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Trump failed. The numbers don't lie.
Posted on: March 30, 2020 at 12:30:34 CT
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Shortly after the initial discovery of the virus, South Korea implemented a “TRUST” strategy—an acronym for “Transparency, Robust screening and quarantine, Unique but universally applicable testing, Strict control, and Treatment.”
Characteristics of Seoul’s approach included quickly implementing widespread testing, having the national leadership provide strong direction, relying on innovative interaction with businesses that reduced government red tape, and executing extensive and intrusive personal monitoring.
The first cases of COVID-19 in South Korea and the U.S. were detected on Jan. 19 and 20, respectively, but Seoul responded more quickly.
Just one week after the country’s first case was diagnosed, South Korean officials met with representatives from 20 medical companies to request they immediately develop COVID-19 test kits for mass production.
One week after that meeting, South Korea began approving companies’ diagnostic tests with others soon following. Within two weeks, South Korea was producing 100,000 kits per day.Testing capability was implemented by late January, early February.
Early in the pandemic, South Korea was testing 10,000 to 20,000 people per day at a time when the U.S. had not reached that level cumulatively. South Korea created 600 testing sites, including drive-thru test centers, where people didn’t need to leave their cars and got results within hours.Trump wanted to keep the numbers down by not testing, as quoted with respect to a cruise ship being kept off shore.
Seoul immediately began the testing of asymptomatic people, rather than restricting testing to those with severe conditions or a history of contact with affected regions or people, as in the United States.
South Korea isolated and treated patients with mild or even no symptoms, which constrained further spread and minimized the impact on hospitals.
On March 20, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a new test that could detect the coronavirus in about 45 minutes with test kits to begin shipping by the end of the month. South Korea already has a 10-minute test kit and plans to export 300,000 kits per week.
South Korea should be commended for implementing a quick and effective response that curtailed the spread of COVID-19. Even before there were many cases in the country, President Moon Jae-in’s administration brought together government agencies, reached out to the private sector, and took bold action.
That effort was in contrast to the slower pace and less urgent warnings of the U.S. government. Because of the slow and limited nature of COVID-19 testing in the United States, the extent of the virus and the number of infected citizens was not well understood.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took the lead in creating test kits, but initially produced faulty systems with lengthy vetting procedures.
The CDC also insisted on narrow criteria for testing individuals, focusing on those with strong symptoms with recent travel to China, rather than the less restrictive protocol in South Korea, which enabled detecting infected people with few or no symptoms.
A numbers comparison (as of March 29):
COVID19 (+) cases
US: 145,443
SK: 9,661
COVID19 Deaths
US: 2,613
SK: 158
COVID19 Cases/1M Population
US: 439
SK: 188
COVID19 Deaths/1M Population
US: 8
SK: 3
Tabulated
Ragnar, 4TigersinWisconsin and other hacks can quit their spin and lies. Nobody except MAGAts are buying it. Trump has done too little, too late, and has nobody to blame but himself. All excuses are just excuses - and no responsibility (as he was accurately quoted).
Characteristics of Seoul’s approach included quickly implementing widespread testing, having the national leadership provide strong direction, relying on innovative interaction with businesses that reduced government red tape, and executing extensive and intrusive personal monitoring.
The first cases of COVID-19 in South Korea and the U.S. were detected on Jan. 19 and 20, respectively, but Seoul responded more quickly.
Just one week after the country’s first case was diagnosed, South Korean officials met with representatives from 20 medical companies to request they immediately develop COVID-19 test kits for mass production.
One week after that meeting, South Korea began approving companies’ diagnostic tests with others soon following. Within two weeks, South Korea was producing 100,000 kits per day.Testing capability was implemented by late January, early February.
Early in the pandemic, South Korea was testing 10,000 to 20,000 people per day at a time when the U.S. had not reached that level cumulatively. South Korea created 600 testing sites, including drive-thru test centers, where people didn’t need to leave their cars and got results within hours.Trump wanted to keep the numbers down by not testing, as quoted with respect to a cruise ship being kept off shore.
Seoul immediately began the testing of asymptomatic people, rather than restricting testing to those with severe conditions or a history of contact with affected regions or people, as in the United States.
South Korea isolated and treated patients with mild or even no symptoms, which constrained further spread and minimized the impact on hospitals.
On March 20, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a new test that could detect the coronavirus in about 45 minutes with test kits to begin shipping by the end of the month. South Korea already has a 10-minute test kit and plans to export 300,000 kits per week.
South Korea should be commended for implementing a quick and effective response that curtailed the spread of COVID-19. Even before there were many cases in the country, President Moon Jae-in’s administration brought together government agencies, reached out to the private sector, and took bold action.
That effort was in contrast to the slower pace and less urgent warnings of the U.S. government. Because of the slow and limited nature of COVID-19 testing in the United States, the extent of the virus and the number of infected citizens was not well understood.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took the lead in creating test kits, but initially produced faulty systems with lengthy vetting procedures.
The CDC also insisted on narrow criteria for testing individuals, focusing on those with strong symptoms with recent travel to China, rather than the less restrictive protocol in South Korea, which enabled detecting infected people with few or no symptoms.
A numbers comparison (as of March 29):
COVID19 (+) cases
US: 145,443
SK: 9,661
COVID19 Deaths
US: 2,613
SK: 158
COVID19 Cases/1M Population
US: 439
SK: 188
COVID19 Deaths/1M Population
US: 8
SK: 3
Tabulated
Ragnar, 4TigersinWisconsin and other hacks can quit their spin and lies. Nobody except MAGAts are buying it. Trump has done too little, too late, and has nobody to blame but himself. All excuses are just excuses - and no responsibility (as he was accurately quoted).
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Trump failed. The numbers don't lie. - Ace AU - 3/30 12:30:34