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Early in the COVID pandemic, most countries, particularly those in Europe, chose harsh lockdowns to get the coronavirus under control, and they were largely successful. But not all of them.

Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada announced that the U.S.-Canada border would likely remain closed to all non-essential travel due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S.

I've always been bullish about American scientific and technological supremacy, not in some starry-eyed, jingoistic way, but due to the simple reality that the United States remains the world's research and development engine.

After the coronavirus crept out of China earlier this year, Europe became the epicenter of the pandemic. In response, nations across the continent implemented fairly harsh lockdowns.

Several months ago, I wrote an article about how UK health authorities have more guts than their U.S. counterparts.

As I wrote previously, I was held hostage on an extended stay in Poland from February to August due to the corona

This article was originally published at Geopolitical Futures. The original is here.

It says something profoundly troubling about the times in which we live that Americans are using a genuine public health crisis to sow division, stir animosity, and score political points. But that's where we find ourselves in 2020.

This article was originally published at Geopolitical Futures.

China is catching up with the rest of the advanced world economically and technologically.