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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2103" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200409-why-we-find-it-difficult-to-recognise-a-crisis" target="_blank"><strong>Why we find it difficult to recognise a crisis - BBC</strong></a></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The current pandemic has affected some countries more than others, partly because they have been slow to react to the crisis. That, it turns out, is a very human response. </strong></p><p></p><p>The coronavirus pandemic is upon us, and for many people it feels like it came out of nowhere.</p><p></p><p>The UK saw <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51325192" target="_blank">its first reported cases</a> at the end of January, by which time the virus was already spreading around the world. But it was not until the middle of March that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson “<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51917562" target="_blank">advised</a>” people to avoid non-essential travel and socialising, and only <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52012432" target="_blank">on 23 March</a> did he order the country into lockdown. The slow UK response came in for widespread criticism from public health experts.</p><p></p><p>In the US, President Donald Trump has overseen a chaotic response. The country has had <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51875871" target="_blank">a dire shortage of testing kits</a>, so its government does not know how many people have had the disease. President Trump also repeatedly downplayed the dangers of the disease – although despite what you may have read <a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-coronavirus-rally-remark/" target="_blank">he did not (quite) call it a hoax</a>. He also <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/24/820797301/fact-check-trump-compares-coronavirus-to-the-flu-but-they-are-not-the-same" target="_blank">incorrectly compared it to seasonal flu</a>, and <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51818627" target="_blank">falsely claimed the US response was more comprehensive than any other country's</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2103, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200409-why-we-find-it-difficult-to-recognise-a-crisis'][B]Why we find it difficult to recognise a crisis - BBC[/B][/URL] [B] The current pandemic has affected some countries more than others, partly because they have been slow to react to the crisis. That, it turns out, is a very human response. [/B] The coronavirus pandemic is upon us, and for many people it feels like it came out of nowhere. The UK saw [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51325192']its first reported cases[/URL] at the end of January, by which time the virus was already spreading around the world. But it was not until the middle of March that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson “[URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51917562']advised[/URL]” people to avoid non-essential travel and socialising, and only [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52012432']on 23 March[/URL] did he order the country into lockdown. The slow UK response came in for widespread criticism from public health experts. In the US, President Donald Trump has overseen a chaotic response. The country has had [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51875871']a dire shortage of testing kits[/URL], so its government does not know how many people have had the disease. President Trump also repeatedly downplayed the dangers of the disease – although despite what you may have read [URL='https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-coronavirus-rally-remark/']he did not (quite) call it a hoax[/URL]. He also [URL='https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/24/820797301/fact-check-trump-compares-coronavirus-to-the-flu-but-they-are-not-the-same']incorrectly compared it to seasonal flu[/URL], and [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51818627']falsely claimed the US response was more comprehensive than any other country's[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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