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The French welfare state rarely lacks for anything, yet it& #39;s suffered the same supply shortages seen around the world.
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It comes down to decision making, not money:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flag of Germany" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Germany">Germany’s decentralized structure gives more say to federal states, so it& #39;s harder to deprive regions of resources
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flag of France" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of France">France’s top-down system has favored mega-hospitals in urban areas, closing beds elsewhere http://trib.al/Y5OznuT ">https://trib.al/Y5OznuT&q...
France’s strict lockdown measures were initially supported by the public, but are now seen as a symptom of a slow crisis response.
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Aside from factors like luck or the unpredictability of infections, the French public believe the problem was not enough state intervention and spending.
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France has made some poor choices:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Rightwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Rightwards arrow">In 2013, decided against a national mask stockpile
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Rightwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Rightwards arrow">Refused to give regulatory permission to 75 regional labs to perform up to 300,000 tests a week in March, according to French magazine Le Point http://trib.al/Y5OznuT ">https://trib.al/Y5OznuT&q...
Too much decentralization can also bring problems, as the disunited U.S. responses demonstrate.
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