[Farm93]

Six months from now, Americans will be debating how fast to reopen the economy and society which will still be far from normal.

Meanwhile, China has already been operating close to normal for many months already.

Americans have been unwilling to take short-term "medicine" and our dragging the pandemic out seemingly endlessly.
As was discussed early on, the cumulative economic cost of the American approach is likely to be many times the cost of a more disciplined approach to controlling the virus.

Yes, Chris, we should model our behavior on China who has done so well combatting the virus.  
It's a complete mystery why we can't be more like China.  
Regardless, it's an embarrassing shame . . .

We didn't need to be more like China.

We could have been more like Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, S Korea, Japan or even Vietnam.  They too embraced decisive early action rather than wait for the morgues to overflow before realizing that maybe this COVID19 thing could be a problem for health and economic prosperity.

They each opted for a few months of near universal mask wearing and now are benefiting economically while others flounder.
We opted for the easier mask-free path supported by trillions of dollars in debt and a quarter of a million deaths.

[Farm93]

Six months from now, Americans will be debating how fast to reopen the economy and society which will still be far from normal.

Meanwhile, China has already been operating close to normal for many months already.

Americans have been unwilling to take short-term "medicine" and our dragging the pandemic out seemingly endlessly.
As was discussed early on, the cumulative economic cost of the American approach is likely to be many times the cost of a more disciplined approach to controlling the virus.

Yes, Chris, we should model our behavior on China who has done so well combatting the virus.  
It's a complete mystery why we can't be more like China.  
Regardless, it's an embarrassing shame . . .

We didn't need to be more like China.

We could have been more like Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, S Korea, Japan or even Vietnam.  They too embraced decisive early action rather than wait for the morgues to overflow before realizing that maybe this COVID19 thing could be a problem for health and economic prosperity.

They each opted for a few months of near universal mask wearing and now are benefiting economically while others flounder.
We opted for the easier mask-free path supported by trillions of dollars in debt and a quarter of a million deaths.