Why has the European response been superior to the US? “Ultimately, defeating a pandemic comes down to prudent and compassionate individual behaviour as well as responsible community choices.” Opinion | georgeajjan
The past four months of the Covid-19 pandemic have put the rugged individualism at the foundation of American culture to the test.
used by the White House predicted a dramatically reduced US death toll in the range of only 65,000-75,000, about 80-90 percent of which would have occurred by early May. Of course, that is much easier to accomplish in small countries like Slovenia, Switzerland, Austria, and Denmark - all of which are at the finishing line.
Despite those fundamental precepts, however, a more cohesive Washington bureaucracy characterised by previous presidential administrations of either party might have managed to implement a more uniform national protocol to deal with the pandemic.
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