The US was very well prepared. The Obama administration left an entire playbook with steps on how to respond, and there were early warning systems set up across Asia. The T***p administration cancelled it all. Plus Jared Effing Kushner was put in charge of supply chain administration and literally had interns with Gmail accounts trying to contact firms in China to source PPE. All of them should be investigated and, depending on the evidence gathered, charged with manslaughter or negligent homicide.

apparently, the type of leader is more important than how rich their countries are

Yea, we (The Netherlands) did terrible, because our prime minister and his "crew" are a bunch of degenerates and waited months to do anything at all and close to a year before they took proper measures. God how I hate that guy. Hated him with a passion for many years and now he's proven me right (again). He's a douchenozzle, doesn't know jack s**t and doesn't care about anyone but himself

Might have been true, if the moron known as trump had not dismantled the pandemic team, or if we had a real leader

Australia was well prepared.... or we took the right precautions

To be fair, the US was extremely well prepared for the pandemic. It was just that no one expected their president to deny there was a pandemic.

The US may have been prepared when Obama put the epidemic team together but then Trump disbanded them after taking office... sooooo

To be fair, we were prepared and Trump literally dismantled all those preparations, because...Obama...

It all depends on how incompetent the leaders of said country are. I'm guessing leaders who hate science wasn't a factor in this assessment.

Apparently Greenland had no importance at that time, because Trump hadn't offered to buy it yet.

At least they got Australia right?

Hah amarica should be red lol 😂

Of course they put us first, the USA is delusional on so many levels!

I love how they underestimated New Zealand

yes as the united statesians we are incredibly prepared and will do so very well in the occurrence of a pandemic, how well-thought out our plans are, yes /s

We have no idea how North Korea did/is doing.

Reminds me AAA financial rating of Iceland just before its economic crisis

Bahahaah.... "Fooled you!" - USA

Complete opposite.

We were prepared, this is not wrong. We just had VERY stupid people at the top, directing everything and making really stupid decisions and saying very stupid things

I would not consider Canada well prepared as they are months behind in recovering compared to the lower 48.

Back then we were the most prepared... And then everything got shot to hell.

Why is Canada always left out?

In 2014 the Public health authorities in the UK wrote a long report on how the government should act to counter a pandemic- what measures needed to be in place, stockpiling ppe, etc etc. The Government IGNORED it. It's still available on the government website here. Just search online for "2014 Pandemic Influenza Response Plan". Just imagine what might have happened if the government at the time wasn't so obsessed with making cuts to public spending and actually adopted some of its key findings. Maybe the UK could have avoided those 127,000 deaths- the highest in Europe and one of the highest in the whole world.

This simply shows how arrogant and stupid Western civilisations are

On another note... did this chart forget to mention Canada? It is highlighted but not mentioned...always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

Personally, I think Australia has handled the pandemic quite well. But, I know that that's not the focus of this joke.