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Monday, April 28, 2003
posted by gbarto at 2:20 AM:
How dismal:China Reports 21 New SARS Deaths
Asia uses fines, prison to curb spread
Hmm. And yet there was no problem whatsoever a month ago. Chinese officials bear direct responsibility for some of these deaths, as well as the disease's spread. And Canada is acting the same way now that China did, saying "no disease here, keep coming, tourists."
What do Canada and China have in common? Socialized medicine and governments that are defensive about the quality of care they offer. Fortunately, the cold, unfeeling American model only organizes some payments, rather than running hospitals. Therefore, federal bureaucrats have no interest in covering up what private or city-owned hospitals do but a large stake in proving that the information arm of the CDC is on the case and worth its congressional appropriations. Plus, the rules and understandings for protecting the people's institutions that exist in more socialistic nations are rather weaker here. Score one for democratic capitalism and private medicine - in a pinch, it's healthier, whatever its inadequacies.
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