Well, I live in Taipei, though I’m Montanan originally and I’ve seen what a good response looks like. Taiwan has more exposure to China than any country on earth AND the outbreak began at Chinese New Year, which is a travel-and-family holiday on a scale Americans can’t appreciate.
Taiwan has had only 50 cases and 1 death because the government reacted immediately and strongly. School was shut down in February, the export of masks and medical supplies were stopped in February, passenger screening started then, the contacts of every case were extensively traced. When it was discovered the Diamond Princess had docked in Taiwan the government used the national MMS alert system which is usually used for earthquakes and typhoons to alert the entire nation of where its passengers had gone in Taiwan. That was February 7th!
Meanwhile Trump tweeted “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the US” on February 24th. I believe he was knowingly lying to try to protect the market. Well, now his lies are going to cost lives. This disease sends 20% of the people who get it to the hospital. The US had time, Trump wasted that time. He has literally killed people. I’m furious.