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It is remarkable how uniformly lethargic the entire political spectrum of the West has been with respect to this crisis until it was too late, while we're seemi
by nerfhammer 6y ago
It is remarkable how uniformly lethargic the entire political spectrum of the West has been with respect to this crisis until it was too late, while we're seemingly also universally unwilling to build housing or infrastructure across the West, while many Asian countries seem to actually be doing a much better job of all of these things. Instead we sit around and bicker about everything and wait.
- mkl 6y agoMany Asian countries have recent experience with SARS, which led them to get their pandemic game together in advance of this one.
- nerfhammer 6y agoThe West had 2+ months extra lead time during which it mostly didn't even try to do anything, across the political spectrum.