My thoughts:
I believe the Wuhan case supports the point I make. There, local government
lives in fear of an autocratic centre that is intolerant of dissent to and
deviance from predetermined norms. That is what motivated a cover up which may
not have happened if there was more political
Thanks for these clarifications, Prem. But I don’t think even your revisions
take account of what the pandemic actually teaches.
Start with Wuhan. While the lack of any sort of free press in China certainly
contributed to the delayed response, local officials' first instinct was
apparently
Thanks for these clarifications, Prem. But I donât think even your revisions
take account of what the pandemic actually teaches.
Start with Wuhan. While the lack of any sort of free press in China certainly
contributed to the delayed response, local officials' first instinct was
apparently
Thanks Michael,
Perhaps I was not clear. I do not propose an isolationist self-reliance - that
is not feasible at all. International scales of operation are still necessary.
I only argue that in the attempt to define what should be done at the local
level and what should be done at the
Prem has some worthwhile points as a response to the pandemic, but I question
the idea that “local government is the core.” Surely an effective international
system, rather than the hodgepodge we had, would have dealt better with an
international crisis such as the virus and its spread. Local
https://medium.com/@premckar/the-covid-pandemic-seven-lessons-to-be-learned-for-a-future-81792f7f175
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Reflecting on the experience thus far of the Covid-19 pandemic, I propose seven
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