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Covid19 response scorecard so far afaict China: C+ Korea, Taiwan, HK, Singapore: A- Germany, France: B- Italy: D Iran: F US: C-
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People arguing for a higher grade for China, have you accounted for 2 factors? 1. They need serious points dinging for not locking down after SARS, by shutting down wildlife meat markets 2. It is not clear to me that the massive reaction was either in time or appropriate
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I'd like to assign India a grade, but tbf I can't read the situation. It's unclear wtf is happening and why rates are so low. I'm guessing it's a mix of weather, poor travel infrastructure, low testing rates, and a young population, so asymptomatic spread > serious illness/death
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But presumptively I'd assign India a D, based on reports of the silliness doing the rounds in the infamous WhatsApp disinformation sewers, and dumbass traditional medicine claims being made by leaders.
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Look at the people who decide/enact. eg., Kerala has been exposed & subsequently proactively testing/quarantine etc. 1. Kerala's excellent health minister twitter.com/shailajateache 2. India's health minister who has a bigger challenge has been at work too
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3313 persons are placed under surveillance, of which 3020 are under home isolation and 293 are admitted in designated isolation facilities. Till date 1179 samples of suspected cases have been sent for testing, out of which the results of 889 samples have been negative.
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So true about the nonsense being spread on WhatsApp. Unbelievable amounts of BS and conspiracy theories. All shared without an ounce of critical thought. I learnt that the virus is a bio weapon, manufactured by pharmaceutical companies, and can be cured by cow piss (of course).
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I would say India is B- as I am experiencing it here. They have fast reaction mechanisms on reported cases, airport checks, efficiently bringing back citizens/students etc.-Better than US. But nowhere like HK, Korea, Singapore levels on testing, infra etc.