Australia, for instance, was very quick at cutting off travel with China. It did so at the same time as President Trump did, but for sounder reasons than Mr. Trump.
It was also incredibly quick at organizing coordination between the states—the provinces, if you will—and the federal government. As I mentioned, they signed an accord on co-operation on March 13. Such an accord doesn't exist in this country yet.
The Australians have, generally speaking, a very strong sense of biosecurity because they are an island continent and they have honed that over years. They're much more attuned to risks coming in from abroad than we have been. The error of not being tougher on travel sooner is one that we will, of course, regret for many years to come.
The Australians also, I feel, were extraordinarily good at their social distancing. Now, precise measures of how aggressive social distancing is are hard to come by. Dr. Fisman would be able to speak to that far better than I could, but even from my inexpert point of view on this, it's clear the Australians did take the social distancing more seriously early on than did Canadians, and that has had an effect.