Following Danish and American news at the same time is like living with a foot in two entirely separate universes. In DK, prime minister pushing health services for more tests, stricter lockdowns. In US, president still calls it the flu and wants as little done as possible. 🤯
Denmark pioneered plan to “freeze the economy” by paying wages directly for months. America wants to give a small one-off check to people, and trillions in scarcely accountable loans and gifts to companies.
Denmark shut down the whole country two weeks ago. Growth in hospitalizations and deaths have been ~linear. US only shut down 1/3, and already taking about opening up, weeks in advance of peak. Freight train of deaths about to hit NYC on exponential scale.
Danish prime minister enjoys 90% approval rating from swift, scientific, and expansive address of the crisis. Trump thrilled when he can get slightly less than half the country to approve of his bungled handling along party lines.
Also, lemme me save you the trouble: Blah blah blah, small country, blah blah blah, at least we are not Venezuela, blah blah blah, if you dislike US so much, why don’t you just go back to DK. Blah blah blah. Money > People. Blah blah blah. 2% dead isn’t so bad.
Never have my American alienation been this great.
