Comments by "Taxtro" (@MrCmon113) on "A Conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee (Episode #214)" video.

Different countries reacted differently well. Trump is the only Western leader that first denied that the virus was dangerous at all and then blamed the Chinese for his own inaction.
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@kenhiett5266 He shut down flights from Europe after the virus was already all over New York. That's like buying an alarm system while the burglar empties your house.
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@kenhiett5266 You are completely missing the point. The measures that helped reduce the impact of the virus elsewhere were mandatory masks and prohibiting large events. And again: Trump said HIMSELF that the virus was not a problem and then he accused China of delaying his response HIMSELF. The media didn't make him say that. He's lying his ass off at every opportunity.
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@kenhiett5266 Cool. We are not talking about any of those people though, but Trump in relationship to other Western leaders. Sweden decided against most restrictions, but that's just the point... they decided . They didn't pretend that the virus wasn't a problem and then blamed someone else for their own inaction.
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@donkeyrhomper Not the case in Sweden or Italy. It's the case in countries, which early enacted countermeasures.
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@Headspin3d Short-phobia doesn't have a place in my universe. Begone, bigot!
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