America has three seperate problems all in larger quantities than many other countries. Its the combination of ALL THREE that have bought America to this unenviable place in Covid history. First it has a leadership not only in denial of the Virus, but actively promoting its spread and discounting its severity. Second it has multiple layers of government more interestes in seeing business continue than taking the necessary steps to stop the spread, so the dollar wins over lives officially. Third, a population with a large cohort that feels their freedom and rights to do as they see fit makes them stronger than any disease and therefore immune.. If any ONE of those were not true, America would be in a much better position. And now its out there in the community, its too late to change a thing.😷
@Spoiledbrat Apart from contributing to the second problem that would have done nothing to fight the actual spread of the bug. Yes. The poverty and unemployment is a problem that needs tackling. But money isnt the cure.😷
1. excellent leadership which listened to the best scientific advice (and continues to adapt as that advice becomes even more informed). We went hard and we went early, and we kept our foot firmly on the throat of covid-19 (and continue to do so)
2. universal healthcare as part of our healthcare [i]system[/i] (as opposed to America’s healthcare [i]business[/I])
3.a cohesive and purposeful population (our Team of Five Million)
@newjaninev2 Exactly.. If we could steal your PM we would, believe me. But Scummo started well and fast and we have a similar health care approach and a larger but focused population.. Even with a few misteps we have held the line on this thing.. It CAN be done.😷
Yep, sadly... The US listened to an idiot who is known to be the single biggest source of information - Trump. He talks out of his backside and really doesn't have a clue.
There really are multiple reasons. The US was born out of the spirit of individualism. Every attempt to regulate perceived freedoms in a way as to protect anyone has been extremely difficult. This attitude was encouraged by some of the leaders of the country making the arrival of the virus a near "perfect storm." This resulted in the politicalization and denial of science.
@MasterLee lol! I assume that ‘reports’ meant the Mango Mussolini... is that right?
After [b]100[/b] days of [i]zero[/i] community transmission, we had [i]six[/i] cases emanating from a storage facility in Auckland (where they handle frozen goods imported from the United States... plague central)
We stomped on that outbreak swiftly and efficiently.
The Mango Mussolini reputed that as "New Zealand, by the way, had a big outbreak, and other countries that were held up to try and make us look not - as good as we should look because we've done an incredible job - but they're having a lot of outbreaks.”
He mocked New Zealand's pandemic response, saying there had been a "big surge of the virus in New Zealand".
@Spoiledbrat It did start in China.. And in a densely populated city.. And even with the head start of initial denial they STILL managed to stop it with less time and less resources, because they understand that an economy cant function in a pandemic and it needs to be stopped before the economy will successfully reboot. China is now back in positive growth because they acted. America and Europe are preparing to crash and burn because they wont bite the bullet and shut down properly until its done.😷
@Spoiledbrat People in China dont riot.. Well, only once.. Hong Kong is another matter. Now things are close to normal. Of course everyone is masked and I mean everyone..😷
