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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 4403714" data-attributes="member: 56035"><a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ashish-jha/" target="_blank">Ashish Jha</a>, who runs the Harvard Global Health Institute, says the response to the coronavirus has varied dramatically around the world. &quot;Some countries have been very aggressive and have actually done quite a good job,&quot; he says. &quot;Other countries have been quite lackadaisical and, I think, have suffered immensely from it. And I think there are lessons to be learned for all of us.&quot;Italy and Iran both fall in the latter category. Jha says that before cases of COVID-19 were first diagnosed, Italy and Iran appeared to be in denial about the disease.&quot;I mean, you had the Iran deputy health minister coughing on national television talking about coronavirus,&quot; Jha says. &quot;But really not taking it seriously.&quot;That deputy health minister later tested positive for the virus.As people started to get sick, neither Italy nor Iran did much testing. They were slow to stop mass gatherings. Eventually both countries were overwhelmed with cases.So how has the United States&#039; response been?&quot;Our response is much, much worse than almost any other country that&#039;s been affected,&quot; Jha says.He uses the words &quot;stunning,&quot; &quot;fiasco&quot; and &quot;mind-blowing&quot; to describe how bad it is.&quot;And I don&#039;t understand it,&quot; he says incredulously. &quot;I still don&#039;t understand why we don&#039;t have extensive testing. Vietnam! Vietnam has tested more people than America has.&quot; (He&#039;s citing data from earlier this week. The U.S. has since started testing more widely, although exact figures still aren&#039;t available at a national level.)<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/12/814522489/singapore-wins-praise-for-its-covid-19-strategy-the-u-s-does-not" target="_blank">Singapore Wins Praise For Its COVID-19 Strategy. The U.S. Does Not</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 4403714, member: 56035"] [URL='https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ashish-jha/']Ashish Jha[/URL], who runs the Harvard Global Health Institute, says the response to the coronavirus has varied dramatically around the world. "Some countries have been very aggressive and have actually done quite a good job," he says. "Other countries have been quite lackadaisical and, I think, have suffered immensely from it. And I think there are lessons to be learned for all of us." Italy and Iran both fall in the latter category. Jha says that before cases of COVID-19 were first diagnosed, Italy and Iran appeared to be in denial about the disease. "I mean, you had the Iran deputy health minister coughing on national television talking about coronavirus," Jha says. "But really not taking it seriously." That deputy health minister later tested positive for the virus. As people started to get sick, neither Italy nor Iran did much testing. They were slow to stop mass gatherings. Eventually both countries were overwhelmed with cases. So how has the United States' response been? "Our response is much, much worse than almost any other country that's been affected," Jha says. He uses the words "stunning," "fiasco" and "mind-blowing" to describe how bad it is. "And I don't understand it," he says incredulously. "I still don't understand why we don't have extensive testing. Vietnam! Vietnam has tested more people than America has." (He's citing data from earlier this week. The U.S. has since started testing more widely, although exact figures still aren't available at a national level.) [URL="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/12/814522489/singapore-wins-praise-for-its-covid-19-strategy-the-u-s-does-not"]Singapore Wins Praise For Its COVID-19 Strategy. The U.S. Does Not[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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