<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-block-8" class="gmail-block gmail-block-type-custom-code gmail-block-fluid-height gmail-block-mirrored gmail-block-mirroring-bys576d861e19ef0 gmail-block-original-23" style="font-family:"droid sans",Arial,Helvetica;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;float:left;box-sizing:border-box;width:992.656px;overflow:hidden;min-height:10px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><div class="gmail-block-content" style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:992.656px;height:auto"><div class="gmail-code-block gmail-code-block-4" style="font-family:Consolas,Monaco,Courier,monospace;margin:8px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12.5px;line-height:0;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;overflow:auto;white-space:pre;clear:both"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div><div id="gmail-block-2" class="gmail-block gmail-block-type-content gmail-block-fluid-height gmail-block-mirrored gmail-block-mirroring-be4576d861e18e03 gmail-block-original-18" style="font-family:"droid sans",Arial,Helvetica;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;float:left;box-sizing:border-box;width:992.656px;overflow:hidden;min-height:190px;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><div class="gmail-block-content" style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:992.656px;height:auto"><div class="gmail-loop" style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;width:992.656px;float:left;clear:both;box-sizing:border-box"><h1 class="entry-title" style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:34px;line-height:44.2px;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:100%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">COVID-19 Global Response Index</h1><div class="entry-meta entry-meta-above" style="font-family:"Droid Sans";margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:13px;line-height:15.6px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">by <span class="entry-author gmail-vcard" style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a class="gmail-author-link gmail-fn gmail-nickname gmail-url" href="https://www.bespacific.com/author/sabrina/" title="View all posts by Sabrina I. Pacifici" style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:inherit;text-decoration-line:none"><span class="entry-author-name" style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Sabrina I. Pacifici</span></a></span> on Aug 12, 2020</div><div class="entry-content" style="margin:20px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:30.4px;vertical-align:baseline;width:992.656px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(31,31,31)"><div class="gmail-postrect" style="font:inherit;margin:10px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;width:350px;height:300px;float:right"></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:30.4px;vertical-align:baseline"><strong style="font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">  [Spoiler – Not – The U.S. ranks 31st out of 36 countries in its assessment of government responses to COVID-19]  <br><br>From FP Analytics:</strong> <span class="gmail-text-size-1_15" style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://globalresponseindex.foreignpolicy.com/?" target="_blank" rel="follow" style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(0,0,255)">A country-by-country assessment of government responses to the pandemic</a>. </span>As governments around the world continue to grapple with the pandemic, FP Analytics has developed the <strong style="font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inher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