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Even California, which was praised for locking down first and longest, is behind on testing and contract tracing. You can blame ignorance or anti-science belie
by twblalock 6y ago
Even California, which was praised for locking down first and longest, is behind on testing and contract tracing.
You can blame ignorance or anti-science beliefs for the problems in some states, but the California state government clearly takes the virus seriously, is following expert advice, and still can't meet testing and tracing goals. Something else is going on here. Dysfunction of government is the answer.
The Federal government is pushing responsibility onto states, and states are pushing responsibility onto county governments. Most county governments are not equipped to deal with pandemics. There is just no way this is going to go well. The countries that did a good job testing and tracing had a central coordinated effort from the top.
- pwarner 6y agoYes, it was the recent failures in CA that I am seeing living here as evidence that the rest of the country, and large chunks of the world, are also doomed to head down the same path. CA had all the right initial steps catching it early, and had every chance to move forward, but could not execute. I imagine Canada, NY and even Europe may end up following, although I really really really hope I am wrong.
- twblalock 6y agoIt seems like Europe is already executing better than the United States. Asian countries definitely did. The real problems may be in Africa and South America where state capacity is lacking or there is leadership that wants to ignore the virus, e.g. Brazil. Failure to execute is why I will not support another lockdown. We squandered the time we bought with the first lockdown, and I don't see a reason to believe it would go differently the second time. Not with the government we have.