How Uruguay tamed the virus

[antipodean]

That's an interesting take on things, but how do you explain Japan's catastrophically low birth rate in that context of alleged selflessness?

In a word: "Selflessness" - putting emotional whims to the side and making rational choices. It is not like Japanese do not have families, they just have smaller families than previous generations like in most European and Asian countries.

I personally struggle to see how having large families is truly beneficial to any developed nation or the planet in general given the extraordinary growth of human populations in the last 100 years and the irreversible damage it has done. I would also agree with a common Japanese perception that the quality of life for future generations in already overcrowded countries is important to consider when family planning. Some things are more important than breeding just to produce tax revenues or amass "political" power for a nation.

 

[on the brink]

That's an interesting take on things, but how do you explain Japan's catastrophically low birth rate in that context of alleged selflessness?

By that criteria, Angola, with a birth rate of 43.7 births/1,000 population, is the most selfless country in the world.

In my view, Japan's low birth rate - 7.5 births/1,000 population - reflects the height of selflessness. The Japanese don't want to add to an already overpopulated planet.

The European Union is also pretty selfless - its rate is 9.9 births/1,000 population
However, America is a little less selfless, with a rate of 12.4 births/1,000 population

 

[antipodean]

The other thing potential breeders consider in many of these low birth-rate countries in 2020 is that their economies have changed fundamentally since their (grand)parents generation which means a different future reality for their children. They are no longer in postwar "rebuild" phases and their traditional manufacturing / mass-employment model economies have since been significantly automated or refined, which is a trend that will continue. Meaning it is less "likely" their kids can be guaranteed an "easy" life in the future. Add that to potential food and water shortages increasing prices and day to day stress, the future suddenly sounds a little less rosy.
Given that in countries like Japan and Germany, the state pretty much pays you to have a baby and provides all basics like education and healthcare for free or heavily subsidized, it is unlikely to cause a significant financial stress for people just wanting a new pet to feel warm and fuzzy about or give their ego a boost.
Yet somehow people can still manage to think beyond this and the "who is going to care for ME when I am old" factor... with a smaller family you can invest more into the child to give it more tools to actually have a better future.

 

[on the brink]

Sobering list. Out of thirty countries with the highest birth rates, twenty seven are among the poorest in Africa.

Birth rate 2019 country comparisons, ranks, by Rank

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[Ceviche]

Casually browsing this thread.

Lot of wrong info here.

I invite you all to read this book...which will clear lot of misinformation on this thread.

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[gracielle]

“La izquierda y la derecha son una mentira fabulosa”: la historia de éxito de Uruguay contra el COVID-19

Es fácil, hasta tranquilizador, hablar del "milagro uruguayo" en la lucha contra el coronavirus. Pero es también un error. Que sea el único país de América con permiso para que sus ciudadanos y residentes viajen a Europa tiene una explicación con tres nombres clave: Gonzalo, Pilar y Daniel. Hay...

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5 July 2020
"The left and the right are a fabulous lie": Uruguay's success story against COVID-19
....Uruguay has the formula.... defined as "the three t": "test, track and trace"...."When you find the cases, you trace the cases and confine them, all three things are necessary," ....

“La izquierda y la derecha son una mentira fabulosa”: la historia de éxito de Uruguay contra el COVID-19

Es fácil, hasta tranquilizador, hablar del "milagro uruguayo" en la lucha contra el coronavirus. Pero es también un error. Que sea el único país de América con permiso para que sus ciudadanos y residentes viajen a Europa tiene una explicación con tres nombres clave: Gonzalo, Pilar y Daniel. Hay...

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“La izquierda y la derecha son una mentira fabulosa”: la historia de éxito de Uruguay contra el COVID-19

Es fácil, hasta tranquilizador, hablar del "milagro uruguayo" en la lucha contra el coronavirus. Pero es también un error. Que sea el único país de América con permiso para que sus ciudadanos y residentes viajen a Europa tiene una explicación con tres nombres clave: Gonzalo, Pilar y Daniel. Hay...

www.infobae.com

5 July 2020
"The left and the right are a fabulous lie": Uruguay's success story against COVID-19
....Uruguay has the formula.... defined as "the three t": "test, track and trace"...."When you find the cases, you trace the cases and confine them, all three things are necessary," ....

“La izquierda y la derecha son una mentira fabulosa”: la historia de éxito de Uruguay contra el COVID-19

Es fácil, hasta tranquilizador, hablar del "milagro uruguayo" en la lucha contra el coronavirus. Pero es también un error. Que sea el único país de América con permiso para que sus ciudadanos y residentes viajen a Europa tiene una explicación con tres nombres clave: Gonzalo, Pilar y Daniel. Hay...

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.....And there is more than that: Uruguay has plenty of locally developed tests to detect Covid-19. Part of them will go to Paraguay, but any country that wants them can receive them. And, strikingly, Uruguayan success also has to do with key support for the country of today faded Mercosur through its structural funds, known as FOCEM....

 

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Uruguay exigirá el test de coronavirus a todos los que ingresen al país

Estas pruebas deberán ser realizados hasta 72 horas antes del ingreso al país “en un laboratorio debidamente acreditado y habilitado en el país de origen o tránsito”

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7 July 2020
Uruguay will require the coronavirus test to all those who enter the country
These tests must be carried out up to 72 hours before entering the country "in a laboratory duly accredited and authorized in the country of origin or transit"
....The text, which updates the requirements to enter the national territory in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, indicates that it will be requested "to accredit a negative result of the SARS CoV-2 virus detection test" by PCR-RT technique or diagnostic techniques. approved in the future by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP). " The continuation of the trip will be subject to any of these results, " says the ordinance signed by the Minister of Public Health, Daniel Salinas. In case of staying more than seven days in Uruguayan territory, the traveler must carry out a new PCR study on the seventh day.
The norm also establishes the requirement of an affidavit to those who enter about the absence of coronavirus symptoms, as well as the absence of contact with confirmed or suspected cases in the 14 days prior to the trip. All foreigners must also have health insurance that guarantees their assistance in case of infection. Uruguay has kept its borders closed since March, when it detected its first cases of coronavirus . Although this month the country resumed commercial flights with Spain, the authorities recalled that it is not open to tourism....

Uruguay exigirá el test de coronavirus a todos los que ingresen al país

Estas pruebas deberán ser realizados hasta 72 horas antes del ingreso al país “en un laboratorio debidamente acreditado y habilitado en el país de origen o tránsito”

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