US and China should fight coronavirus, not each other

Experience from SARS in 2003 shows long-term benefits of cooperation

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Donald Trump holds news conference on the coronavirus outbreak on Feb. 26: what might an effective global coordination program look like? © Reuters

Many of us are appalled by the amount of energy the Chinese and U.S. governments are wasting on efforts to criticize each other over the COVID-19 crisis. Pandemic posturing has got ugly, and is now getting in the way of an effective worldwide response. Instead of finger-pointing, leading world governments should be banding closer together, including through the G-20, to urgently develop a common plan of action.

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