What the US can take from the UAE on handling a pandemic?

When coronavirus broke out, no one prepared. No country had the slightest of idea about how bad it can be or how contagious it really is but nearly six months from now, it all comes down to who handled it better?

A country the United States, who was more susceptible than most countries to get infected of coronavirus, chose to ignore early signs of what is not the worst public health care crisis in the last 100 years that the nation has faced. Donald Trump was not only lazy in handling the situation but is also impatient with the scenario and has already seems to have moved on from the pandemic with his daily ‘fun’ activities.

UAE on the other hand took care of the public concerns when the news of the virus outbreak was in the public knowledge and started identifying positive cases with continuous testing and not this but also making sure that social distancing is kept intact in every which way possible. UAE faced the virus prior to it reaching the United States, they were weeks ahead in their thinking on how to prevent a second spike in infection. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has taken a blended civil-military approach that is worth watching, particularly, in light of the deployment of the US military in support of anti-viral measures.

The UAE is still very cautious about people contracting the virus while Donal Trump, of all, seems to be enjoying his outing without a mask and thinks that ‘US is largely through coronavirus’ and feels that every decision that they took was absolutely right.

If it were to be right, the number of deaths in the United States would not have crossed 1,20,000 and with officials predicting 10,000 more as per the data. The US probably can learn a lesson or two while dealing with pandemic especially when it comes to the severity of an event.