[wnmurphy]

Not doing any actual airport screening, rejecting the WHO tests so we could develop our own (for some reason), denying that there was even a problem for 4 critical weeks, telling people as recently as a week ago that they should be out going to restaurants and bars... all the failures of leadership that caused us to blow well past containment.

In contrast, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong got right on top of it, and early. They're also the only countries seeing a flat rather than exponential trend right now. Which means their hospitals are not at threat of being overwhelmed.

[destitude]

Oklahoma governor was in a crowded restaurant with his family just two days ago telling everyone else to do the same.

[akiselev]

> Not doing any actual airport screening, rejecting the WHO tests so we could develop our own (for some reason),

Let's not forget screwing up the manufacturing of the test. [1]

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/testing.html