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Seems so piecemeal. We have models that work in parts of the world like Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. Is there any reason why the US and Europe can’t follow thei
by yibg 7y ago
Seems so piecemeal. We have models that work in parts of the world like Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. Is there any reason why the US and Europe can’t follow their model?
- heavyset_go 7y agoIt's an election year.
- therealdrag0 7y agoA lot of it might just be preparation. Not only "run-books" and hardware, but also wetware. I don't know for sure, but I'd guess those places have a lot more humans per case investigating-network-affects/supporting quarantine. US seems to just be working on getting hardware ramped up. I haven't heard anything about tracing case histories to quarantine contacts. My impression is that like Taiwan didn't even shut down schools. They just locked down boarders and aggressively quarantined the infected.
- yibg 7y agoThat’s my impression for Taiwan as well. Life there seems to be more or less normal and the virus also seems to be contained. The measures are focused on fast and pervasive testing, contact tracing and specific isolation rather than blanket social distancing. I’m not knowledgeable enough to say either way but is there a reason that model doesn’t work in the US or Europe?
- monocularvision 7y agoI recommend this episode of Advisory Opinions on the legal specifics around these sorts of actions in the US: https://overcast.fm/+V-MhulG34 https://overcast.fm/+V-MhulG34 The TLDR is that most of the general “police” power in the US sits in the hands of the States.
- yibg 7y agoBut surely testing, contact tracing etc as done in parts of Asia can be coordinated centrally.
- lonelappde 7y agoA US state is essentially a country elsewhere. It's not that big a deal to do most things statewide instead of nationwide..
- pnw_hazor 7y agoSouth Korea reformed their pandemic response procedures and preparations after MERS. The EU, UK, and US did not. Not sure about Taiwan. https://www.propublica.org/article/how-south-korea-scaled-coronavirus-testing-while-the-us-fell-dangerously-behind https://www.propublica.org/article/how-south-korea-scaled-co...
- halfmatthalfcat 7y agoIt’s because the US government is merely giving guidelines to states on how to implement containment policies. Each state (as Trump has alluded to) has different needs, different spread, ect. Some states need stricter containment because the densities are higher in that state. It is then up to the Governors to dictate policy. Also for the federal government to actually enforce containment policies requires the government to enact traditional war-time, and what look like more authoritarian, laws.