The West has largely bungled the coronavirus crisis.
Nearly a year into the Covid-19 pandemic we have learned that the United States and Europe were woefully unprepared to deal with the rapid spread of this pathogen. Country after country has struggled with a shortage of hospital staff, beds, and emergency equipment. As we lunged from lockdown to lockdown, inconsistent and at times random guidance has politicized the crisis and sapped trust between the governing and the governed. Setting aside the questionable legality of de facto martial law lockdown measures, the blatant arbitrariness of some of the official Covid-19 guidance concerning business shutdowns, curfews, or regulations has had a disproportionate impact on people’s lives, health, and their ability to earn a living, making some fabulously wealthy and impoverishing others. Each passing month, infighting among our political class, when paired with breathless reporting and panic mongering by the media, has deepened partisan divisions and undermined societal resilience.
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WNU Editor: This pandemic has clobbered every country in the world. And while it is easy to say that the West has largely bungled the handling of this crisis, we need to remember what the experts were saying only 9 months ago.
2.2 million Americans dead within a year. Millions more worldwide. Lockdowns and closed borders that may last for a year or more. A 2 to 3 year roll-out for a vaccine. In that context. We have done far better than what the experts have predicted.
