Study the role of hubris in nations’ COVID-19 response
Many countries that see themselves as distinctive have handled the pandemic badly.
Nature News & Comment
124d ago
Many countries that see themselves as distinctive have handled the pandemic badly.
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"Overconfidence in national specialness has led to lack of preparedness, prevented collaboration with global health agencies and limited opportunities to learn from the experience of other countries."
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The US, UK, Brazil and Chile were once ranked as being among the world’s best equipped to confront an event like the coronavirus pandemic. What explains their staggering failure?
The US, UK, Brazil and Chile were once ranked as being among the world’s best equipped to confront an event like the coronavirus pandemic. What explains their staggering failure?
(1/5) Wer sich für die tieferen Gründe des leider tödlichen #Corona-Versagens der #Schweiz interessiert, der / dem lege ich diesen Artikel von @nature ans Herz:
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Hochmut und Sonderfalldenken sind in der #Schweiz, insbes. bei den Machthabern weit verbreitet. pic.twitter.com/IZIVkbrXih
What links USA, UK & Brazil Covid19 responses? “Overconfidence in national specialness has led to lack of preparedness, prevented collaboration with global health agencies and limited opportunities to learn from the experience of other countries.”
Hubris and Nemesis - “By identifying a missing variable in pandemic preparedness — the way nations see themselves — scholars could help to develop a more accurate metric for national readiness to fight disease.”
Study the role of hubris in nations’ COVID-19 response: "Many countries that see themselves as distinctive have handled the pandemic badly"
In Greek myth, hubris is punished by the goddess Nemesis; great to see this taken up in relation to #COVID19 response - I had also made this point early on in the pandemic and @HelenBranswell called out magical thinking - so much for „leadership“
"Overconfidence in national specialness has led to lack of preparedness, prevented collaboration with global health agencies and limited opportunities to learn from the experience of other countries."
Study the role of hubris in nations’ #COVID19 response nature.com/articles/d4158… Many countries that see themselves as distinctive - eg the US and UK - have handled the pandemic badly.
“Many countries that see themselves as distinctive have handled the #COVID19 pandemic badly”
In high school AP English class, we read the 'world classics' which in Minnesota was Beowulf to Dostoevsky.
over and over again, the teacher would fix upon the concept of hubris and how it brings down great men and kingdoms.
running rampant no?
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"Many countries that see themselves as
distinctive have handled the pandemic badly." Uh - yes. @UTSWIMchief @UTSWInternalMed @UTSWInfDis @DinoKazi @InternFrench
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Study the role of hubris in nations’ COVID-19 response nature.com/articles/d4158… via @heavyredaction
Overconfidence in national specialness has led to lack of preparedness, prevented collaboration with global health agencies and limited opportunities to learn from the experience of other countries. Study the role of hubris in nations’ COVID-19 response