Economist Calls Trump's Coronavirus Response 'Abysmal' – Data Show He's Right, Crypto Coins News

• Harvard Economist says Donald Trump’s Coronavirus strategy is “abysmal.”
• Evidence of the president’s failure to act is well documented by his reluctance to act Despite increasing warning signs.
• German data prove that an early response and focus on the healthcare system could have saved lives.

After weeks of dismissing the coronavirus as a flu, a democrat-made hoax, and a media campaign against him, Donald Trump has finally admitted something needs to be done.

Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Denial Cost Lives

The president’s th hour entry into the world’s fight against coronavirus has economists shaking their heads in disbelief. One such man is Harvard’s Kenneth Rogoff who called Trump’s response to the crisis “abysmal” in an interview with Barrons:

I would give the US response a 3. It is really abysmal and we should be ashamed.

It turns out many Americans are ashamed, though their feelings generally line up with their political perspective.

Unsurprisingly, Republicans overwhelmingly agree that Donald Trump has handled coronavirus better than most countries. Democrats are skewed in the opposite direction. A survey of independents showed a slight majority believe believe the U.S. response to COVID –

is worse than that of most other nations. .

Many of those surveyed were unsure. —Which is fair considering coronavirus outbreaks still haven’t hit their expected peak in most nations. But one thing has become painfully clear: countries that didn’t act quickly suffer the most. Donald Trump and the United States fall squarely into that category.

Germany Proves Early Coronavirus Response is Crucial

Countries that were overly prepared appear to have weathered the storm with confidence. Germany is a shining example of how taking the threat of coronavirus seriously from the beginning saved both lives and money in the long-run.

When coronavirus first emerged in China, German scientists began

looking for ways to test for it in case it made the leap to Europe. By mid-January such a test existed and was ready to be used by hospitals around the country.

That early testing likely contributed to Germany’s low death rate. Germany has the fourth-largest number of confirmed cases at , (but has only recorded) deaths. By contrast, of the America’s , 785 cases, 4, have died. That’s a full percentage point higher than Germany’s. Germany’s ability to keep its death toll down is largely attributed to the nation’s early response. | Source: Worldmeter Other factors, like Germany’s well-equipped healthcare system, have contributed to the nation’s relative success in managing coronavirus.

Germany boasts 8 hospital beds per 1, 04 inhabitants, a measure widely used to gauge the strength of a country’s healthcare system . That’s nearly three times the number of beds in the US.