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I still remember seeing a map from 2019 or shortly before showing countries preparedness for a pandemic. The USA and the UK were at the very top, being conside

by 77pt77 4y ago

I still remember seeing a map from 2019 or shortly before showing countries preparedness for a pandemic. The USA and the UK were at the very top, being considered the best. It might have been this one: https://www.statista.com/chart/20629/ability-to-respond-to-an-epidemic-or-pandemic/ https://www.statista.com/chart/20629/ability-to-respond-to-a... Notice how Ireland is obviously worse than the UK. Portugal also worse than Spain. USA on the best tier. (No one is green I think) Another one even better: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/global-pandemic-preparedness-ranked/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/global-pandemic-preparednes... USA at the very top followed obviously by all the anglosphere. Brazil, Belgium and Japan at the same level! Now contrast this with reality. If this pandemic showed anything is that the premise of this post is completely wrong. Look how that turned out. Must really suck having to spend so much energy ignoring reality. Then again, given the level of religiosity of the place I guess it really doesn't take that much extra energy.

the_gastropod 4y ago
Yea, it's weird that a previous president's decision in 2018 to disband the National Security Council directorate for global health and security and bio-defense at the White House might've resulted in a lack of preparedness. His decision to completely politicize it and recommend quack-science solutions, from ingesting disinfectant, to "bringing light into the body", to taking random unrelated pharmaceuticals (ivermectin & hydroxychloroquine) might not have helped our response too much either.
- 77pt77 4y ago
  And this map was made after that. Although I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have made much of a difference.
spookthesunset 4y ago
To be fair we completely ignored every single bit of that pandemic plan and instead decided to do almost the entire opposite of what was recommended…
- krapp 4y ago
  I look forward to the next pandemic when Americans start bombing hospitals and vaccination centers the way they do abortion clinics, and purposely infecting themselves out of pure spite.
  - 77pt77 4y ago
    Don't forget the dog poo smoothies and veterinarian medicine because you can't afford the human one (even though it was ineffective). This is what winning looks like!

by 77pt77 4y ago

the_gastropod 4y ago

Yea, it's weird that a previous president's decision in 2018 to disband the National Security Council directorate for global health and security and bio-defense at the White House might've resulted in a lack of preparedness. His decision to completely politicize it and recommend quack-science solutions, from ingesting disinfectant, to "bringing light into the body", to taking random unrelated pharmaceuticals (ivermectin & hydroxychloroquine) might not have helped our response too much either.

77pt77 4y ago
And this map was made after that. Although I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have made much of a difference.

spookthesunset 4y ago

To be fair we completely ignored every single bit of that pandemic plan and instead decided to do almost the entire opposite of what was recommended…

krapp 4y ago
I look forward to the next pandemic when Americans start bombing hospitals and vaccination centers the way they do abortion clinics, and purposely infecting themselves out of pure spite.
- 77pt77 4y ago
  Don't forget the dog poo smoothies and veterinarian medicine because you can't afford the human one (even though it was ineffective). This is what winning looks like!