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Originally Posted by the urban politician
^ Really?
1. Who developed multiple highly effective vaccines in record time?
2. How many trillions have we spent on COVID relief legislation?
3. There are public masking and social distancing mandates everywhere. Compliance is of course varied, but that's pretty much the case all over the world in free societies.
4. How rapidly did a large proportion of the population shift to working from home? It happened overnight in the US
5. School reopening is still happening very slowly in many places. In Illinois, 50% of students are still e-learning, despite CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommending in-person learning.
Plenty took it seriously in America.
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Yes, really. The vaccine development was a truly worldwide effort, though of course a number of major American groups had major leadership roles. As for spending trillions, on a per capita basis we've certainly spent less than many other nations, for better or for worse. Some states took early and decisive action on mask wearing and social distancing, while others have either been forced to or never did implement them in any meaningful way. This should have been a national mandate, not a state or local one.
Also, as you said, compliance varied. Varied immensely, not just from state to state but region to region. Again, this needed to be a national mandate.
As for schools, that's a huge one. I see all sides of the debate here, and I'm not sure which side I really fall on. At this point, schools should be reopening with proper measures in place, and school staff should have priority for vaccinations, in my opinion.
All in all, many nations took COVID-19 more seriously than we have done.
Aaron (Glowrock)