Quote from: 20kevin20 on March 19, 2020, 04:34:16 PM

Don't you think it's pretty weird and sketchy that all countries are making the same mistake, considering there have been numerous pandemic preparedness events in the past few years?
... and the list can continue. They all have the needed experts and scientists to take the needed steps and measures at the right time. The pandemic could've been prevented if they wanted to. If we, the citizens see there is a problem, I doubt the officials don't.

At the very least, it's weird, because if they were prepared and saw what was happening in China, why didn't they react appropriately? If I wrote something about it, I'd probably go into conspiracy theories, so I'll refrain from that. Personally, I can only say that I do not think the virus accidentally hit China first, then Iran and then thousands of miles away Italy.

As for Italy, I have seen reports from their authorities that 40% of their citizens do not follow the rules and walk around as if nothing is happening (they track them by mobile phones), and in the same time almost 500 people die every day, which was also commented by the Vice President of the Red Cross of China when he visited Italy recently. They still think that is some kind of joke...

Also interesting is that Germany has about 16,000 infected but only 44 deaths, which is explained by the fact that Germany has 25 000 beds for patients with respiratory problems, while Italy has only 5,000, UK only 4000. From this we can see that investing in healthcare plays a very big role in these situations, and Germany is had only 0.18% mortality rate, Italy 8.3%, and China 4%.

Regarding USA, some of them know very well what was going to happen, and for example President of the US Senate Intelligence Committee Richard Burr sold all of his stock in February, in time Trump was saying there will not be more than 15 people infected with COVID-19. If Burr was aware of the danger that coming, I bet Trump is also aware, but he obviously had some other intentions if he hid the truth.