Molson Hart

What if Wuhan were in Missouri? How #COVID19 might look different in the United States than China: - The US has a less compliant population (more resistant to quarantine measures) - Higher potential for riots/looting - More people in poor health - More transparent government

- Larger prison population - More children per family unit - Fewer old people per family unit (sadly our grandmas and grandpas are in old folks' homes instead of with their kids) - Less dense - Less public transport, but more mass gatherings (places of worship)

- (this one really freaks me out as more countries engage in export bans) weaker medical supply chain - Larger homeless population - Generally, cleaner, more hygienic - Weaker community identity, sense of local belonging - Rule of law! (slower to respond, but fairer responses)

- Higher percentage of workers able to telecommute (service economy) - Higher illegal immigrant population who will not come forward about infection - Less respect for the seriousness of disease (no SARS history) - More ostracization for weird behaviors like mask-wearing

Outside of our density and high percentage of electronic service economy workers, I don't see the United States handling this well compared to China. They were dealt a much worse hand and seem to, up until this point, played it much better. We'll see!