The West is being left behind as it squanders Covid-19 lessons from Asia-Pacific (Update 1)

International relations and national security Territorial and national borders The West is being left behind as it squanders Covid-19 lessons from Asia-Pacific By Tara John, CNN While the Asia-Pacific region treads water until a coronavirus vaccine is found, the West’s biggest economies are drowning as a second wave firmly establishes itself in Europe. Europe is now reporting more daily infections than the United States, Brazil, or India — the countries that have been driving the global case count for months — as public apathy grows towards coronavirus guidelines. Several countries are seeing infection rates spiral again after a summer lull…