Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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NightlyPoe said:

last92 said:

The US healthcare system is generally viewed as a terrible system by most developed countries. So there really is no need to put anything to rest in the first place.

https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf

And yet, again, the United States has so far performed better than many of those developed countries in the current challenge.  Indeed, the #2 country on that list had its healthcare system completely buckle and the #1 was didn't do all that well either.

So, "generally viewed" is maybe not a good metric here.

And, as to the question I keep putting forward, the United States should have its medical system's reputation grow over the last few weeks instead of sink based on its response.

this assertion is premature - the data we are looking at is very much incomplete