I don't know why I thought the US could handle this pandemic

[cashew]

Self from 5-months ago: LOL, don't panic. Wash your hands, stay inside, keep good hygiene, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, and keep your immune system healthy. The CDC's got this.

Today:

So...things are bad.

All Americans had to do was socially distance, cover their face, stay away from each other, and let the virus burn out without access to new hosts. But instead, we have...well, this stuff. The irony of a country with some of the world's most advanced medical/epidemiological science research and one of the worst public health responses. I...I just...
(つ﹏⊂)    ╮(╯▽╰)╭

I'm...gonna go hermit now.

Comments

[tanithryudo]

I guess it's precisely because people don't take it seriously enough.

The phrase "give me liberty or give me death" keeps coming to me, but I don't think this was the intended meaning, lol.

[cashew]

To give liberty is to give death at this point. Ugh.

With all the panic buying, you'd think people were taking it seriously, but it turns out that all the hoarding was intended to capitalize on panic, not preparing to stay at home, FFS.🤦‍♂️

[tanithryudo]

When the economy becomes more important than healthcare... that's been pretty much the story since Trump got elected, innit?

Eh... I guess there is a silver lining of a totalitarian government vs a democratic one.

[cashew]

Sadly, that's been the story since the Regean administration. Obama tried to do something about it, but there was too much push back from the Republicans at the time and he was too intent on getting bipartisan support instead of just pushing it through when they had a super majority.

It's been a well established theory/pattern in polisci that totalitarian governments have the advantage when it comes to responding to crisis events. Democratic ones have more stability, but has a hard time responding to extreme situations. It's a trade off between efficiency and stability.