> it makes no sense to reduce that to blaming the republicans When they were the ones who cut off funding to the very agencies whose job it was to prevent, the

> it makes no sense to reduce that to blaming the republicans When they were the ones who cut off funding to the very agencies whose job it was to prevent, then it absolutely makes sense. If I cut off your house's alarm system, and the very next week there's a burglary, you would absolutely blame me for it. > how do you explain Europe’s performance Again, I'm not talking about the response to the pandemic, but specifically about prevention. And yes, China, Europe and other countries should've had their own agencies in charge of tracking and preventing worldwide outbreak, but this is whataboutism. What I care about is that the US cutoff it's alarm system and ended up getting attacks the next year.