> Actually neither Japan nor Germany have a central govt authority similar to the CDC, and they are far outperforming the US response. But Germany, at least, h

> Actually neither Japan nor Germany have a central govt authority similar to the CDC, and they are far outperforming the US response. But Germany, at least, has functioning nonspecialist central government authorities that are trying to do the right thing. Even if the US government has the right kind of specialists, it's dysfunctional as a central authority.