The Washington Post, owned by Amazon goon Jeff Bezos revealed yet again what the media, Democrats and leftists in general think of the average American. You love your freedom too much, compared to say Germans do. Therefore, Americans will never be able to beat the coronavirus. Oh, also gun toting protesters are bad or something. How dare you peasants! Obey your government like good little subjects! Be more like the people of Germany, Singapore or South Korea.
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But even a technically sound program is useless without widespread consent. And obtaining such consent “would require a major reduction in our liberties and a prolonged period of increased surveillance,” as journalist Stephen Bush points out. Will Americans accept those reductions willingly and quickly enough to implement an effective testing regimen? It’s hard to imagine.
In countries with successful testing programs, the relationship of citizens to the government differs from that of the United States in important respects. According to a 2018 Gallup poll, Germans are almost twice as likely as Americans (59 percent vs. 31 percent) to have confidence in government. This may help explain Germans’ greater willingness to comply with testing regimens and mask-wearing guidelines — and why Germany has almost two-thirds fewer coronavirus deaths per capita than the United States.