Blame Games On Trump; We Thought We Had The Best Healthcare System Until Coronavirus Has Exposed us, Americans Lament After They Vacated Uganda Amidst Covid-19 Fear.

Americans regret flying out of Uganda as Covid-19 hits home hard. 

Americans are proud of their country, the United States of America (USA), because over the centuries it has been in existence, the country has always regarded itself as a global super power, not only militarily, but in other areas such as; commerce, education, science, technology and health among others.

And that is why when in December 2019 the highly infectious Coronavirus (Covid-19) broke out in China’s Wahun Province, the political leadership in USA took it as a mere flu that had defeated the Chinese health system. But at the same time, the USA saw it necessary to evacuate its nationals out of other countries they saw as being very weak to manage the fast-spreading pandemic that has now killed over 26,000 people in that country not withstanding over 600,000 cases registered to-date.

Uganda, a poor country, was of course one of the countries from which USA evacuated its nationals thinking they would fast catch Covid-19 while here and that the returnees would be much better safer at home than in Uganda, despite Uganda recording the first case of Covid-19 much later than USA, which currently is the worst Covid-19 hit country in the world, putting President Donald Trump’s re-election bid in peril.

This news site can say that some USA citizens who returned to their country from Uganda due to the fear of catching Covid-19 are regretting the decision after realising that Uganda is a much better place to stay right now than USA as far as the spread of Covid-19 is concerned. Uganda has registered over 50 cases, while a good number of patients continue to recover from the disease, as no deaths are being registered, thanks to Uganda’s health system and political leadership.

An American, who is still in Uganda and declined to respond to his government’s advice that he leaves Uganda with others, has said that, his friends who left Uganda wish they had stayed in the country. “I call them daily and whenever they speak, they regret leaving Uganda which has so far managed Covid-19 very well,” he says on condition of anonymity, adding that: “Uganda has been able to fight another deadly disease Ebola. This gave me courage to stay.”

His friend, who returned to USA from Uganda and who this news site cannot name because of the sensitivity this article, said the decision she took to return to his country well knowing it had already been attacked by Covid-19 was probably the worst decision he ever took in life. “After receiving the advice that we leave Uganda, I did think twice. Now Uganda is safer than USA. It is probably the worst decision that I ever took in my life. I regret it because here in the USA, you even fear the person you stay with in the house because you don’t know whether they are infected or not,” she said.

Another gentleman who returned to the USA for fear of catching Covid-19 in Uganda said in an email he sent: “I failed to control fear, which made me to rush back home alongside others. Our friends who decided to stay in Uganda are much better. I think that our government has learnt a lesson and in future they will advise American citizens better when such pandemics break out.”

Yet another American who left Uganda due to the fear of catching Covid-19 responded via Whatsapp: “A few weeks after arriving in USA, I realised I made a big mistake by leaving Uganda. Now WHO statistics show Uganda is doing better in the management of the disease than USA. I think what governments can do when such pandemics break out is to cooperate and see how their citizens can stay safe while abroad than evacuating them. Look at what is happening in USA. We thought we had the best health system. Now Covid-19 has exposed us. I miss Uganda and Ugandans.”

President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday while addressing the nation on Covid-19 praised Uganda’s health personnel for the efforts put in place to fight the pandemic and encouraged the medics to remain committed, despite a few challenges he said government was working on to boost management of the pandemic.