i think this article misses the mark. consider that the preliminary WHO incident report regarding the chinese response to the outbreak in wuhan essentially sai

i think this article misses the mark. consider that the preliminary WHO incident report regarding the chinese response to the outbreak in wuhan essentially said that the radical and severe measures taken by the chinese government were the only thing which allowed for some semblance of control over the course of weeks. if we assume that the chinese are not fabricating their numbers, it's not much of a relief for us because they still had thousands of deaths despite their colossal efforts. if we assume that the chinese have been faking their numbers, the picture is much more grim. a lot of the hysteria in the US is stemming from the fact that the CDC is asleep at the wheel as a result of political pressure or potentially severe incompetence. after seeing how seriously the chinese took the outbreak and how badly iran is getting hit by it right now, it is extremely disconcerting to see our own government doing absolutely nothing as cases continue to mount. we're barely even testing people. daily life is continuing as normal when perhaps it shouldn't be. i know that this isn't the end of the world, but i'm starting to expect that this epidemic might make life a bit less comfortable for a while. if the US gets hit very hard and some of the preventable/fixable weaknesses in american society end up being exposed and exacerbated by the epidemic, i think we'll be in a severe crisis.