the nations that beat covid closed their schools, had high mask wearing rates and sent out monthly stimulus checks 

singapore

closed it's schools early for the year in 2021

cases and deaths

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taiwan 

taiwan sold 'stimulus vouchers' for  $35 (u s) that were good for 3 times that amount in goods and services and now are giving them to poor people for free and which are now worth 5 times the  $35 (u s) fee

taiwan closed all schools for 11 days

cases and deaths

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hong kong

hong kong closed schools 3 times for each new wave of covid now they have it beat, until they let foreigner's start arring again

cases and deaths

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south korea

cases and deaths

https://fox8.com/news/stimulus-checks-how-much-money-did-people-in-other-countries-get/

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/health/coronavirus-maps-and-cases/

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vaccinated-people-singapore-make-up-three-quarters-recent-covid-19-cases-2021-07-23/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/11/covid-world-map-which-countries-have-the-most-coronavirus-vaccinations-cases-and-deaths