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Let the mind-killing begin!
Besides, it would be interesting to know why the difference existed in the first place. Assuming no basic difference between Cuban and American epidemiologists' education, why the (supposedly) poorer choice was made in the US?
Was it political, bureaucratic, molochian... what?
For one thing, Cuba is an island.
Well, Cuba was already working on a centrally-planned economy at that point. So the infrastructure for a quarantine was easily available, and the political costs were negligible.