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The degree of blind-ness is what's at stake. See Italy & South Korea. As soon as it becomes obvious there's a problem, the governments start reacting. We can an
by onlyrealcuzzo 7y ago
The degree of blind-ness is what's at stake. See Italy & South Korea. As soon as it becomes obvious there's a problem, the governments start reacting. We can and do criticize the degree our governments respond, and that they're too reactive and not proactive enough.
The point is, it's not like in Wuhan, where you have reports of 10s to hundreds of people dying from a mysterious pneumonia, before the government even acknowledges it. It's not like you have the government telling people everything is okay, and to go back to work, and anyone who says anything differently gets welded into their apartment and shut off from the Internet.
- snapetom 7y agoSingapore, too. Singapore was one of the first affected and have been completely transparent on their numbers and how things are being handled. The result is a relatively low number of cases given their population density. Meanwhile, nobody trusts China's numbers. Initially it was to to keep the narrative under control, and now it's probably because they've lost control of the situation. Now Iran suddenly says, "oops, we actually have coronavirus and it's pretty bad."