> I think it's been clear for several weeks now that this is going to have a significant worldwide impact. I don't want to be flippant, but it's already have a

> I think it's been clear for several weeks now that this is going to have a significant worldwide impact. I don't want to be flippant, but it's already have a "significant" impact. The question is now whether it's going to have a _disastrous_ impact. > China will be one of the countries that dealt with the virus the best You're talking about the country that lost precious days, if not week handling the crisis by persecuting whistleblowers. > Countries without authoritarian governments likely don't have the means to effectively quarantine major cities I'd like to point out that non-authoritarian countries haven't needed to quarantine major cities. India, which is both poorer and more densely populated, hasn't originated deadly epidemics while it's the second China has graced us with them. I'd argue their nationalistic-motivated toleration if not encouragement of ridiculous "traditional medicine" practices is making them more likely.