What China did right in handling Covid-19 pandemic ࢀ" and the United States did not

November 28, 2020 I live in a democracy. But as Thanksgiving approaches, I find myself longing for the type of freedom I am seeing in China. People in China are able to move around freely right now. Many Americans may believe that the Chinese are able to enjoy this freedom because of Chinaࢀ™s authoritarian regime. As a scholar of public health in China , I think the answers go beyond that. My research suggests that the control of the virus in China is not the result of authoritarian policy, but of a national prioritisation of health. China learned a tough…