The epidemiologists have long told us that a pandemic in our lifetime would be a matter of when, not if. Somehow I imagined it would mean 20% of people dying, and near total breakdown of civil order. I am grateful for how things are turning out.
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One reason the Asian countries reacted as decisively as they did (...once they did...) was that they learned from the last SARS epidemic.
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Unfortunately, we learned from the SARS epidemic, too: we invested billions into Tamiflu, PPE and vaccine research, and felt that they were wasted. A more important factor: some Asian countries have modernist governments (they are governed by experts, not just by show masters).
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I don't see Trump and the GOP implementing necessary measures to gain support. I see them consolidating power, packing courts, purging opponents, suppressing votes, and lining their pockets. We'll see what happens in November, but not looking good. I'd love to be wrong.
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They are losing power, as humans start to see that DIY solutions, from the bottom-up, thinking globally and acting locally, are the most effective way to take care of our health. Evolution is an emergent process, decentralized, not something controllable from a center.
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