i'm also going to ask another question.

hong kong is being presented as a model of success as a result of it's draconian response. "look", the fascists say, "hong kong is a totalitarian state, and they're not sick. they're keeping the trains running on time!".

well, there's some leaps of logic there. we don't know that this is the reason. because....

we just went over that one.

i have another suggestion. hong kong was also ground zero for the last sars outbreak, you'll recall. 

is there some immunity there from that? is that it?

who else got hit with sars in 2003?

taiwan & singapore, mostly.

hrmmn. they've been basically spared by this, haven't they? could it be that there's some immunity there, too?

you could test this - you'd have to do a random sample of people in hong king and test them for antibodies.

if that's the case, it's some good news for the future, because it means the next time this happens it won't be so bad.