COVID-19 & US healthcare system

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Was anyone blaming Trump? For turning down the WHO test kits, I suppose, and responses that are more style than substance. The orange moron is bad in that respect, though, because a lack of effective action is going to mean more people die. Even if it's not members here personally - and I for one would reccommend no one bet on that given my own health, let alone my father - that's a heavy cost for the nation, and the rest of the world due to increased numbers of infected poeple to spread from let alone any economic effects.

The virus itself? Of course that's nothing to do with Trump. Trump has everything to do with Dad talking about having to vote Anathema Democrat for the first time ever, but the universe at large is unconcerned with human affairs on that level. If it was, a meteorite or lightning strike would be far more likely to be effective anyway.

edit: And to address Raj's apparent main point, yes, cases in the US are low so far. It's just getting started on us, like it was just getting started in Europe weeks ago. How it's predicted to go from here is where the numbers get troubling.