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Are they consistent with China's unprecedented response?

_-___________-_ 7y ago
I assume you're being facetious, but regardless of early failings and a lack of transparency, it's hard to imagine any other country imposing a quarantine on a city the size of Wuhan in the manner they have, or building hospitals at the rate they have.
- ethbro 7y ago
  I thought this article was interesting: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/coronavirus-and-blindness-authoritarianism/606922/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/coron... Particularly the point about "Why build hospitals?" Because in strongly centralized, command political systems, grand projects are one of the few things done well. And so crisis management becomes "What can we build, to show we're taking it seriously?"
  - _-___________-_ 7y ago
    This makes a lot of sense. Even outside of centralised, command political systems many of the responses seem to be in the vein of "what can we do to show we're taking it seriously?" Many actions such as the travel restrictions have gone directly against public health advice, but are easy to implement and politically very successful.
- tomjen3 7y ago
  That may be what GP means. I am only concerned for this because of the measures taken, especially in China.
- allovernow 7y ago
  Facetious? 80% of China's GDP has been shut down for a month[1]. U.S. markets dropped another 3 percent today. The CDC tweeted today that people from "all sectors as well as people within their families" should prepare. Get your head out of the sand. The sooner people take this for the threat that it is and start stockpiling basic supplies, the less likely it will be that everyone runs to the store simultaneously. 1.https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/01/coronavirus-more-of-china-extend-shutdown-accounting-for-80percent-of-gdp.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/01/coronavirus-more-of-china-ex...
  - _-___________-_ 7y ago
    Prepare for the virus or the economic damage caused by the extreme measures taken in response to the supposed risk of the virus?

I assume you're being facetious, but regardless of early failings and a lack of transparency, it's hard to imagine any other country imposing a quarantine on a city the size of Wuhan in the manner they have, or building hospitals at the rate they have.

ethbro 7y ago
I thought this article was interesting: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/coronavirus-and-blindness-authoritarianism/606922/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/coron... Particularly the point about "Why build hospitals?" Because in strongly centralized, command political systems, grand projects are one of the few things done well. And so crisis management becomes "What can we build, to show we're taking it seriously?"
- _-___________-_ 7y ago
  This makes a lot of sense. Even outside of centralised, command political systems many of the responses seem to be in the vein of "what can we do to show we're taking it seriously?" Many actions such as the travel restrictions have gone directly against public health advice, but are easy to implement and politically very successful.
tomjen3 7y ago
That may be what GP means. I am only concerned for this because of the measures taken, especially in China.
allovernow 7y ago
Facetious? 80% of China's GDP has been shut down for a month[1]. U.S. markets dropped another 3 percent today. The CDC tweeted today that people from "all sectors as well as people within their families" should prepare. Get your head out of the sand. The sooner people take this for the threat that it is and start stockpiling basic supplies, the less likely it will be that everyone runs to the store simultaneously. 1.https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/01/coronavirus-more-of-china-extend-shutdown-accounting-for-80percent-of-gdp.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/01/coronavirus-more-of-china-ex...
- _-___________-_ 7y ago
  Prepare for the virus or the economic damage caused by the extreme measures taken in response to the supposed risk of the virus?