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US currently has 1/20th the number of cases as Denmark per unit population. Denmark is in the top five by this metric, and they aren't doing (up to now) any bet
by asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago
US currently has 1/20th the number of cases as Denmark per unit population. Denmark is in the top five by this metric, and they aren't doing (up to now) any better a job than Italy at flattening the curve. The thinking probably goes, among people who think little but also get to decide, that it's not that big of a deal here in the US yet, and that further restriction and action would be unpopular. Or maybe the powers that be trust the invisible hand of the free market to solve the problem? It is true that many companies and other private organizations within the US are taking relatively drastic steps. Maybe the executive believes that municipalities and states will handle the issue, and that they will take the brunt of an unrest that results. But more is plainly needed lest we go the route that Italy has gone up til now.
- jjeaff 7y agoEven if the invisible hand of the free market could solve this, the government is keeping this hand tied by passing things like price gouging laws. So not only are they not going to fix things themselves, they are going to actively stop the market from solving things.
- jacquesm 7y agoGive it two weeks.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 7y agoI think that is the only thing that is going to drive home the reality of what we're up against to the folks in charge. :( I for one am spending time in my backyard and in my house, and not many places else.
- JamesBarney 7y agoConfirmed cases. We've also tested an order of magnitude less people per capita than Denmark