American Europhilia is American myopia. First of all, the UK is currently averaging 50 deaths a day. Second of all none of these countries listed has performed remotely as well as Vietnam, Thailand, Czechia, Uganda, Japan, Uruguay, Slovakia, New Zealand, South Korea.... https://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker/status/1293573604265795584

Now that this has gotten RTs, I feel bad. Didn't mean to pick on the quoted tweet; it makes a valid point. I've just been frustrated by the degree to which the COVID policy discussion in America has ignored examples that aren't domestic or from Western European countries

And Italy's turnaround in particular deserves praise; heroic work by Italian public health officials, healthcare workers, etc