This is what acting too late looks like.
When Trump imposed travel bans on Europe, #covid19 was already deeply circulating in the US (mostly from European influx).
His bans actually just caused a surge in importing more cases.
washingtonpost.com/world/national…
When Trump imposed travel bans on Europe, #covid19 was already deeply circulating in the US (mostly from European influx).
His bans actually just caused a surge in importing more cases.
washingtonpost.com/world/national…
2/ Estimates suggest that up to 83% of deaths could have been averted if we had locked down just 2 weeks earlier.
The cost of inaction is huge.
nytimes.com/2020/05/20/us/…
The cost of inaction is huge.
nytimes.com/2020/05/20/us/…
3/ This really brings me back to this thread I wrote re @DrMikeRyan words on pandemic response:
“If you have to be right before you move, you will never win”
“If you have to be right before you move, you will never win”
4/ And to this recent op-ed I had written in @voxdotcom about making tough decisions in uncertain times.
We needed to move carefully—to not do more harm— but also to move quickly.
We needed to move carefully—to not do more harm— but also to move quickly.
