Nate Silver @NateSilver538
A couple of things to be mindful of: 1) Federal government response is only one factor in how well a country responds, especially in a federalist system like the US; 2) There is likely a fair amount of "luck", based on when initial outbreaks were seeded in Jan./Feb. — PolitiTweet.org
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Easy to make allowances for Italy — it's objectively difficult to be hit early plus nobody thinks of Italy as a mod… https://t.co/oS7yUqKFAZ
