Seats of power in many nations are currently occupied by hot-headed nationalists In today’s world, the only question to be asked right now is whether those responsible for dealing with the calamity are capable enough to do so.
As disaster does not care about the boundaries emanating from national sovereignty, there is a clear dearth of leaders who have direct influence over the people of the entire world.
Previously, whenever there was a crisis anywhere, American presidents used to take charge, and US administrations would immediately initiate help or intervention on his behalf.
But this is the first time when the US itself seems helpless. No other country has seen the kind of suffering and deaths from coronavirus as the US has.