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I agree that the Asian countries that responded well had better systems in place.  But it takes a leader to make the call to action.  Taiwan's leader had to activate their Central Epidemic Command Center (which appointed a leader and centralized a lot of coordination).  One wonders if it was fortunate that Taiwan's leadership right now is the anti-China party.  If the China-friendly party were in command, perhaps they would have dragged their feet to try not to rub China the wrong way.  And as has been posted already...every day counts.

[magnus]

I agree that the Asian countries that responded well had better systems in place.  But it takes a leader to make the call to action.  Taiwan's leader had to activate their Central Epidemic Command Center (which appointed a leader and centralized a lot of coordination).  One wonders if it was fortunate that Taiwan's leadership right now is the anti-China party.  If the China-friendly party were in command, perhaps they would have dragged their feet to try not to rub China the wrong way.  And as has been posted already...every day counts.