US and South Korea had same lead time. Both had first cases on Jan 21.
What did they do differently? /1
They implemented drive thru testing immediately. /3
Then they quarantined positives so they did not infect others.
Trump did just the opposite. He minimized the impact and made zero preparations. He thought he could BS a virus. /6
When South Korea was testing everyone rapidly, Trump refused to take people off a boat that was infested. /8
Then when it finally started spreading at accelerated pace in US, Trump went golfing for two days and held a fundraiser. /9
The US is an out of control mess and we are all going to see how truly bad it is in about 2 weeks. /12