Observation: Arguably the COVID response failures in the U.S. and China illustrate fundamental failings in both societies. In the U.S. rampant anti-science, corporatized health care, lack of public investment, extreme inequality, dysfunction fueled by extreme polarization fed by incentivized disinformation. In China authoritarian corrupt leaders out of touch with, and with little regard for, the needs and experiences of their vast, diverse population.
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Question: Which country has had the best COVID response? Is there a society which has responded in a way informed by science and respectful of the rights and needs of their people?
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@tonic ah yes good answer! Democratic, guided by science. New Zealand gets high marks.
@DrFunkySpoon On the other hand, Operation Warp Speed also saved millions of lives. I think it’s Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccines, which had support from both US government and the UE Commission, the ones that have made China’s response too restrictive in 2022.
@vrruiz yes that’s true. Would have been so much worse without these vaccines.
But the inane policy debates & conflicts & legal wrangling over vaccines show our society’s underbelly on full display.
@DrFunkySpoon This shows the big picture, with the most populous nations and global average, US highlighted. Asia seems to have done better than average.
@DrFunkySpoon New Zealand ?