1. Crucial to understanding Trump's bungling of coronavirus is that he's been treating it as a border control problem rather than a public health problem. Wednesday's speech, with it's talk of a "foreign virus" was part of that.
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7. The bungling of the Chinese government, of course, is itself a major problem. But it's notable that they realize their productive capacity is an asset and are leveraging it for soft power, as in their recent foreign aid sent to Italy.https://twitter.com/VKJudit/status/1237448125800988675 …
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8. Mike Davis, a towering figure, has been warning for decades about the need to shore up international environmental infrastructure to ward against global pandemics. He writes: "Walls not vaccines: could there be a more evil template for the future?" http://links.org.au/mike-davis-covid-19-monster-finally-at-the-door …pic.twitter.com/Zx8VvCfV6A
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9. A Chinese foundation is offering to send half a million test kits to USA. As with all philanthropy one might question the motives (likely damage control). Still: China is using crisis to expand its profile while USA becomes more isolationisthttps://twitter.com/nothingsmonstrd/status/1238495559658475525 …
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10. Some more thoughts on why the America First response to Coronavirus is dangerous:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/republican-xenophobia-coronavirus-pandemic/ …
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If there was only another world pacific treaty that could have provided us with more options...
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世界上没有人能比特朗普更了解如何应对大流行
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