ABSTRACT The legislative response of the United States of America to the covid-19 pandemic is a calamity. Incompetent leaders have turned a natural disaster into a national catastrophe. The catastrophe unmasks a weak rule of law that is closer to a reign of men than it is to a government of laws. Lousy legal methods predating covid-19 allowed tragedy to happen. This article summarises the legislative-like responses to covid-19 and identifies systemic failures, i.e. covid-19 preexisting vulnerabilities.

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美国的covid-19预先存在的脆弱性：一个人的政府，而不是法律

摘要美利坚合众国对 covid-19 大流行的立法反应是一场灾难。无能的领导人把一场自然灾害变成了一场全国性的灾难。这场灾难揭示了一种薄弱的法治，这种法治更接近于人的统治而不是法治。在covid-19之前糟糕的法律方法允许悲剧发生。本文总结了对 covid-19 的类似立法的回应，并确定了系统性故障，即 covid-19 预先存在的漏洞。