Most countries in southern Africa as well.
He’s in denial and beyond help.
In early February, New York City health officials were encouraging people to go to a parade in chinatown. Why? Parades generate tax revenue for the city and state. In fact, the mayor of New York City was very slow to cancel the St. Patrick’s Day parade and did not do so until a week before.
Then everything changed. Word got out about the federal stimulus. Then the politicians in New York shifted towards ginning up fear and hysteria so they could get the biggest windfall for the state. Thus, the governor of New York talking about corona being a 6 to 9 month ordeal. It worked. I got an email from my congresswoman. New York State got 40 billion of the stimulus money. Now, the financial incentives change again. People need to go back to work and start generating tax revenue. So, the governor is now saying that the quarantine measures were overdone and only the elderly need to be isolated. The elderly for the most part don’t work anyway.
Just follow the money. It never fails.