[claudeganon]

All of that is well and good, but just look at the reality of South Korea vs the United States right now. Korea is doing 10,000 test kits per day with drive up stations, while the US has had botched testing, nonsensical requirements for the testing that’s in place, and undetected community transmission for about six weeks with no mitigation plans. There’s likewise been no federal or state level action to do things like curb mass gatherings or strictly enforce quarantines, which are literally the only thing that has proven effective in curbing the spread to ease the strain on healthcare infrastructure.

Also, leadership issues aside is a big aside. Having the most incompetent and corrupt administration in recent US history helming the response to this, including someone who caused a public health crisis in his own state and a self-serving pharmaceutical industry lackey is about the worst you could ask for.

[dboreham]

The current US government plan seems to be "let everyone catch the virus and pray it isn't too bad".