Cases have been rising fastest over the past seven days in the European Union. Officially, nearly 785k have died, but according to our excess-deaths model, the toll could be as high as 890k econ.st/2Z53lpB
@TheEconomist Western capitalistic economies are wholly unprepared for real disasters that can't be solved by exploiting poorer countries. Look at the difference in how the evil communist states have dealt with the pandemic. It should be a wake up call to all.
@msquirrel20 @TheEconomist Could you please provide specific examples of your claim?
@MarioOjedaRevah @TheEconomist Just look up covid deaths/cases in Cuba, Vietnam, and China.
@msquirrel20 @MarioOjedaRevah @TheEconomist countries which are known to lie about their results and information they send out. Brilliant 🤡👍
@BanullaDiell @MarioOjedaRevah @TheEconomist If the nyt, wapo, or any other mainstream outlet could prove widespread fraud in these countries, they would be reporting it 24/7. There are independent ways to verify their numbers. The way they are handling it is just indisputably better than how we have. Thems just facts.
@msquirrel20 @BanullaDiell @TheEconomist I have my doubts. Cuba is faring quite poorly. Which would explain discontent, revolt, and the ensuing repression from July onwards. China is not a communist economy, nor is Vietnam. Both are, rather, semi-slavist macro sweat shops.
@MarioOjedaRevah @BanullaDiell @TheEconomist I'd agree China is very authoritarian and probably not the model to emulate. But inasmuch as Cuba is doing poorly, most of that was overblown and a result of new sanctions placed onto them by the US. They had a much better delta surge than we did.