| HoangNhatAnh said: We fought many bigger and stronger countries during war era. We also faced many viruses and diseases such as SARS, H1N1, H5N1, H3N1,... in the past. We still won in the end. What make you think it would be different for us this time? Health care system is just one factor, your attitude and how you treat the problem are what will decide the war. We acted asap when we realized this thing would be very dangerous since January 2020. All the things many Western countries are doing now, we already did them in March - April 2020. Basically the difference of each country's thinking and attitude to this virus will bring different results. |
True, Western arrogance plays a big factor in the botch job we're doing. The 'it won't happen to me' attitude is strong on all levels, not helped by 2019 reports that put US and UK as the most prepared and able to deal with a pandemic.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/global-pandemic-preparedness-ranked/
Vietnam is ranked 50th, doing better than most of the 49 above.
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