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I read yesterday that the US infection rate is tracking that of Italy. If so, we should all take note of his comments regarding isolation and culture.

• jpxw 7y ago
  Sorry to say this, but the US is going to be even worse than Italy. You have not been testing nearly enough people.
  • akie 7y ago
    Additionally, the US health care system is worse, people are not or under-insured (so they have an incentive to avoid seeking care), and leading US politicians are acting like it isn't really happening.
    • jpxw 7y ago
      I'm usually pretty libertarian and I think private healthcare can work. But right now it really, really can't. Massive issues are down the road, and not very far down the road (14 days).
      • amalter 7y ago
        And if private healthcare can’t work during a crisis, then what use is it? A large public system cannot be conjured out of thin air to met each crisis. We will see the large well funded social medical systems, with their “inefficient” over capacity, over-perform the operating on thin margins private systems. I’m terrified here in the US. (FWIW - give me 90% socialized medicine with room on the margins for private clinics, like the vast majority of the 1st world)