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18 May
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What does "South Korea's decision to invest heavily in public health after it suffered a severe outbreak of MERS allowed it to keep the COVID-19 per capita death rate down to around a 20th of that in the US." mean?
What does "South Korea's decision to invest heavily in public health after it suffered a severe outbreak of MERS allowed it to keep the COVID-19 per capita death rate down to around a 20th of that in the US." mean?
I don't quite understand the part of "around a 20th of that in the US". What do you think that means? I know it depends on the context, you can see the whole article here as well, it's not that long. I'd really appreciate your help. https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/app/daily-news/article/...
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18 May
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アメリカより20分の1くらいという意味です
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@TropicalCoco ああ！one third とか one fourth とかと同じ意味になるのですね！少し違った書き方だったのでわかりませんでした、ありがとうございます！！
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