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The Senate letter is exactly the sort of indication of riding concern that began to appear in the second half of February. It's not an immediate call to action.

The Democrats in general were sharply critical of the measures Trump did take at the end of January. 

There are no heroes here.

It indeed does get old, because Germany has had a grand total of 9,996 deaths, or just over 1 death per 10,000 of its people; the US has over three times the mortality.  Its seven day moving average of daily deaths is 11 total; we'd be thrilled to have a number 10 times as high.  Germany has reopened shops, museums, churches, hair salons, and many schools.  Very early on this board, a number of people here were wondering why the apparent case fatality rate from COVID-19 was so low in Germany.  It's because they tested a lot more than fellow European countries and a lot more than the US.  In the critical mid-March period where every day was critical, Germany had tested 30 times as many people per capita as the US.  Goose will remind us that in some ways they were a bit lucky, and that is true (as you can read in the article I link below), but they also played the hand they were dealt well.  They knew where COVID-19 was spreading and were able to act accordingly.  The US pretty much didn't, and only intervened when it was too late.

This article compares Germany's response to France's.

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/17/21223915/c...death-rate

The bottom line, "Germany followed the playbook for saving lives. France didn’t."  At least France seems to have learned its lesson; it has driven its infection rate down to about 450 new cases a day (7-day moving average) and its deaths to 22.

And for what it is worth, Angela Merkel gets the highest net approval rating in how she handled the response.

https://morningconsult.com/form/europe-p...-response/

Macron is under water, but you'll never guess which leader gets the worst marks.

BC

[BostonCard]

The Senate letter is exactly the sort of indication of riding concern that began to appear in the second half of February. It's not an immediate call to action.

The Democrats in general were sharply critical of the measures Trump did take at the end of January. 

There are no heroes here.

It indeed does get old, because Germany has had a grand total of 9,996 deaths, or just over 1 death per 10,000 of its people; the US has over three times the mortality.  Its seven day moving average of daily deaths is 11 total; we'd be thrilled to have a number 10 times as high.  Germany has reopened shops, museums, churches, hair salons, and many schools.  Very early on this board, a number of people here were wondering why the apparent case fatality rate from COVID-19 was so low in Germany.  It's because they tested a lot more than fellow European countries and a lot more than the US.  In the critical mid-March period where every day was critical, Germany had tested 30 times as many people per capita as the US.  Goose will remind us that in some ways they were a bit lucky, and that is true (as you can read in the article I link below), but they also played the hand they were dealt well.  They knew where COVID-19 was spreading and were able to act accordingly.  The US pretty much didn't, and only intervened when it was too late.

This article compares Germany's response to France's.

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/17/21223915/c...death-rate

The bottom line, "Germany followed the playbook for saving lives. France didn’t."  At least France seems to have learned its lesson; it has driven its infection rate down to about 450 new cases a day (7-day moving average) and its deaths to 22.

And for what it is worth, Angela Merkel gets the highest net approval rating in how she handled the response.

https://morningconsult.com/form/europe-p...-response/

Macron is under water, but you'll never guess which leader gets the worst marks.

BC