And Biden Was saying that we were NOT prepapred based on Turmp rolling back protections Obama and Biden did. Such as had a full time pandemic response team,
Ah, there we go. Now we’re getting to the meat of it.
We do and did have a “full time pandemic team”, a couple in fact. The CDC, NIAID, etc. We spend billions on them. And the President formed the task force when?
Are you under the impression that an additional layer of bureaucracy of what? 10 people would have prevented COVID from what…?
You know, as the impeachment hearings were picking up steam and ABSOLUTELY NO ONE was talking about a pandemic in Oct. 2019, the timing of that would seem…SUSPICIOUS to many, many people.
I’d never seen that quote before. Thanks.
Now, are you suggesting biden was calling for a shutdown in Oct. 2019?? Because otherwise it has no relevance to the topic at hand.
Its hard to have a serious debate with you when you seem to not accept the most basic facts despite all the proof right in front of you.
According to you on this thread - the US was perfect ready to handle a pandemic and the only reason it didnt handle it perfect is because of someone who was never in charge.
But Everyone that predicted that the US wasnt ready and would have issue was wrong, despite the fact that we now know the US wasnt ready and did have issue.
its like you are arguing that Germany had nothing to do with WW2. Its just so wrong its hard to argue.
Travel restrictions.
Have the CDC meet with local hopitals to take an inventory of equipment and what they might need.
Have the CDC meet with state representatives about what actions may be needed if the virus spreads
Ramp up production of masks
Work on creating test sets
Start work looking for a vaccine
All of which was started in early February. Some by the government, some by private companies. But all started at an early time.
I was brought in not because I knew about public health or pandemics but because I had had experience in making the different arms of the government work together and making them work effectively and quickly.
The high-level lessons applicable today are, first and foremost, let the medical experts be the touchstone of the responses—let them be the people who are formulating this strategy, let them be the spokespeople.
And, secondly, use every power that the federal government has to harness that direction into effective action, whether that’s getting the right equipment produced and put in the right places, whether it’s getting the right people mobilized and put in the right places. The federal government has vast power to do things if a president is willing to use it effectively.