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To put the headline in context, this is a necessary move to unlock funding for preparation and potential mitigation.
by gdubs 7y ago
To put the headline in context, this is a necessary move to unlock funding for preparation and potential mitigation.
- anonsivalley652 7y agoI think it's a wise move because of both outcomes: 1. There is no pandemic - it's a valuable, real-world logistics and pain-points training exercise. 2. There is a moderate pandemic - they had extra time and resources to prepare. I just doubt any governmental body besides perhaps even the US military could build 8000+ of bed capacity, positive air pressure triage and care facilities in 8 days as happened in China. That was an organizational, logistics and execution achievement. Different agencies globally should be sharing information and best-practices across countries, not going all puffery nationalistic. Solidarity or divided-we-fall.
- jamesrcole 7y ago> I think it's a wise move because of both outcomes: 1. There is no pandemic ... 2. There is a moderate pandemic Given the information that we currently do and don't have, there's clearly more possibilities than just those two. (I am not making any claim about how likely any particular possibility is)
- rriepe 7y agoThis is a generous interpretation. I think it's a policy over-correction after not canceling the Chinese New Year parade earlier this month.