the reopening of Wuhan.

CNN explains how there might be a second wave of coronavirus cases in Hong Kong.

Alex has a piece for Vox on Sweden’s risky coronavirus strategy.

The New York Times asks if it’s too late for Japan to declare a state of emergency.

Here’s the Guardian article Zack mentioned.

Vox’s explainer on the coronavirus has a lot of important information about the pandemic.

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Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp), senior correspondent, Vox

Jennifer Williams (@jenn_ruth), senior foreign editor, Vox

Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox), national security reporter, Vox

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