by 68Camaro » Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:26 pm
We aren't a centralized autocracy so we can't act as China did. Like China, Korea has a more compliant culture, and they seem to be acting quickly after a bad start. Americans will whine about their independence and freedom at the expense of action, for a time - and delays can be very costly.
On paper I'm impressed that the Italians have mobilized and taken the actions they have, even though they got a slow start as well. But time will tell if their efforts have been effective. If they don't see new infections drop within a week then what they have done isn't working.
Trump's greatest issue is his mouth. His actions by and large have been timely and effective. His words haven't always been the right choices. He should have stressed the seriousness while focused on all citizens taking precautions in order to protect the small vulnerable portion of the population, appealing to their sense of compassion for others.
The biggest screw up appears to me at this point to be the CDCs development and release of an effective test protocol in sufficient numbers and in a timely manner. They rejected protocols setup by others in favor of doing their own thing, acting like a bunch of self important academics - and they screwed up. I think they are close to recovering but they lost a critical week or two in the process.
In the game of Woke, the goal posts can be moved at any moment, the penalties will apply retroactively and claims of fairness will always lose out to the perpetual right to claim offense.... Bret Stephens
The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it. George Orwell.
We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand.