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Why Can't America Handle the Coronavirus Crisis?

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Re: Why Can't America Handle the Coronavirus Crisis?

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The elephant in the room (re: the pandemic response) is the privatized health care system. With costs so high, people will avoid treatment, and with few security nets, people will go to work sick. How exactly do you prevent a rapid spread in that situation?

I don't know why you're being downvoted, you make a valid point.

Re: Why Can't America Handle the Coronavirus Crisis?

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The elephant in the room (re: the pandemic response) is the privatized health care system. With costs so high, people will avoid treatment, and with few security nets, people will go to work sick. How exactly do you prevent a rapid spread in that situation?

People seem to hold the Dutch healthcare system in high regard, and it's private.

Re: Why Can't America Handle the Coronavirus Crisis?

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Handling it better than a lot of countries…

Will find out end of March start of April how well or badly it was handled reading the stories on Reddit of people being sick doctors not allowed to do tests. So far the us response seems to be about protecting the stock markets and corporations not the people.
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