Nancy Pelosi Says House Will Pass Coronavirus Bill with Free Testing for All

Re:Nancy Pelosi Says House Will Pass Coronavirus Bill with F... by magduf on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:29PM (#22559342)

If you want an example of how to competently handle this crisis, just look at South Korea.

The US had a whole month to get prepared for this, and instead did pretty much nothing, and even refused to import test kits and prepare itself for large-scale testing the way SK did.

The US has absolutely been incompetent, and while it hasn't been the only incompetent country (Spain is probably another one), it's easily the most visible because of its size and economic power and status as a superpower.

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Re:Nancy Pelosi Says House Will Pass Coronavirus Bill with F... by mardifoufs on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:38PM (#22559447)

Wouldn't Italy be a worst example than Spain?

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Re:Nancy Pelosi Says House Will Pass Coronavirus Bill with F... by magduf on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:41PM (#22559486)

I'm honestly not sure. Italy has some conditions that made it more vulnerable, like a larger portion of its population being older.

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Re:Nancy Pelosi Says House Will Pass Coronavirus Bill with F... by pmiller2 on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:45PM (#22559556)

So what? Whataboutism proves nothing and is a distraction from the main issue (that the Trump administration bungled its response).

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Re:Nancy Pelosi Says House Will Pass Coronavirus Bill with F... by mardifoufs on Thursday March 12, 2020 @05:29PM (#22561963)

I'm not trying to make any "whataboutist" argument, it's just that the best way to judge the performance of the US or any country is to compare it to their peers. I'm not even arguing about who's better here, I'm saying that even with an incompetent administration the US seems to fare okay, which seems to indicate it's a lot more complex to deal with or to prevent than people seem to think?

Especially since comments and news about this seem to always highlight how bad the US is dealing with this and how efficient and proactive the EU is when facts prove the opposite? There is a lot of things the rest of the world can blame the US gov for, but this?

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