24-04-2020, 05:39
I think at this stage we have to be somewhat careful of deciding which countries have got their response right and which ones haven't. Certainly a couple seem to stand out as getting more right in Germany and South Korea but currently Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, UK and the Netherlands, in that order, are not looking great. After that Sweden, Switzerland and Ireland are all faring worse that the USA is and few are suggesting the US Federal Government has managed to get anything right so far!!! There are many important decisions for all countries left to make that will determine how they go forward with this that will be just as crucial as the ones made at the beginning of this pandemic. Only then can we maybe compare one country to the next.
Its interesting in the US currently. States that are perceived as having done a good job include California (ranked 28th out of 50 in terms of death/mil at 39!!!), Oregon and Washington, while Louisiana, Michigan and Penn are all struggling. But the state with the biggest issue is NY, yet virtually no one is criticising what Cuomo has done there and it seems to be accepted that it was essentially unavoidable what happened in NY. Those states that are now maybe opening up too early may well be proved right, but if not they will likely be up there with NY and New Jersey in terms of cases and deaths!!!
Its interesting in the US currently. States that are perceived as having done a good job include California (ranked 28th out of 50 in terms of death/mil at 39!!!), Oregon and Washington, while Louisiana, Michigan and Penn are all struggling. But the state with the biggest issue is NY, yet virtually no one is criticising what Cuomo has done there and it seems to be accepted that it was essentially unavoidable what happened in NY. Those states that are now maybe opening up too early may well be proved right, but if not they will likely be up there with NY and New Jersey in terms of cases and deaths!!!