Re:Ask HN: Why USA, the most tech-forward country in the wor...
by jleyank on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:49PM
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1) nobody’s really controlling covid. At best they’re dealing with it vs health care systems and trying to run the economy.
2) tech doesn’t really help, aside from making the vaccines and that’s already done. Boring stuff like distribution and storage systems and country level shortages rule.
3) it became political/tribal, so behaviour isn’t always rational.
4) the urgency to deal with covid is not shared by all parts of society. Partially due to (3) and partially due to wishful thinking, impatience etc.
2) tech doesn’t really help, aside from making the vaccines and that’s already done. Boring stuff like distribution and storage systems and country level shortages rule.
3) it became political/tribal, so behaviour isn’t always rational.
4) the urgency to deal with covid is not shared by all parts of society. Partially due to (3) and partially due to wishful thinking, impatience etc.