Considering that as a percentage of population our death rate is lower than most of the rest of the world, and that we are a global center of commerce, this pronouncement is no more than the continuation of the politics of partisan destruction.
The reason the US government has bungled the coronavirus response so badly is not that it's starved of resources, but that it's starved of competent leadership.pic.twitter.com/YwZDGD6Kxy
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It just got here, it's a little premature to try and compare (deaths / population) with countries who are 2-8 weeks later into a virus that doubles every 5 days.
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Also workforce quality - many other countries have a national civil service exam, but the US Federal Government abolished the one it had. Leads to adverse selection in hiring. (Of course, maybe this helped the private sector!)
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Agreed about differences in the way the civil service operates... I have never been comfortable with the way new US Presidents bring about a huge change in staffing:pic.twitter.com/RGLD4GxpUM
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Whether our government is doing a good job in exchange for the money we give them? Seems like a good question to ask.
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Argue we have the political leadership the US public wants.
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I think risk-aversion is a big factor. Questions like "should we certify this mask?" easily default to "no, unless some giant firm spends years working through our bureaucracy".
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