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Originally Posted by Jimjam
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I think regional differences as super interesting. In Greece they are still big in masks indoors. Go to a super market with decent air con at off hours and the 2 other customers will be masked. I found that interesting as Greeks tend to be very individualistic.
In Hungary however, mask wearing is basically non existent even at the busiest indoor crowds.
In UK the degree of mask wearing seems to depend on the time of day. When the grannies are about all the people tend to wear more masks. I think there are different sub cultures running on different routines.
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Same with the different approaches of various governments and healthcare systems too yeah.
https://khn.org/news/article/hospita...data-analysis/
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NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Overall, the rate of in-hospital spread among Medicare and other patients was lower than in other countries, including the United Kingdom, which makes such data public and openly discusses it.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/0...covid-00042378
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06/25/2022 07:00 AM EDT
The Biden administration during the Omicron wave considered publicly releasing data detailing how prevalent Covid-19 spread was inside individual hospitals, but ultimately chose to keep that information private, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
The decision to withhold the names, based partly on concerns about duplicative data and partly on fears of embarrassing hospitals, denies patients the opportunity to steer clear of health systems with poor track records and allows facilities to avoid public scrutiny, patient advocates say.
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Granted, the first article is older so the numbers might have changed since then. Practices def have, with all incoming patients being tested upon entry, but it still seems like the opposite would have been true. More transparency, a more informed public, fewer infections while in hospital care...but that was not the case. The U.S. is much larger geographically though with fewer governments and cultures in its vicinity, both of which could have exacerbated the spread of virus for the UK.