Spectacular thread on the difference between perfect evidence-based policy and reality In short, the U.S. doesn't have a coronavirus plan and will probably never have onehttps://twitter.com/KeithNHumphreys/status/1259828752516706304 …
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In this case, the evidence indicates a really good way to go - test and trace similar to Germany/S Korea - but the practicalities of extremely low buy-in to government intervention make this unlikely/impossible
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In what sense? Depends on the country of course, but buy-in to intervention is incredibly high in (for example) South Korea. There, they had the military spraying the streets and mandatory contact-tracing apps months ago, unthinkable in the US
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There were indeed a few protests, although calling them "mass" is a bit of a misnomer - not widespread nor across the country - and even in these protests people wore masks. Conversely, the entire city of Daegu locked down for about a month
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Yep, but after 10,000s of deaths. Daegu locked down after what, a single death in the country? Quick response by citizenry, and much greater adherence that in many places in the US
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But the buy-in was key. In the US, you have Elon Musk defying lockdown and opening his factory after only a few weeks - in Korea, the situation was quite clearly not the same
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