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> Imagine a president who came out in February, even early March, with a message like that ... Considering the virus was spreading in the US in late January an
by votepaunchy 6y ago
> Imagine a president who came out in February, even early March, with a message like that ...
Considering the virus was spreading in the US in late January any action at that time would have been much too late.
- crispyambulance 6y agoSouth Korea was hit with this virus at about the same time. In some ways they're more vulnerable than we are: higher percentage of older people, higher population density. They've been FAR BETTER at controlling this thing than the USA. The key difference? Leadership: they don't have a mental-case at the helm of their government. Trust: their populace heeded warnings and acted accordingly. I expect that when this is all over, we'll see that even some countries that have been referred to disparagingly as "banana republics" will outperform the USA in handling of the crisis.
- karmakaze 6y agoI agree with those two points and I think there are some others. Culture: (1) wearing masks was already socially accepted, (2) detail-oriented nature performing early full contact tracing by any means necessary even if manual; (3) big wake-up-call from a super-spreader.