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Political Jazz Fan said:
Article from a day ago:

US was more prepared for pandemic than any other country, Johns Hopkins study found
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us...r-pandemics-johns-hopkins-study-found-in-2019

I can see why you are so negative and confused too. 99% of the coverage for the virus is negative. You can barely find any truthful/balanced articles on google right now.
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This was from a 2019 study about a possible pandemic. Reality has shown that several other countries have handled it better than the USA.

We might have done better if our federal government had made decisions based on science and caring about people instead of reelection and stock market fears.

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infection said:
I think the question, from a superficial level, sounds like prioritizing other things over life, but the question isn’t asked about a lot of things. 40k deaths a year on roads isn’t questioned. Nearly 100k deaths due to alcohol isn’t questioned. Obviously we don’t know what the exact death toll will be, but as a hypothetical, it’s good to ask the question, and I am asking this non-rhetorically: what’s the minimum level that warrants shutting things down indefinitely? 5k deaths? 1k? There’s not a right or wrong answer here, but if we’re saying even even 15k, then we have some real re-evaluating to do in many other ways in which we tolerate death as a risk and not just with motor vehicles and alcohol.
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Don't forget cigarettes
 
Political Jazz Fan said:
I'm guessing you did not read the article. Is that accurate?
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Rather than copying and pasting headlines and twitter posts, why don't you articulate your own opinion on this subject?

Furthermore, rather than citing a fox news article, go take a look at the 324 page report to see if there is something useful to back up your argument.

Anyway, the GHS index that Fox is citing, measures "health security and related capabilities" (p.5). It states that "knowing the risks and identifying the gaps, however, is not enough. Political will is needed to save lives and build a safer and more secure world" (p.31).

In that sense, despite U.S. ranking first in several categories, public trust in the federal government remains near historic lows (Washington Post, 2019 using information from the Pew Research Center). At the end of the day, you can have outstanding infrastructure in place and capabilities to respond like the US but politicians who just blew it by seeking their own agenda. And that's what the Trump administration did by downplaying the risks of this pandemic and wasting precious time.

Side note: Fox cities the paper saying "the U.S. score was still not perfect...". Nope, the original report has no mention of that. The Washington Post article did. I guess whoever wrote the Fox news article didn't read the GHS report either.
 
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