>Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This is simply not true. In Australia, New Zealand, and se

>Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This is simply not true. In Australia, New Zealand, and several European countries institutions did act fast enough and did manage to flatten the curve. Go take a look at Australia's epi curve [0]. It is flat. Our case load has peaked, there are less Australians in hospital with Covid19 today than a week ago. There is reason to believe at least some Australian states will be completely free of Covid19 within 2 weeks. Some might argue that this is because of the lucky isolation of Australia. But a similar thing can be seen in South Korea, and even more impressive results in Taiwan. Institutions can solve this. Even, gasp, Western ones. If Covid19 is a test of the quality of our institutions, the USA has failed and Australasia has passed. 0. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-17/coronavirus-cases-data-reveals-how-covid-19-spreads-in-australia/12060704 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-17/coronavirus-cases-dat...