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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Mar 2020

      People comparing Trump ignoring the coronavirus intelligence report to “Bin Ladin preparing to strike”: can you please jog your memory? The pandemic was blazingly obvious by end of January without any secret intelligence *and* most mainstream US punditry and Europe also flunked.

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    2. Lisa Randall‏ @lirarandall 20 Mar 2020
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      Ha. Just made that comparison myself. I see your point but there are some glaring common features. Like it was inevitable but we didn't know when. So they thought they could ride it out even if eventually there would be a problem. Just didn't know when and how.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Mar 2020
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      The difference is the public information by end of January was overwhelming and credible. The administration’s failure: sure, it’s right there. Even without a single intelligence report. It’s just that the failure was near universal outside of a few countries in Asia.

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        2. Jacob‏ @surlierthanthou 20 Mar 2020
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          Can the pervasiveness of failure be chalked up to US rescinding its responsibility as global leader? I think it’s reasonable to assume an admin that embraced the role would’ve worked earlier to coordinate w/ other countries. No 1 has filled the power vaccuum Trump thrust on world

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        3. Manuel Bellido‏ @manubellido 20 Mar 2020
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          My home country was just locked down with only a few cases and they want to do what they did in South Korea. They do not want to lead the world, they just care about the people.

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        1. Wearing Masks still saves lives  🌹  🏨 🇵🇱  🌍 🏴‍☠️‏ @eee_eff 20 Mar 2020
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          Mid January it was obvious. My last flight then I knew from following news, esp. from China that this was coming here. Anyone familar w SARS outbreak 2002-04 could see this one was going to be a leviathan.

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        1. Alex Hofford‏Verified account @alexhofford 21 Mar 2020
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          Also @afp was reporting a “mystery pneumonia outbreak” in China as early as 31 December 2019. We’ve had ages to prepare for this thing. https://news.yahoo.com/china-probes-pneumonia-outbreak-sars-links-state-media-063012382.html …

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