You better take a look at the history of Covid lockdowns and restrictions in Slovakia.
You should notice now that
@Van_der_Voort_4 continues ignoring the fact that these countries he continues to select in his debates have all used lockdowns, border closures, curfews, measures, and better public awareness about Covid along with their citizens understanding the importance of face mask wear to combat Covid.
On the flip side, you have the
@jem that profoundly state lockdowns do not work. Also, when a country is presented to him that is making lockdowns work...they state it's only because it's either an island country, small country
or an isolated country. Simply, they dismiss countries very easily that have successfully used lockdowns to combat Covid.
- Slovakia is one of the few countries on this planet that has had a lockdown for almost an entire year. More importantly, Slovakia was still lockdown when Delta Variant was born late last year and making its spread (roots) in Europe and North America in early 2021.
Simply, Slovakia has avoided all the Covid crap involving re-opening at the wrong time along with not removing their restrictions on vulnerable high-risk groups within their country.
Slovakia
The lockdown included the closure of all schools, restaurants, bars, and shops except for grocery stores, pharmacies, and banks—as well as a ban on all public events and gatherings. The country also secluded itself by closing all airports and implementing mandatory quarantine for citizens returning from abroad. But unlike in some other countries, physical movement of individuals remained largely unrestricted.
- The lockdown measures have only worked because of the second factor: an immediate and universal compliance by the Slovak population.
People did what they were told, even though Slovakia is generally plagued by low levels of trust in politicians and the government, according to the
European Values Study. Slovaks acted voluntarily without the need for large-scale coercive enforcement.
The response by the country’s political elites surely contributed to this compliance. Though Slovakia saw partisan conflict over who was responsible for the lack of preparation, there was no disagreement about the seriousness of the threat or the need for the lockdown itself—
unlike in the United States, where federal and state authorities have clashed.
This is where the third factor comes in. More than the functioning of public institutions, experts credit the media as crucial to Slovakia’s success. The universal use of face masks—instituted early despite the dismissive attitude of the World Health Organization—has become a symbol of Slovakia’s response to the coronavirus.
- A pivotal moment came on March 13, when the anchor of the country’s most popular television program, Zlatica Puskarova, hosted incoming Prime Minister Igor Matovic and his health minister. Puskarova began by asking the government officials why they didn’t lead by example, handing them two face masks.
They complied immediately, and from the next day the whole country started making and wearing face protection. Since then, no Slovak politician, news reporter, or celebrity would be seen in public without a mask.
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Slovakia still has strict measures in place for those entering their country:
Persons entering Slovakia must undergo isolation in their home environment or a quarantine accommodation facility. Your isolation will end:
- in the case of an asymptomatic course of isolation by completing its 14th day, or
- by obtaining a negative result from an RT-PCR test for COVID-19. You can take the test on the fifth day of isolation at the earliest.
Isolation of children under the age of twelve terminates (if asymptomatic) by ending the isolation of persons living with them in the same household.
During the period of home isolation, isolation is also obligatory for people living in the same household.
The isolation duty does not apply to:
- fully vaccinated persons,
- persons specified in § 6 - 8 of the Decree
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Israel has very low face mask compliance only because of their culture and traditions which is why they're relying heavily on vaccinations and essentially very little reliance on anything else.
Every country is different which is why I try hard not to make a country to country comparisons.
Yet, Slovakia has also had recent protest problems like other countries about these types of restrictions, curfews, measures.
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