No matter how you look at it: our governments must have been informed in early January that COVID-19 would spread in our countries, and our governments failed to act on that knowledge. Large parts of our governments don't actually work and need to be dismantled and rebuilt.
It was in the governments best interest to collect all necessary information, and not everyone working near the capitol is clinically stupid. Can you think of reasons that would reward the government for acting later than sooner despite knowing what would happen?
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That’s not to say tax/job loss, stock market aren’t in the decision making. But there’s more involved then just incentives when you need to see the damage before acting. Im in NYC w/family in healthcare treating Covid, there were warnings to prevent this.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-hospitals-bronx.html …
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You still seem to think that it is the main purpose of government to alleviate human suffering. You can take nothing for granted. Government is not a moral agent, it is a platform to negotiate the conditions of species survival between conflicting stakeholders.
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I don’t think it’s reward or incentive based decision making, especially since they are scrambling now, however so incompetently. Besides the actual pandemic experts being ignored, the information from the early infected countries was pretty grim. It’s a trend to mistrust science
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I don't think so. Just imagine to be in the same position as a government official, trying to optimize relationship to donors and support network, and perhaps getting re-elected.
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