Yesterday was Eurasies Independence Day, all this week there will be activities related to Eurasian patriotism, and today we will talk about this week's best-known tradition; the Rabbit Festival.
The rabbit festival is usually held every August 2 of each year, basically consisting of outdoor activities throughout Eurasies, Eurasian families often go to national parks, camping, picnics and other activities.
In Greater Eurasia, there is always a concert attended by the best musicians in Europe, however, the COVID-19 has limited the leisure options of families on this holiday, unfortunately the residents of the Capital District, Veneziola, Oasis and Xeios will have to stay at home without being able to celebrate this week due to the thousands of infections that occur every day.
This year's rabbit festival will be remembered for its limited activities
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By ohyieDo7i - 7 Minutes Ago
Happy rabbit festival everyone! Let's celebrate our Eurasies
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By Incer1988 - 10 Minutes Ago
Long live Eurasies, long live the rabbit, long live the President!
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By Alary1982 - 6 Mins Ago
Very sad that there is no concert in Greater Eurasia this year, he always travels with my family from Orum for several days until he reaches the capital
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The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Which country(s) do you think did their best with managing the Covid-19 pandemic?
South St Maarten: I think quite a few had valiant efforts, but to pick one, Sweden. Despite getting a decent amount of cases early on, they were able to slow down the number of cases and even amid Europe's recent spike, they've been on a downward curve. Throughout all this, the Swedes have tried to socially distance and be cautious as much as possible, and in return, they really never had to go into a full lockdown like many other parts of the world. New Zealand, South Korea, & Singapore could be some others.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Which country(s) do you think did their absolute worst with managing the Covid-19 pandemic?
South St Maarten: Brazil and the United States of America. They've sent mixed messages about the pandemic, sometimes denying it altogether, and simultaneously cases continue to skyrocket in both of those nations.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: How do you think America reacted to the virus (compared to other nations)?
South St Maarten: I think America preformed much worse than other nations. They sent mixed messages about the pandemic, failed to control it, and are in the midst of bitter opposition to proper social distancing and mask wearing guidelines. As a person from Connecticut, I can say that the absense of a unified front between Federal, State, and Local levels has been striking. You cannot expect a nation to improve when its leaders aren't unified. As cases get better in New York and New England, they spike in Arizona. Arizona gets a bit better, Texas and Florida start getting worse. If everyone was united in the seriousness and danger of Covid-19 in the first place, it could have been under control. But alas, it didn't happen. As President Lincoln once said, "A house divided upon itself cannot stand".
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Do you think that President Trump did the best he could to manage America's Outbreak?
South St Maarten: Absolutely not. In fact, I would say he was in the bottom 2 of the world. By continuing to refuse the increase in cases he's divided the nation and his comments on hydroxychoriquin and UV lighting further iligitimize his response.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: When do you think the Coronavirus cases will decline enough for the U.S. to reopen its public infrastructure?
South St Maarten: I think when a vaccine reaches the open market, which is tentatively set for the beginning months of 2021. I believe America is too vast, too divided, and too poorly led to get back to normal beforehand.
The Champions League/Question: To avoid the pandemic, what would've you done differently at the beginning?
South St Maarten: I would have sent a clear precedent that this is real, and instituted a series of fines if people don't obey social distancing/mask laws.
The Champions League/Question: You see an increased amount of cases, what would you do to flatten the curve?
South St Maarten: Set strict social distancing orders and mask mandates and require a lockdown with hefty fines for violators. Then, wait for the curve to flatten, and when it does, create a multi-stage plan, as some northeastern states have done, to open up safely and without reversing the progress previously made.
The Champions League/Question: Why do you think the government and the populace didn't react as quickly?
South St Maarten: Quite simply, humans are hesitant to react to something so drastically so quickly. You don't want to close down over nothing. Yes, in hindsight it would have been wise to close sooner, but if we had closed and nothing happened, it would ruin the credibility of many health organizations and create a "false alarm' of sorts.
The Champions League/Question: How likely do you see this happening again? Why and where?
South St Maarten: I see it happening again. I don't know when or why or how or where, but things have a way of repeating itself. Between Bio-engineering, animals transferring diseases to humans, and the world becoming increasingly interconnected, I feel another pandemic is inevitable at some point. Humanity has faced this threat its entire existence.
The Champions League/Question: Will the world learn from its mistakes to avoid this from happening again?
South St Maarten: Yes and no. I often say, history repeats itself, but at least we know what is coming. I am sure that at some point in human history another pandemic will occur, because it always has. However, I'm cautiously optimistic that when that day comes, the world will have learned a lesson from this and will be better prepared and have a better mindset going into the next one.
The Champions League/Question: You see an increased amount of cases, what would you do to flatten the curve?
Eurasies: I would put a very radical quarantine where the people only go out on a few occasions. I would try to finance the health system with all the available money and have security forces enforce the law on the streets.
The Champions League/Question: How likely do you see this happening again? Why and where?
Eurasies:I do not see it as likely, because several countries already have experimental vaccines to kill the virus, but in the event that there is a regrowth it is very likely to occur in the United States because it's a country with many people and because they have not followed the sanitary indications to avoid a second regrowth.
The Champions League/Question: Will the world learn from its mistakes to avoid this from happening again?
Eurasies:I hope so. After experiencing the virus for the first time, I think that the countries will know how to handle the situation in the event of another outbreak.
The Champions League/Question: How well would you qualify your country's response to the pandemic? Do you think the government could've done a better job?
Eurasies:On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give it a 4. In comparison to other countries, Venezuela has been fortunate, we are one of the countries with the least infections in the region, but that doesn't mean that the government has done things well. We are one of the countries with the worst health systems in the world, the government decrees radical quarantine, but people go out to the streets without any protection from the virus. I hope that the "government" of Venezuela does not get the virus out of hand and that they know how to handle the situation well, because if the virus beats the government, we will be more destroyed than we already are.
The Champions League/Question: By the time the pandemic ends, how many cases do you think the world will see in total (estimate)? Why?
Eurasies:Perhaps more than 20 million, thousands are infected every day, and it seems increasingly difficult to get out of this virus. But I am optimistic, we will be victorious and everything will return to normal.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Which country(s) do you think did their best with managing the Covid-19 pandemic?
Eurasies:I'd say Uruguay. Being a small and sparsely populated country, it started with a good advantage, the authorities and people were competent when it came to dealing with the virus. They handled the pandemic so well that there's no quarantine there anymore; the virus in Uruguay is practically eradicated.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Which country(s) do you think did their absolute worst with managing the Covid-19 pandemic?
Eurasies:Although I do not like to admit it, the United States was horrible facing this virus. It's understood that it's a large country, but the figures do not lie, Trump did everything wrong against the virus. They're the country that has the most cases and that is very wrong.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Do you think that President Trump did the best he could to manage America's Outbreak?
Eurasies:To be honest, he didn't do well at all. Donald Trump underestimated the virus and didn't act promptly. He did not take good measures to stop the virus, and that can cost him as much as losing the US presidential election.
Eurasies:It was normal. At first I thought it would be an outbreak that would only affect China or at most all of Asia. From the beginning I wouldn't have thought that it would come here to the West and that there would be many cases.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question:Are you heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic? If so, please describe. Asides from the changes in how most people’s day to day schedules, not a lot.
Eurasies:It has affected me a little. I am an introvert, so I don't like going out much, I'm fine like that, although maybe it's a matter of time before I go crazy.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Which country(s) do you think did their best with managing the Covid-19 pandemic?
Poland-kaliningrad: As far as handling Covid-19, there are several countries that took proper precautions and managed it the best. Many of the WHO (World Health Organization) member nations took great precaution, but were largely unprepared for the crisis. Some African nations such as Zambia and Kenya enforced mandatory lockdowns, and implemented use of apps and nationwide testing for Covid. This however is largely due to Africa's pandemic prone history, and as such they were better prepared to deal with Covid-19. China, with Wuhan being the epicenter of the disease, handled the issue remarkably well, enforcing quarantines, ceasing flights to and from, and funding hospitals. However, due to being the world's most populous and one of the most unclean nations, China took a heavy hit from Covid, as was to be expected. The nation I believe performed the best during the crisis was Taiwan. Taiwan was blocked from the WHO by China, and thus had to operate largely on it's own. It stopped trade and travel long before China, and began introducing social distancing and moderate quarantine long before other nations. As such, cases in Taiwan were minimized, and the deaths even fewer. Additionally, Taiwan ensured they had an ample supply of face masks for the nation, and delivered excess to harder hit nations, such as Italy, Spain, and the U.S.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Which country(s) do you think did their absolute worst with managing the Covid-19 pandemic?
Poland-kaliningrad: If I had to pick one, probably Italy. The numbers don't lie, and Italy was struck hard. Even China, the epicenter of the disease, the most populous nation, one of the most polluted nations, handled the situation far better than Italy. Italy began enforcing lockdowns almost like an autocracy, as if a switch were flipped. Despite the government personally intervening in the affairs of the people, the disease spread like a wildfire in Italy. It definitely could have done several things better.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: How do you think America reacted to the virus (compared to other nations)?
Poland-kaliningrad: To put it bluntly, the United States overreacted to the virus. The population was put into panic mode as soon as Covid was reported to have been spreading, and pandemonium ensued. This is in large part due to the media. (Now, American media is not the sole contributor, but it played a part.) People of all demographics began freaking out, acting as if it were the and of the world. Buying up supplies at supermarkets, (particularly toilet paper) and spreading hysteria on social media, worsening the situation. The government was... let's just say, I'd rather the Taiwanese government have handled the situation rather than our own. Some state governments *cough cough* California *cough cough* took it a bit too far in regards to encroaching on the public doing... well, anything, looking a lot like Italy. Some state governments didn't take it seriously enough, and suffered. Some states, like New York, really had no way of cushioning the blow Covid would bring, given large populations and poverty levels. Overall, I'd say we handled it pretty awkwardly, and there was too much hysteria spread by social media to really crack down on the virus until it was too late.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Do you think that President Trump did the best he could to manage America's Outbreak?
Poland-kaliningrad: Well, yes and no. I believe that he was trying his best to handle the situation, (I mean, I can't really insult the guy too much... you try and govern a rowdy and hysterical American population for a few months and see how it goes...) but he could have done a bit better. His tweets in general are pretty.... bad... but it seems each remark he made on Social Media only worsened the panic. Given that state governments can largely do their own thing as long as they're obeying the overarching rules the president sets down, there wasn't really much he could do to control the situation. However, he and his administration did do an admirable job working on slowly bringing businesses back from bankruptcy, and bringing the economy back. Thousands of Americans were left without jobs, and he sad trying his best to mend that. In short, he didn't to the best at handling it, but he didn't fail miserably either.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: When do you think the Coronavirus cases will decline enough for the U.S. to reopen its public infrastructure?
Poland-kaliningrad: I honestly can't say. Covid-19 is currently experiencing a second wave of cases due to Nation governments being forced to open up again or risk a total economic crash.. Given how large the U.S population is, and how much of a hassle it is for the stare governments to control this situation, it's honestly uncertain. Schools across the U.S are scheduled to reopen for the year as normal, albeit with social distancing changes, and businesses are already opening back up (to prevent aforementioned economy crash). Texas was one of the first states to 'open up,' and opened it's restaurants and businesses, some without the need for masks. Louisiana slowly did the same, while watching Texas nervously, and then Texas went under full quarantine again because *surprise surprise,* Covid jumped back up. The economy has to remain open, schools have to keep teaching, but we all need to remain safe. If I had to estimate, I'd say the U.S might be able to officially reopen around December, but there's absolutely no certainty.
The Champions League/Question: To avoid the pandemic, what would've you done differently at the beginning?
Poland-kaliningrad: Well, speaking from a government perspective, I would have ceased airline and seafaring travel much sooner, and started implementing a mandatory need for face masks. Quarantines would have been necessary, but not quite as extreme as those we have experienced, as the economy is rapidly failing, which results in being forced to reopen establishments, thus causing more cases of Covid-19. From a personal perspective, I would have started using a mask much earlier, and would have implemented social distancing earlier.
The Champions League/Question: You see an increased amount of cases, what would you do to flatten the curve?
Poland-kaliningrad: Well, I would begin encouraging citizens to test for Covid, and further encourage citizens to stay at home. Restaurants would need to remain open, but should offer limited seating and drive through/pickup services. Social distancing is a must have, and by law, to go out in public, people would need a face mask or cover of some sort.
The Champions League/Question: Why do you think the government and the populace didn't react as quickly?
Poland-kaliningrad: Well, I believe that they didn't react quickly enough is because it wasn't taken seriously initially. Not enough people knew or cared about it, and were driven to mass panic and hysteria when it was finally a concern to them. In my opinion, it should have been taken seriously from the beginning, and measures should have been taken in advance to prepare.
The Champions League/Question: How likely do you see this happening again? Why and where?
Poland-kaliningrad: Something like this is definitely going to happen again. Every few decades, there is a pandemic, and we must be ready for the next. It will likely start somewhere on the battlefield or in the wetmarkets of China, and will hit highly populated countries the worst. It's just nature: pandemics happen, and we must be ready for them. The problem is, not many people know this is a natural cycle, and freak out more. If we acknowledged this in advance and worked to prepare for the next, the hysteria and death toll may not be as high.
The Champions League/Question: Will the world learn from its mistakes to avoid this from happening again?
Poland-kaliningrad: Well, I certainly hope so. As I said, a pandemic is going to happen again, but the next will ideally be less impactful on society. Hopefully we will have learned from this pandemic, and will be able to handle the next one better. However, with society being the way it is, it's hard to say. Guess you could say I'm *sick* of our ignorance.
The Champions League/Question: You see an increased amount of cases, what would you do to flatten the curve?
Pilipinas and Malaya: I would immediately shut down the areas surrounding each cluster, establish the widest scope of contact tracing possible, make online databases of each cluster to keep citizens informed, keep the involved provinces and cities in lockdown, prioritise spending on supplies of all sorts and a few other things. Every person who has been in an area at the time which the infected person visited would be strongly encouraged to get tested. If they refuse but are reported to a website for contact tracing, they will be visited by the local police force, but the choice is still theirs to get tested.
By shutdown, I mean absolute lockdown where no one is allowed in or out. Groceries would either be ordered online or the police would shop it for them. Deliveries will be handled by police as well. Checkpoints are to be set up at every major entrance, while smaller entrances would be blocked off completely. This strategy is pretty similar to the strategies employed in places like South Korea and Singapore. The extensiveness of Singapore’s contract tracing network is amazing. I get updates from CNA (a Singapore-based news network) almost every three hours which state the locations that COVID positives visited. The ease with how they update their databases with this info so quickly is probably helped by the fact that they have lots of resources and are a rather small country. This is probably more than what my government has done (which connects to number 4).
The Champions League/Question: How likely do you see this happening again? Why and where?
Pilipinas and Malaya:It depends. If we aren’t careful, an epidemic that could be deadlier, more contagious, and/or worse in terms of symptoms could arise anywhere. Seeing as we live in an age where medicine is easily accessible, hygiene is practiced more than before, medical knowledge has expanded to know most of the causes and effects of each disease and their family types, et cetera, pandemics of this scale aren’t likely to happen for a hundred years. But having so much medicine on hand could also be our worst nightmare. If we aren’t careful about what medicine we use to treat each disease, one disease may develop resistance to certain types of medicine. Seeing how people can overreact and use inappropriate medicines to cure their afflictions, a bacteria that develops resistance to most types of antibiotics on the market would be devastating if it spread, to say the least. If memory serves me right, we have had incidents like this already. Thankfully, those incidents have been contained. As to the where of this question, probably in any of the following areas: rainforests of South America and Sub-Saharan Africa, any population centres, permafrost melt in Alaska, Canada or Siberia, places where many domesticated animals live or unhygienic wet markets all over Asia and Africa. I’ll explain my reasoning for every single one. We have seen a lot of hidden and deadly or contagious pathogens come from the rainforests, like Ebola, HIV/AIDS, etc.. The simple observation that many of these areas remain relatively untouched could mean that any number of pathogens could easily come from the jungles and their inhabitants. These pathogens could also evolve and decide to jump the species barrier, where it used to not threaten humans in any capacity, but after the change, they could easily do so. Any population centres is a pretty obvious answer. Cities are places where many humans interact with many others. This can serve as a breeding ground for any new strain or pathogen. It can easily spread from human to human if the humans don’t have enough anti-spread measures in place. Many pests could also serve as vectors of disease. The permafrost melting could result in older unknown pathogens to be freed. This is rather dangerous because it may be harder to study these pathogens. We may not have any knowledge of their families because of how old they are. And if they are from existing families, we have to retrace the evolutionary steps and find the common markers between what we have and the new pathogen. While the second one could use medicines that have been developed for that specific family, the first one may be harder because we will have to hunt for certain medicines or create entirely new ones to alleviate or cure them. Places where domesticated animals are bred are just like cities, this time, it becomes even more cramped, many are fed the same food from the same container, the pens could very well not be cleaned that much, many of the animals are held in small spaces with sometimes inadequate ventilation, etc. This could also not only be dangerous to humans by infection chance after the pathogen jumps the species barrier, but also to our food chain. If this spreads throughout our farms, then jumps the species barrier, humans may not need to have contact with these animals or the people who eat them, all they need to do is to eat a food product of this animal, and they already have a chance of getting infected. If this spreads to enough of a country’s food source of a certain animal, it could shut down sales of that animal’s food products for the foreseeable future and possible damage the economy, depending on that country’s reliance on the sales of the animal’s products. If the country doesn’t ban the food, it could risk thousands getting infected nationwide or worldwide after eating the animal’s food products. Wet markets are another obvious answer. These places can get pretty unhygienic, and the number of meat, fish, fruits and veggies brought in daily from places tens or hundreds of kilometres apart could bring in stuff from the countryside. Add in to the humid conditions, inadequate sewer systems, possible breeding grounds for vector insects and close contact and you have a pretty volatile area.
The Champions League/Question: Will the world learn from its mistakes to avoid this from happening again?
Pilipinas and Malaya:Yes. I feel that many scientific discoveries, breakthroughs and new inventions will come out as a result of the pandemic. New services, businesses adapting even more to the online world, restrictions that would be kept in place long after the pandemic is over to prevent another of similar magnitude, new sanitisation methods, among other things. It is to be expected that immediately after the pandemic that many of the measures in place would be rolled back, but hopefully we face the future with more caution in terms of the medical field. I’m pretty sure not many countries or people would be willing to keep a virulent pathogen secret after an experience like this. People would also be quicker to respond to similar threats when faced with it in the future for fear of repeating the same incident.
The Champions League/Question: How well would you qualify your country's response to the pandemic? Do you think the government could've done a better job?
Pilipinas and Malaya:I wouldn’t say that my country’s performance was abysmal compared to the unpreparedness (or refusal to be prepared) of some countries, seeing as our government did respond relatively fast to the pandemic and began to shut down operations in schools after the cases rose past 3 cases, and implemented at 200. But I would say that our government didn’t do an average performance. We had finally begun to flatten the curve by early June and the results were looking promising, but then, there was a sudden uptick of cases. Initially, these cases were late cases, or cases that were processed and released 4 days or more after the test. Later on, the fresh cases (fresh cases mean cases whose results were processed after) slowly began to outnumber the late cases . Now, I’m pretty sure the Philippines has the most active cases in all of Eastern Asia with a death count to match. While countries like South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China and Vietnam successfully limited the epidemic, we haven’t recovered from our first wave, but are now experiencing a larger second one with new record highs set almost every other day. Our Executive Press Secretary celebrated on the 30th of June that we beat the UP predictions concerning the number of cases by the end of June. The next day, we hit that number. I’m not saying it’s mainly because of our government’s handling (or faulty mishandling, to be accurate), but it is most definitely a key component as to why we have so many cases. This pandemic brought out the best in some parts of ours, and the worst in others. During the pandemic, we saw the rise to stardom of two mayors in the Metropolitan Manila area, Isko Moreno and Vico Sotto, who were at the forefront of the news concerning Metro Manila’s response. They went the extra mile in their response to the coronavirus. Many people also began reaching out to give help to the homeless, the people that couldn’t work in the countryside, overseas workers who came home and others. As for the worst, I’m pretty sure I’ve already communicated this through a series of messages on the RMB. I’ll reiterate it anyways. The Anti-Terror Bill was passed in the last few days of June. This bill aimed to target terrorists, which was indeed a crucial and much needed law, but the provisions that defined terrorist activities were extremely loose, and these provisions could target literally anyone who held opinions that differed from the government or people who donated to non-verified charities or people who congregated. Just a few days ago, Congress rejected the franchise renewal request of ABS-CBN, the largest news and entertainment provider. Their argument was that ABS-CBN had violated many laws, which there was mounting evidence that debunked that argument, from statements from the company and employees to legal experts and officials in related government offices. Congress also went after them for unproven rumours, digging out evidence, stretching and exaggerating stuff, supposed violations of morality (this one is probably their weakest argument). They also used the argument that it was the people’s choice to vote no, despite many people voicing concerns and polls showing that many wished that ABS-CBN be granted the request. I’m pretty sure some government officials used logical fallacies as well. Now, some Filipinos who don’t have access to Wi-Fi or other channels are experiencing an information blackout. I know the two examples above were not related to the pandemic, but these happened at a time where cases were rising faster than before. Does anyone really think that the best course of action was to proceed as normal in the legislative wing while the country dealt with increasingly problematic COVID spread? The sensible answer would be no, but I have no idea what got into the supermajority’s head. They could have spent the time to fund more financial assistance and aid. They could have reworked the budget to fix our outstanding debt. They could have created more measures and plans to combat the coronavirus. But what did they do? That’s right, place repressive and draconian measures that can risk civil and political freedoms and silence a major news company for political and personal reasons. In short, I think we’re doing better than America, India or most of Latin America, but compared to pretty much any other country, we’re doing rather bad.
The Champions League/Question: By the time the pandemic ends, how many cases do you think the world will see in total (estimate)? Why?
Pilipinas and Malaya:My guess is somewhere around 25 million cases. The guess isn’t necessarily based on any projections, just a rough guess. As for the where, I think the main epicentres will be in India, where cases are on the rise and living conditions cramped, promoting the spread of COVID, Latin America, which is an epicentre at the moment, mainly for the same reasons as India, but including Brazil whose government barely cared about the crisis at hand, West Africa, where if the governments aren’t careful, the cases could spread amongst the tightly packed metropolises and the United States, where the response was lacklustre, the government divided, and some refusing to obey lockdown orders at all, more than in other places. The damage to the economy would be widespread and worldwide unless a European and East Asian travel bubble could be set up within the following months. Seeing as a good number of the stock markets are based in the two locations, and both are massive trade hubs, the repair process would be easier if the two bubbles get going sooner. The ANZ travel bubble would help as well.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Which country(s) do you think did their best with managing the Covid-19 pandemic?
Pilipinas and Malaya:I would say Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Denmark, Finland, Italy and Germany. The first three managed to keep the virus at bay even from the start, with measures being quickly implemented to counter the existing spread or future threats. The latter four, despite Italy being a big epicentre, and the Germans harbouring many cases later on, reacted as quickly as they could once the virus began infecting a greater number of people.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Which country(s) do you think did their absolute worst with managing the Covid-19 pandemic?
Pilipinas and Malaya:The United States and Brazil. Leaders of both countries downplayed the pandemic heavily. Trump barely did anything in regards to the pandemic until the United States reached 100k cases. Even then, he kept giving statements and facts contrary to the advice/sayings of experts and the statistics. Bolsonaro called the virus a little flu, he also participated openly in anti-lockdown parties.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Do you think that President Trump did the best he could to manage America's Outbreak?
Pilipinas and Malaya:As evidenced by my short summary above, no. He performed among the worst in my opinion. He’s been pretty consistent with his denial of data, experts and other things in relation to the pandemic. He bolstered the anti-mask crowd by refusing to wear one until recently, even going close to helping the conspiracy crowd with masks being a “tool for the Deep State”. He forcefully attempted to open all states despite the difference of each state’s status in terms of infection rate. That decision got governors who supported him to follow his command, and now many of the same states are back to square one, with rising numbers of cases.
Pilipinas and Malaya:I’ve actually been following it since the initial outbreak in the Wuhan Seafood Market. A small part of me upon learning it felt that China would suppress knowledge of the virus outbreak so as to not jitter the stock markets. Most of me felt that China would do everything it can to handle the outbreak, which would be easy, considering their authoritarian and Big Brother tendencies. That small part of me was right. Didn’t expect it to grow as large as it has.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question:Are you heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic? If so, please describe. Asides from the changes in how most people’s day to day schedules, not a lot.
Pilipinas and Malaya:Asides from the changes in how most people’s day to day schedules, not a lot.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Which country(s) do you think did their best with managing the Covid-19 pandemic?
South St Maarten: I think quite a few had valiant efforts, but to pick one, Sweden. Despite getting a decent amount of cases early on, they were able to slow down the number of cases and even amid Europe's recent spike, they've been on a downward curve. Throughout all this, the Swedes have tried to socially distance and be cautious as much as possible, and in return, they really never had to go into a full lockdown like many other parts of the world. New Zealand, South Korea, & Singapore could be some others.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Which country(s) do you think did their absolute worst with managing the Covid-19 pandemic?
South St Maarten: Brazil and the United States of America. They've sent mixed messages about the pandemic, sometimes denying it altogether, and simultaneously cases continue to skyrocket in both of those nations.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: How do you think America reacted to the virus (compared to other nations)?
South St Maarten: I think America preformed much worse than other nations. They sent mixed messages about the pandemic, failed to control it, and are in the midst of bitter opposition to proper social distancing and mask wearing guidelines. As a person from Connecticut, I can say that the absense of a unified front between Federal, State, and Local levels has been striking. You cannot expect a nation to improve when its leaders aren't unified. As cases get better in New York and New England, they spike in Arizona. Arizona gets a bit better, Texas and Florida start getting worse. If everyone was united in the seriousness and danger of Covid-19 in the first place, it could have been under control. But alas, it didn't happen. As President Lincoln once said, "A house divided upon itself cannot stand".
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Do you think that President Trump did the best he could to manage America's Outbreak?
South St Maarten: Absolutely not. In fact, I would say he was in the bottom 2 of the world. By continuing to refuse the increase in cases he's divided the nation and his comments on hydroxychoriquin and UV lighting further iligitimize his response.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: When do you think the Coronavirus cases will decline enough for the U.S. to reopen its public infrastructure?
South St Maarten: I think when a vaccine reaches the open market, which is tentatively set for the beginning months of 2021. I believe America is too vast, too divided, and too poorly led to get back to normal beforehand.
The Champions League/Question: To avoid the pandemic, what would've you done differently at the beginning?
South St Maarten: I would have sent a clear precedent that this is real, and instituted a series of fines if people don't obey social distancing/mask laws.
The Champions League/Question: You see an increased amount of cases, what would you do to flatten the curve?
South St Maarten: Set strict social distancing orders and mask mandates and require a lockdown with hefty fines for violators. Then, wait for the curve to flatten, and when it does, create a multi-stage plan, as some northeastern states have done, to open up safely and without reversing the progress previously made.
The Champions League/Question: Why do you think the government and the populace didn't react as quickly?
South St Maarten: Quite simply, humans are hesitant to react to something so drastically so quickly. You don't want to close down over nothing. Yes, in hindsight it would have been wise to close sooner, but if we had closed and nothing happened, it would ruin the credibility of many health organizations and create a "false alarm' of sorts.
The Champions League/Question: How likely do you see this happening again? Why and where?
South St Maarten: I see it happening again. I don't know when or why or how or where, but things have a way of repeating itself. Between Bio-engineering, animals transferring diseases to humans, and the world becoming increasingly interconnected, I feel another pandemic is inevitable at some point. Humanity has faced this threat its entire existence.
The Champions League/Question: Will the world learn from its mistakes to avoid this from happening again?
South St Maarten: Yes and no. I often say, history repeats itself, but at least we know what is coming. I am sure that at some point in human history another pandemic will occur, because it always has. However, I'm cautiously optimistic that when that day comes, the world will have learned a lesson from this and will be better prepared and have a better mindset going into the next one.
The Champions League/Question: You see an increased amount of cases, what would you do to flatten the curve?
Eurasies: I would put a very radical quarantine where the people only go out on a few occasions. I would try to finance the health system with all the available money and have security forces enforce the law on the streets.
The Champions League/Question: How likely do you see this happening again? Why and where?
Eurasies:I do not see it as likely, because several countries already have experimental vaccines to kill the virus, but in the event that there is a regrowth it is very likely to occur in the United States because it's a country with many people and because they have not followed the sanitary indications to avoid a second regrowth.
The Champions League/Question: Will the world learn from its mistakes to avoid this from happening again?
Eurasies:I hope so. After experiencing the virus for the first time, I think that the countries will know how to handle the situation in the event of another outbreak.
The Champions League/Question: How well would you qualify your country's response to the pandemic? Do you think the government could've done a better job?
Eurasies:On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give it a 4. In comparison to other countries, Venezuela has been fortunate, we are one of the countries with the least infections in the region, but that doesn't mean that the government has done things well. We are one of the countries with the worst health systems in the world, the government decrees radical quarantine, but people go out to the streets without any protection from the virus. I hope that the "government" of Venezuela does not get the virus out of hand and that they know how to handle the situation well, because if the virus beats the government, we will be more destroyed than we already are.
The Champions League/Question: By the time the pandemic ends, how many cases do you think the world will see in total (estimate)? Why?
Eurasies:Perhaps more than 20 million, thousands are infected every day, and it seems increasingly difficult to get out of this virus. But I am optimistic, we will be victorious and everything will return to normal.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Which country(s) do you think did their best with managing the Covid-19 pandemic?
Eurasies:I'd say Uruguay. Being a small and sparsely populated country, it started with a good advantage, the authorities and people were competent when it came to dealing with the virus. They handled the pandemic so well that there's no quarantine there anymore; the virus in Uruguay is practically eradicated.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Which country(s) do you think did their absolute worst with managing the Covid-19 pandemic?
Eurasies:Although I do not like to admit it, the United States was horrible facing this virus. It's understood that it's a large country, but the figures do not lie, Trump did everything wrong against the virus. They're the country that has the most cases and that is very wrong.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question: Do you think that President Trump did the best he could to manage America's Outbreak?
Eurasies:To be honest, he didn't do well at all. Donald Trump underestimated the virus and didn't act promptly. He did not take good measures to stop the virus, and that can cost him as much as losing the US presidential election.
Eurasies:It was normal. At first I thought it would be an outbreak that would only affect China or at most all of Asia. From the beginning I wouldn't have thought that it would come here to the West and that there would be many cases.
The Kingdom of Denmark/Question:Are you heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic? If so, please describe. Asides from the changes in how most people’s day to day schedules, not a lot.
Eurasies:It has affected me a little. I am an introvert, so I don't like going out much, I'm fine like that, although maybe it's a matter of time before I go crazy.
Well... the timing kinda still does. The Jutes and Angles and Saxons still inhabited Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland when Denmark began. That meant you were just a bunch of islands in the Belt for half a millennium.
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