How one tiny country is beating the pandemic and climate cha

How one tiny country is beating the pandemic and climate change


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The small Himalayan country of Bhutan, mainly known for measuring national happiness instead of GDP, is the only carbon-negative country on the planet. Believe it or not, it has only had 
one single death from COVID-19. Is that a coincidence?
Madeline Drexler's new article in the Atlantic, "The Unlikeliest Pandemic Success Story," dives into the reasons that Bhutan has managed to fare so well against the novel coronavirus while rich countries and middle-income have struggled to keep it in check. The tiny developing country, landlocked between India and Tibet, wasn't exactly set up for success. It began 2020 with exactly one PCR machine to test for the virus, according to Drexler's reporting, and one doctor with advanced training in critical care.

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