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Re:US accused of ‘piracy’ over mask ‘confiscation’ by hatenberg on Saturday April 04, 2020 @08:31AM (#22777872)
The US intercepted a shipment in Thailand and tried the same in Singapore. That is a very different level than an export ban.

There will be hell to pay when this is over

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Re:US accused of ‘piracy’ over mask ‘confiscation’ by amf12 on Saturday April 04, 2020 @09:27AM (#22778088)
> Europe spread the virus to the rest of the world, acting as the seed infection for half the planet. This was because of their incompetent and slow response time, poor crisis preparation

Well why didn't the US* demonstrate competence by showing fast response times, strong crisis management (including the President in the US declaring there was nothing to worry about in March, stating that they were well prepared)?

- The US could have stopped travel earlier before even getting its first case.

- The US could have prepared by procuring ventilators and masks before they needed them.

- The US could have cautioned people about the virus rather than stating there is nothing to worry about (even when it had already spread to the US).

In fact some of the European countries took strong measures as soon as shit hit the fan in Italy, whereas there are still states which are not asking people to stay at home.

* I did not mention any other countries since you did not name them.

Re:US accused of ‘piracy’ over mask ‘confiscation’ by etiam on Saturday April 04, 2020 @11:51AM (#22778980)
Not that I'm in any way impressed with the response from most European nations, but your statement about seed infections and causing the global spread is simply wrong.

https://nextstrain.org/ncov

Re:US accused of ‘piracy’ over mask ‘confiscation’ by Pedrit0 on Saturday April 04, 2020 @09:49AM (#22778197)
This is past. The new hub is the US that is spreading it all over the American continent.