Taiwan started preparing for COVID19 in December. Only has 67 cases

[octoberlib]

The reason they started so early is because there are many hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese working in China, which means there is a high frequency of flights and travelers between the country and Taiwan.


Taiwan has 10 million masks a day, widespread tracking, and just 1 death despite being close to the outbreak.

From the article: Taiwan took measures early on, including inspecting plane passengers coming from Wuhan starting Dec. 31, banning Wuhan residents on Jan. 23, suspending tours to China on Jan. 25, and eventually banning all Chinese visitors on Feb. 6.

Recognizing that it had to ensure an adequate supply of medical equipment, including face masks, for health professionals and the public, Taiwan’s government stopped exports of surgical face masks on January 24 while requesting local companies to step up production. Daily production is set to reach 10 million soon, divided between the public, medical, and industrial sectors.

The government also took control of face mask distribution from the private sector on Jan. 31, ensuring there would be no hoarding of supplies or exploitative pricing, as has happened in other places such as Hong Kong. Taiwan also implemented a purchasing policy on Feb. 6 in which every Taiwanese can buy a certain amount of adult and children’s masks per week from pharmacies and clinics for NT$5 ($0.17) each. And to allow for easier distribution and prevent long lines outside clinics, Taiwanese can now start ordering their masks online and pick them up at a later date.

To ensure coordination, Taiwan set up a unified command center, led by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which manages resources, holds daily briefings, and is in control of public messaging. The authorities have also moved quickly to track down infected persons and map the cases to show the sources of infection. Educating the public on the risks of the illness and precautions to take through television notices and posters is also a big part of anti-coronavirus efforts.


https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/16/taiwan-china-fear-coronavirus-success/

[duforsure]

1. How could this benefit us now?

When trump can't read , and the gop are too scare of trump to do anything for fear he'll go after them.Taiwan has a real leader, here in the USA we're seeing what happens when an lying incompetent corrupt greed driven dumbass is in charge. The trump dumbass virus has already infected many more with his lies than we know now too.

[octoberlib]

2. Trump is the absolute worst person to have in control of a pandemic.

It's a nightmare.

[captain queeg]

3. Been reading for years the Chinese will displace us at the top of the world order in another decade

Recent events will make that transpire a few years quicker

[procon]

4. In stark contrast, Donald Trump's American, a new Banana

Republic, marshalled his entire government to deny there was any problem under his masterful leadership.

We wasted several weeks while Trump preened and crowed and lied as the virus took hold and spread. People died. Trump then blamed everyone else for the the growing numbers of patients and mounting death, and it quickly became apparent that the worst case scenario many people feared, had arrived.

We knew it was inevitable that Trump's, bragging, blustering and bravado would one day become the bullshit we saw from day one. Now it's here, the ignoramus the right elected has been stripped bare and found lacking. Trump can't lead, be doesn't know how and he's too vain to reach out beyond his ass kissing appointees to bring in the experts needed in a national emergency.

[MFGsunny]

5. + 1000 n/t

[octoberlib]

6. Even now, there is no task force set up. The Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA told

the NYT they haven't heard from anbody in his administration despite him saying yesterday he called up FEMA. Trump's a disorganized mess.

[MFGsunny]

7. This! A brazillion times THIS is how it's done! n/t