I know we spent a lot of time monitoring the coronavirus and how the Chinese government dealt with the situation. Now that we have seen confirmed cases in 49 states, it has just been this past week that we have begun to see closures and cancellations. I am curious as to the opinions of those in the course on how the U.S. handled the outbreak. I know we often like to criticize China, but it seems as though they mobilized fairly quickly and if their numbers are to be believed, they have a good handle on the situation. Whereas the U.S. had time to prepare for this and yet it seems that we are playing from behind. Are the “draconian” measures taken by the Chinese governments justified if they are able to get the disease under control? I might note that Idaho is fairly behind on this situation and we are telling people to avoid large gathers and yet they refuse to cancel schools, which I believe is a large gather.

Anyways, I am interested in your thoughts.