Photo taken on March 27, 2020 shows the White House in Washington D.C., the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)
A report byThe Washington Postpointed out 4 mistakes the White House made:
- Misplaced trust in CDC for being able to develop a diagnostic test;
- Erroneous assessment of the outbreak and lagging weeks behind the curve;
- Protracted arguments over fundings wasted precious time;
- Infighting, turf wars and abrupt leadership changes hobbled the work of the coronavirus task force.
BEIJING, April 19 -- The scope of the U.S. coronavirus crisis is staggering.
As of Sunday the country has reported over 735,000 confirmed cases and more than 16,000 deaths, according to the tally of Johns Hopkins University. The New York State alone turned up more cases than any other country except for the United States.
However, the immense scale also came as a shock to many, considering that the United States arguably leads in medical and biological fields and boasts a well-equipped and accomplished public health system. So what went wrong?
Maybe an investigation report recently published byThe Washington Postcould shed some light. Going back to the starting point, the report delved into the 70 days of "dysfunction and denial" as the United States nosedived into a full-fledged crisis ill-prepared and bewildered.
