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There is one harsh reality I see in all this: World screwed itself by being over reliant on China. At least Canada did. Big time. Big percentage of things here

There is one harsh reality I see in all this: World screwed itself by being over reliant on China. At least Canada did. Big time. Big percentage of things here in Canada is 'Made in China' - yup, you name it -- Masks, gloves, and items such as syringes, etc. heck even plastic cutlery and tooth brushes are made in China. Now that Chinese economy got shutdown and people in Canada went into panic mode, we have severely decimated supply of essential items such as hand sanitizers, masks, gloves, etc even for the health workers! I know this pandemic nor future pandemic/wars would change anything because humans are just collateral (and sometimes even treated as adversary) for the mega corporations, but my wish is each Country (or atleast Geographical region) learn to become self sufficient when it comes to making items such as Clothing, medical and sanitary supplies, etc. This may mean that in places like the West where Corporations have to hire local workers at higher cost to produce the same clothing items being produced by $1/hr workers in Bangladesh, but so be it -- in times of emergency, you need local production of items to save you. No need to put so much reliance on countries like China (manufacturing, assembly, electronics, clothing, plastics), Germany (Manufacturing, machinery), South Korea (Electronics, appliances), India (textile, assembly), Mexico (assembly) and Bangladesh (textile).

Daishiman 7y ago
That's really not an issue at all. Asian countries that managed this crisis correctly took steps to prepare, which mostly means having quick access to testing, and stockpiling materials. Any Western government had in its power the ability to invoke urgent measure to redirect production for face masks and equipment. That equipment could have been bought beforehand if the governments had listened to the advice of its own experts.

Daishiman 7y ago

That's really not an issue at all. Asian countries that managed this crisis correctly took steps to prepare, which mostly means having quick access to testing, and stockpiling materials. Any Western government had in its power the ability to invoke urgent measure to redirect production for face masks and equipment. That equipment could have been bought beforehand if the governments had listened to the advice of its own experts.