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> But the harsh reality is that it all failed — no Western country, or state, or city was prepared This is absolutely untrue. What Americans mean about "the We
by bambax 7y ago
> But the harsh reality is that it all failed — no Western country, or state, or city was prepared
This is absolutely untrue. What Americans mean about "the West" is the US and the UK. And indeed those two countries reacted absurdly and fared and will continue to fare bad. Many countries in Europe are in the same situation (including France, where I'm from).
But one country did and still does very well: Germany. One of the most urgent tasks should be to understand what they did that worked so well.
- noelherrick 7y agoA charitable read would mean that no Western country was able to contain the virus without dramatic action such as shutting the entire country down, vs. the two examples in the East, Taiwan and South Korea, who have been able to keep their countries moving. And it's a really stark contrast: I remember reading about the Taiwanese man who was fined a bunch of money for violating quarantine. What caught my eye, however, was that he was fined for going to a nightclub. During the height of this, Taiwan hadn't even closed their nightclubs, one of the first places I would think you could and should shutdown. Germany may have done a good job, but I would love to live in a country right now we I could eat at a restaurant and go to the gym throughout the whole crisis.