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The coronavirus called America’s bluff: Like Japan in the mid-1800s, the United States now faces a crisis that disproves everything the country believes about itself

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-showed-america-wasnt-task/608023/

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Title
The Coronavirus Called America's Bluff
Authors
Anne Applebaum
Published
Mar 15 2020
Word count
2523 words

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    skybrian
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    Wouldn't it be nice if, years after this is over, we looked back at it like as a Sputnik moment?

    Wouldn't it be nice if, years after this is over, we looked back at it like as a Sputnik moment?

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      1. skybrian
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        Yeah, I think that's wishful thinking and Sanders isn't going to make that sort of comeback. As a matter of strategy for getting single-payer healthcare, it would probably be better to pass a law...

        Yeah, I think that's wishful thinking and Sanders isn't going to make that sort of comeback.

        As a matter of strategy for getting single-payer healthcare, it would probably be better to pass a law providing government funding for prevention and treatment of all infectious diseases, and expand from there after people see the effects.

        And it would be great if we could get an independent organization (like the Fed) in charge of medical preparedness and response.

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