Taiwan did not beat coronavirus because of Confucianism. Full stop. They are doing well because their Vice President is an epidemiologist with previous experience with SARS and they have a strong public health sector with an emergency command centre.

— Erin Hale (@erinhale) March 31, 2020

We used to have these things and more. We destroyed them all. And no, it wasn’t just Trump, though he certainly did his part. Every President since Reagan (including Clinton and everyone’s favorite, Obama) played their role in allowing our systems to be gutted.

And now we see the results.