What Do You Think the Government Did Right?

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"We're not really wired for this, this rate of change," he says. "It feels like a, a litl bit the last thing that was like thisa,. where, you know, you woke up that morning, saw the twin towers coming down on t v." The response to sars has been disbelieving and incredulous in just about every country - until it happens to them. Even one week can make a huge difference between how well or poorly an area is dealt with by its local government....

0:01 Jason & Chamath catch us up on their quarantines
1:20 Chamath intros David Sacks
4:40 David explains what their poker group chat has been like since COVID-19 started, and how Jason, Chamath & himself fall on the optimistic/pessimistic spectrum
6:58 How have the past few months defined David's view on the world, and what is his reaction to the US government's response?
12:22 Did the US health apparatus do its job? How could it improve? Why aren't masks already mandated?
19:33 Culture clash between scientific experts & entrepreneurs, thoughts on Chloroquine as a treatment method
27:00 Are US bureaucrats taking the intelligence of US citizens for granted? How liable is Trump?