This depends on what we mean by response. Taiwan and South Korea have radically different case load numbers. Even the much daunted "test" capability is much smaller. South Korea started working on a test only about a week before the US and was mass producing a test 1/n
About two weeks before the US. The delay was due to FDA regulations about drug protocols and data review which are widely acknowledged issues for sometime. Taiwan taking much more invasive approach to big data, travel bans, and tracking people. These are issues US has been 2/n
Reluctant historically, not just today, to impose movement restrictions. Even now quarantines are effectively voluntary. Hand wringing over the destruction of institutions and responsiveness just doesn't appreciate many of the factors and tradeoffs or the unique characteristics
