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bv
Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren't there more of them? (CNN April 15, 2020)
(CNN) In Taiwan, early intervention measures have controlled the coronavirus pandemic so successfully that it is now exporting millions of face masks to help the European Union and others.
Germany has overseen the largest-scale coronavirus testing program in Europe, conducting 350,000 tests each week, detecting the virus early enough to isolate and treat patients effectively.
In New Zealand, the prime minister took early action to shut down tourism and impose a month-long lockdown on the entire country, limiting coronavirus casualties to just nine deaths.
All three places have received accolades for their impressive handling of the coronavirus pandemic. They are scattered across the globe: one is in the heart of Europe, one is in Asia and the other is in the South Pacific.
But they have one thing in common: they're all led by women.
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PS. Norway and Denmark are also led by women, and both countries took early action.
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MisterDDDD
The Huge Cost of Waiting to Contain the Pandemic
As the numbers show, the timing of social distancing can have an enormous impact on death tolls
"On March 16, the White House issued initial social distancing guidelines, including closing schools and avoiding groups of more than 10. But an estimated 90 percent of the cumulative deaths in the United States from Covid-19, at least from the first wave of the epidemic, might have been prevented by putting social distancing policies into effect two weeks earlier, on March 2, when there were only 11 deaths in the entire country. The effect would have been substantial had the policies been imposed even one week earlier, on March 9, resulting in approximately a 60 percent reduction in deaths."
[www.nytimes.com]
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MonkeyMan2000
Of course, the easy way out of this is to blame communists for the mess that some "developed" countries have with their health systems. Even if the Chinese government tried to block information about the situation (which is not exclusively a communist thing to do, look at Mr.Trump) the real reason for the lack of supplies and the massive inequality between rich and poor/black and white etc in healing expectancy is to be found in the deregulation that has been taking place in the health system (among all the other crucial social services) since the 80s. If more of the industries important to such situations are privatized, producing the amount of supplies needed in an epidemic that only comes every 100 years is not profitable. Sadly, free markets are only focused on the present. Now we have the opportunity to learn.
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SomeTorontoGirl
[www.theguardian.com]
Wed 8 Apr 2020
Donald Trump has blamed the World Health Organization for failures in the initial response to the coronavirus pandemic, even threatening to cut its funding, but most health experts say it has performed well with limited resources.
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bv
It is a waste of time to blame the IORR moderator being unfair here. It is like telling your mother and father you want to replace them. Sure you can, but then you can't expect to come by and enjoy Thanksgiving and Xmas and all of that in their home as you please at any times.
I will delete any such complaints. If you don't think I am fair, then please do not waste your time telling me here. I have been moderating IORR the same way since mid '90's i.e. for 25 years, and I intend to keep the same policy for the next 25 years.
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bv
It is a waste of time to blame the IORR moderator being unfair here. It is like telling your mother and father you want to replace them.
I won't lie...this made me laugh. Good stuff.
I'd bet a lot of kids want to replace their parents after this extended Quarantine.
....and I'd bet a lot of parents want to replace their kids!