[lex24]

How are Italy and Spain and Greece keeping the lid on this while the US isn't? None of those countries have public health care systems better than the US, let alone anything close to the CDC. They aren't exactly cultures famed for compliance with authority. They don't have anything close to our financial might. 

They, along with the rest of Europe, had the determination from their government to attack this thing and defeat it. We had a populist anti-science moron, like Bolsonaro, running our response, dividing his nation and actively making things worse by discouraging masks and seemingly trying to slow testing roll out.

We are a Republic.  Federal and State issues.  We also dwarf Italy, Greece and Spain in size.  NY is not led by a “populist anti-scientific moron”. Yet they had big problems. It’s easy to just blame Trump. And sure give him some blame. He deserves it. In point of fact, however, it’s a tad more complex.

[lex24]

How are Italy and Spain and Greece keeping the lid on this while the US isn't? None of those countries have public health care systems better than the US, let alone anything close to the CDC. They aren't exactly cultures famed for compliance with authority. They don't have anything close to our financial might. 

They, along with the rest of Europe, had the determination from their government to attack this thing and defeat it. We had a populist anti-science moron, like Bolsonaro, running our response, dividing his nation and actively making things worse by discouraging masks and seemingly trying to slow testing roll out.

We are a Republic.  Federal and State issues.  We also dwarf Italy, Greece and Spain in size.  NY is not led by a “populist anti-scientific moron”. Yet they had big problems. It’s easy to just blame Trump. And sure give him some blame. He deserves it. In point of fact, however, it’s a tad more complex.