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Do Countries With The Best Coronavirus Responses Have In Common? Women Leaders!</span></span></b></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">April 13, 2020 - Looking for examples of true leadership in a crisis? From Iceland to
Taiwan and from Germany to New Zealand, women are stepping up to show the world how to manage a messy patch for our human family. Add in Finland, Iceland and Denmark, and this pandemic is revealing that women have what it takes when the heat rises in our Houses
of State. Many will say these are small countries, or islands, or other exceptions. But Germany is large and leading, and the UK is an island with very different outcomes. These leaders are gifting us an attractive alternative way of wielding power. What are
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, stood up early and calmly told her countrymen
that this was a serious bug that would </span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51835856" target="_blank" title="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51835856" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 56, 145); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">infect
up to 70%</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of the population. “It’s serious,” she said, “take it seriously.” She did, so they did too. Testing began right from the get go. Germany jumped right over the phases
of denial, anger and disingenuousness we’ve seen elsewhere. The country’s numbers are far below its European neighbours, and there are signs they may be able to start </span><a href="https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/german-coronavirus-curve-gives-reason-for-cautious-hope-merkel-idUKKCN21R2FF" target="_blank" title="https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/german-coronavirus-curve-gives-reason-for-cautious-hope-merkel-idUKKCN21R2FF" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 56, 145); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">loosening
restrictions</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> relatively soon.</span></span></p>
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<b style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DECISIVENESS</span></span></b></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Among the first and the fastest moves was Tsai Ing-wen’s in Taiwan. Back in January,
at the first sign of a new illness, she introduced 124 measures to block the spread, without having to resort to the lockdowns that have become common elsewhere. She is now sending 10 million face masks to the US and Europe. Ing-wen managed what CNN has called
“</span><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/04/asia/taiwan-coronavirus-response-who-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" title="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/04/asia/taiwan-coronavirus-response-who-intl-hnk/index.html" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 56, 145); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">among
the world’s best</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">” responses, keeping the epidemic under control, still reporting only six deaths.</span></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jacinda Ardern in New Zealand was </span><a href="https://file/Users/timhollins/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail%20Downloads/9546A49E-A9DD-4BD2-9CCF-54D5942B10FC/%E2%80%A2%09https:/theconversation.com/three-reasons-why-jacinda-arderns-coronavirus-response-has-been-a-masterclass-in-crisis-leadership-135541" target="_blank" title="https://file:///Users/timhollins/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail%20Downloads/9546A49E-A9DD-4BD2-9CCF-54D5942B10FC/•%09https:/theconversation.com/three-reasons-why-jacinda-arderns-coronavirus-response-has-been-a-masterclass-in-crisis-le" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 56, 145); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">early
to lockdown</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and crystal clear on the maximum level of alert she was putting the country under – and why. She imposed self-isolation on people entering New Zealand astonishingly
early, when there were just 6 cases in the whole country, and banned foreigners entirely from entering soon after. Clarity and decisiveness are saving New Zealand from the storm. As of mid-April they have suffered only four deaths, and where other countries
talk of lifting restrictions, Ardern is adding to them, making all returning New Zealanders </span><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/09/asia/new-zealand-lessons-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" title="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/09/asia/new-zealand-lessons-intl-hnk/index.html" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 56, 145); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">quarantine
in designated locations</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for 14 days.</span></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iceland, under the leadership of Prime Minister </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katrín
Jakobsdóttir</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, is offering </span><a href="https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10884442-181/a-coronavirus-test-for-anyone?sba=AAS" target="_blank" title="https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10884442-181/a-coronavirus-test-for-anyone?sba=AAS" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 56, 145); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">free
coronavirus testing</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to all its citizens, and will become a key case study in the true spread and fatality rates of Covid-19. Most countries have limited testing to people with
active symptoms. Iceland is offering tests to all. In proportion to its population the country has already screened </span><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/04/iceland-turned-worlds-biggest-study-covid-19-teaching-us/" target="_blank" title="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/04/iceland-turned-worlds-biggest-study-covid-19-teaching-us/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 56, 145); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">five
times</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as many people as South Korea has, and instituted a thorough tracking system that means they haven’t had to lockdown… or shut schools.</span></span></p>
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