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I made a mistake. Trump did not issue shelter-in-place or lock-down orders, but he formally did proclaim a National Emergency. To be clear though, his Proclamation did NOT compel anyone to shelter-in-place, stop work etc. Governors, county officials, CEOs, etc did that. 1/ THREAD
Thus, his lifting of his national emergency proclamation will not compel people to go back to work, or schools to open, etc. But I made a mistake in terminology. Owning it here now. Ill devote more time and attention to be more precise in the future. 2/
Here is Trump's Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak. (Note please how little is does) whitehouse.gov/presidential-a… 3/ END THREAD.
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To the cities of Seattle, Houston, and Colorado Springs, sorry I had to cancel my talks in your cities. Hope to get back sometime soon. In the meantime, you can watch an older version of the lecture, FROM COLD WAR TO HOT PEACE, here:
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To date, Xi has made 3 big mistakes in the coronavirus era: (1) covering up the initial outbreak (2) blaming the US for the virus (3) kicking out Western journalists. He also has 2 wins: (1) success in containing the virus at home, and (2) providing assistance to other countries.
To contain, compete & at times cooperate with China in the 21st century, we need sober, data-driven analysis of Chinese Communist Party motivations & behavior (as Kennan taught about the Soviets in the early days of the Cold War). Accurate diagnostics will shape better policy.
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I think of myself as a rational person. I'm a professor. I live & work in a place where everyone values data, science, evidence. So Im struggling to understand the federal government's slow response to #COVID19. Seems so irrational. Theories please? Genuinely want to understand.
One theory is incompetence at the top. Maybe that's part of it. But shouldn't Trump by now be absolutely scared to death, and therefore ready to listen to those with expertise and competence in his government? (Is that too rational?)
A second theory focuses on trade offs -- taking faster , more aggressive actions in defense of our health now (i.e. #ShelterInPlace, using Defense Production Act ) would produce even greater negative economic consequences. Data in support of this explanation, however, are thin.
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