https://www.newsweek.com/2019-study-touted-trump-showed-global-lack-pandemic-readiness-1494325
President Donald Trump referred to the GHS Index during a February news briefing, showing its 300-plus pages to reporters.
"The
Johns Hopkins, I guess—is a highly respected, great place—they did a
study, comprehensive: 'The Countries Best and Worst Prepared for an
Epidemic.' And the United States is now—we're rated No. 1," Trump said.
"We're rated number one for being prepared."
Roughly a month after
that briefing, the U.S. was ranked No. 3 in the world for having the
most confirmed cases of coronavirus with over 55,000 individuals
confirmed to be infected by the virus.
Some countries that ranked poorly on the GHS index, such as
Mauritania which came in on the list at No. 157, have a low occurrence
of coronavirus. Currently, the country only has two reported cases of
COVID-19.
"Just epidemiologically speaking," Nuzzo said, "I would
expect all countries to be hit hard. Some countries may do better, the
ones that are able to respond really quickly."
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