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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/worl...659696002/

It's one thing to have East Asian countries or island countries such as New Zealand do better than the US in fighting COVID, but Senegal?

"You see Senegal moving out on all fronts: following science, acting quickly, working the communication side of the equation, and then thinking about innovation," said Judd Devermont, director of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a nonpartisan foreign policy think tank.

But at least the US is ahead of... Indonesia, Turkey, Mexico, and Iran.

Shannon Underwood, an immigration lawyer from Seattle who moved to Senegal with her family two years ago, said the government's response has been impressive, if not perfect. Underwood said it's been "bizarre" to watch the U.S. response from afar, adding that she would much rather be living in Dakar. 
"There hasn't been a moment where my family was thinking, 'Oh, we should have evacuated. We always felt being here was the better choice," Underwood said. 
Her Senegalese friends are flabbergasted that Americans are arguing over whether to wear masks and that some are questioning the severity of the virus.

How embarrassing for us, to be beaten by a "s**t-hole" country.

BC

We'll see how it all shakes out in the end. I'm pretty sure the US will be in bottom half; but then again, we are who we are.  And we get what we deserve.

[teejers1]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/worl...659696002/

It's one thing to have East Asian countries or island countries such as New Zealand do better than the US in fighting COVID, but Senegal?

"You see Senegal moving out on all fronts: following science, acting quickly, working the communication side of the equation, and then thinking about innovation," said Judd Devermont, director of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a nonpartisan foreign policy think tank.

But at least the US is ahead of... Indonesia, Turkey, Mexico, and Iran.

Shannon Underwood, an immigration lawyer from Seattle who moved to Senegal with her family two years ago, said the government's response has been impressive, if not perfect. Underwood said it's been "bizarre" to watch the U.S. response from afar, adding that she would much rather be living in Dakar. 
"There hasn't been a moment where my family was thinking, 'Oh, we should have evacuated. We always felt being here was the better choice," Underwood said. 
Her Senegalese friends are flabbergasted that Americans are arguing over whether to wear masks and that some are questioning the severity of the virus.

How embarrassing for us, to be beaten by a "s**t-hole" country.

BC

We'll see how it all shakes out in the end. I'm pretty sure the US will be in bottom half; but then again, we are who we are.  And we get what we deserve.