This is hard to read. Makes me wonder what really makes the US "the best"? We have failed at every level in this crisis.
"Within a week of its first confirmed case, South Korea’s disease control agency had summoned 20 private companies to the medical equivalent of a war-planning summit and told them to develop a test for the virus at lightning speed."https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/28/trump-coronavirus-politics-us-health-disaster …
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It’s hard, but we have to admit it and start to do the right thing now, time is everything!
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So why did private companies wait here? Private companies need direction?
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We're all slaves to the almighty dollar. Most likely assurances that they would be paid
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We often conflate “private company in USA” and “Private company in Korea” as if the two are equally “private”. Agility of SK Chaebols in assisting gov’t makes sense. They are quasi gov’t entities—nowhere near as autonomous. Samsung alone is 17% SK GDP.
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Are you saying genuinely private companies are less likely to help out in a crisis?
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Meanwhile, Trump was golfing.
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And being impeached. Also, the WHO--along with China--was heavily downplaying risk.
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