I got a form letter from the IRS about the payment earlier this week. And not to get overtly political, but it REALLY came across like a Trump campaign message with the whole "White House" letterhead and the oversized Trump signature in sharpie.
And failing miserably. 
I couldn’t let our Federal government feel lonely about their failure in responding to the virus.
If it's any consolation ours reacted almost identically, except slower.
I got the impression that the Canadian government at least had a better handle on the economic impact, and made better provisions for the public in terms of guaranteed income during the shutdown.
I was referring to the response to shutting stuff down/quarantine/etc. We were slower in shutting down international travel and implementing quarantine strategies. That's not to say the U.S. did well, I'm not implying that.
I think it is fair to say the economic stuff may have been handled better in many respects, if not all. But it depends and I think a lot of people are in for a surprise next year. Our money ($2000/month for a maximum of four months) is good if you qualify but it's also taxable at your marginal tax rate. So even at low rates, 25% of that is going back to the government next year. Certainly that's still better than the one time payment the U.S. seems to get, though as I understand it everyone gets it. I'm getting diddly, though given I'm considered essential it's not unfair.
We're also going to see a lot of abuse and already are as we are coming out of quarantine (Manitoba had one of the lowest infectivity/mortality rates of anywhere). Lots of people that don't clear $2000 don't want to go back to work so they are leaving their employers stranded. Of course they don't recognize they only need to clear whatever the amount is less the taxes that will ultimately be applied next year.
Then there's the economic impact going forward regarding the federal deficit. This isn't a government that was remotely frugal in good times. It liked to fling money about then and it's doing so more now. The latter is reasonable, it's what should be done in extreme circumstances. But five years of consistent deficit funding? Push it down the road, push it down the road. What if interest rates go up? Whoops.
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