People wait for their testing at a "walk-in" and "drive-through" coronavirus testing site in Miami Beach, Florida on June 24, 2020.In the initial weeks of the coronavirus crisis, infection rates climbed steadily in the US and Europe, with governments on both sides of the Atlantic slow to respond.
The US government imposed lockdown too late then lifted it too early, a leading Danish epidemiologist told Business Insider. The EU is reportedly considering imposing a travel ban on American citizens, amid concern that US travellers could cause a new increase in infections. Experts in Europe are looking on in horror as the US coronavirus outbreak continues to worsen, in contrast to declines in their own countries.
Denmark's coronavirus strategy is one of Europe's success stories. The Nordic country was the second in Europe to impose lockdown. It launched an effective "test and trace" system and has seenChristian Wejse, a professor at Aarhus University, is one of the country's leading epidemiologists. He was critical of the US response, which he characterized as slow and piecemeal.
He said that not only was the US slow to impose restrictions, but they were lifted too early as infection rates remained high. He questioned the Trump administration's commitment to the lockdown measures he said were required to contain the disease.
Yes and so are Americans.
Yea, well, the US is also alarmed. And furious! 😡
It’s been nothing short of a chaotic disaster. Americans have proven they are too selfish to wear a mask to kroger, you damn sure don’t want to risk allowing them into Europe.
But according to POTUS and VP, they've done an excellent job