Sunday, April 26, 2020

COVID-19: Why is it Still Unwise to Bet against America?

Date of publication: April 17, 2020

The issues faced by the US are so grim that many observers intuitively feel it is almost time to write off the United States of America, whatever that means. The US is on ventilator support, they feel. Perhaps, nothing could be farther from the truth. This is because many of them forget that the present corona pandemic in the US is not a crisis of capability but one characterised by utter negligence and zero preparation. The general characterisation and belief of the pandemic as, ‘this is just a seasonal flu; it will go away’ flew in the face of America. Millions of Americans got it wrong, just like the transatlantic people.

Read the complete article here at the website of Kochi based think-tank, Centre for Public Policy Research: https://www.cppr.in/centre-for-strategic-studies/covid-19-why-is-it-still-unwise-to-bet-against-america

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