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more finger pointing (Score:4, Insightful)
Trump responded precisely in line with WHO (Score:3, Informative)
more misdirection and finger pointing. How about first start with an investigation into the US Governments failure to respond appropriately when information was known and then move on from there. Once that is done you can then look at failures in other organisations (which definitely exist also).
Trump responded precisely in line with the WHO.
On 1/14 the WHO reports "it is very clear right now that we have **no sustained** human-to-human transmission." This was clearly erroneous information.
On 1/30 the WHO reverses and declares an international public health emergency. The next dayTrump restricts travel from China.
So what information are you claiming the US failed to act on. Perhaps you are confusing the US with NYC?
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There was ample non-WHO evidence in early January that we had a very real possibility of a global pandemic brewing. Trump ignored that completely.
He was briefed on it in early January by the intelligence agencies. He ignored the warnings completely.
He proclaimed that face masks don't protect people from infection a couple of weeks before the WHO said it.
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There was ample non-WHO evidence in early January that we had a very real possibility of a global pandemic brewing. Trump ignored that completely. He was briefed on it in early January by the intelligence agencies.
He was advised of a SARS-like epidemic. In 2003 such an epidemic infect about 8,000 globally and killed about 800. There were less than 30 case in the US and no one in the US died.
In 2012 a MERS outbreak began. To date around 2,500 have been infected and around 900 died. Two of the infected were in the US and neither died.
This is the sort of stuff Trump was briefed on. The initial and erroneous info out of China was that it was SARS-like. Something we could deal with as we had before.
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There was ample non-WHO evidence in early January that we had a very real possibility of a global pandemic brewing. Trump ignored that completely. He was briefed on it in early January by the intelligence agencies.
He was advised of a SARS-like epidemic. In 2003 such an epidemic infect about 8,000 globally and killed about 800. There were less than 30 case in the US and no one in the US died.
In 2012 a MERS outbreak began. To date around 2,500 have been infected and around 900 died. Two of the infected were in the US and neither died.
This is the sort of stuff Trump was briefed on. The initial and erroneous info out of China was that it was SARS-like. Something we could deal with as we had before.
Now, I'm not saying the WHO doesn't have some blame, but to diminish the US government solely because of WHO is dump. This is not the USAHO, it's the WORLD Health Organisation.
The USA is dead last in his response to the pandemic of all countries in the World. The USA had it first case about the same time as South Korean and the first community transmission much, much later...and look at the actual situation. Want more? Look no further than mini-USA, Canada. Despite having the same WHO, Per Capita Canada hav
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Canada and the US largely differ in numbers not due to policy but due to population density. Keep in mind that a huge number of US cases are in New York City, a place with one of the greatest population densities. And a place where the local politicians faile
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Trump didn't halt travel with China. He halted travel for Chinese citizens, but Americans who had been in the worst affected regions were free to come back to the US. No quarantine for them either.
The bigger issue is that he was in denial about the scale of the thing for so long. I won't copy/paste the series of Trump quotes on the subject but it's clear he wasn't taking it seriously and the partial travel ban on Chinese citizens was just an easy thing that played with his on-going trade war, not a serious
Re:Trump responded precisely in line with WHO (Score:1)