Why do neighbouring countries have such different experiences with Covid-19?

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Why do countries that are next door to each other have such vastly different experiences of Covid-19, despite having similar climates and demographics? In this video I look at some neighbouring countries that have had significantly different numbers of fatalities from the disease, when taken as a percentage of the population. I've looked at Israel and Palestine, Norway, Sweden and Finland, Spain and Portugal and France and Germany.


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I would say hygiene plays a major factor in the spread of germs everyday, and no one wants to start this simple practice, go to the nearest fast food restaurant and ask for a copy of the hand washing policy for employees or find it on the bathroom wall, sit there and watch them ignore the policy as they work.

That could be a factor I suppose. Although it's probably the same in most countries.