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The US is an extreme example, their news stations were downplaying it and calling it a hoax, they didn't follow social distancing in most places until it was to
by Zenbit_UX 7y ago
The US is an extreme example, their news stations were downplaying it and calling it a hoax, they didn't follow social distancing in most places until it was too late, they were late to the "this is not the flu" party by a month and grossly incompetent leadership combined with the CDC literally lying to its people === the perfect storm.
Further, those numbers are based on NYC hospitals being completely overwhelmed which sky rocketed the death rate. If a country can flatten their curve what is happening in New York doesn't have to happen again.
- acdha 7y ago“Fox and OAN” are not the same as “news stations”. If you got your news anywhere else this was reported accurately by the middle of January[1] and there were plenty of experts calling for social distancing by February. The decision to politicize medicine will go down in history’s list of bad calls but it’s a function of the right-wing propaganda network, not the news media or public health experts. 1. Yes, there was that dweeb with the NYT opinion piece saying it wasn’t worse than the flu. There’s a reason that ran in the opinion section.
- rootusrootus 7y agoThe US is pretty much in the middle of the pack when it comes to how typical western democracies have responded to the crisis.