[Everything that went wrong with America’s response to the pandemic was predictable and preventable.
•A sluggish response by Trump allowed the coronavirus to gain a foothold.
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•Chronic underfunding of public health neutered the nation’s ability to prevent the pathogen’s spread.
•A bloated, inefficient health-care system left hospitals ill-prepared for the ensuing wave of sickness.
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•Racist policies that have endured since the days of colonization and slavery left Indigenous and Black Americans especially vulnerable to COVID‑19.
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•The decades-long process of shredding the nation’s social safety net forced millions of essential workers in low-paying jobs to risk their life for their livelihood.
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•The same social-media platforms that sowed partisanship and misinformation during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa and the 2016 U.S. election became vectors for conspiracy theories during the 2020 pandemic.] <end>
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
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