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The initial U.S. response to the virus was to do nothing. It will go away soon. We can blame it on China for not communicating it sooner, but what would we have
by jawarner 6y ago
The initial U.S. response to the virus was to do nothing. It will go away soon. We can blame it on China for not communicating it sooner, but what would we have done? Things would be better if we had done nothing, sooner?
- pnw_hazor 6y agoDoing nothing? There was a rapid mobilization of emergency military hospitals (that were not used at all), ventilator development, vaccine development, therapeutic development, lockdowns, travel restrictions, and so on. And, here we are with multiple vaccines being deployed in record time. Also, China could have locked down travel from China that might have helped.
- porpoise 6y ago> China could have locked down travel from China that might have helped. See [1] and [2] for fact checks on this point. [1] https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/trumps-flawed-china-travel-conspiracy/ https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/trumps-flawed-china-travel... [2] https://danielabell.com/?s=Ferguson&submit=Search https://danielabell.com/?s=Ferguson&submit=Search