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FDA, CDC, etc., are a massive bureaucratic flywheel, and pay little attention to whoever is in the Whitehouse. I'm not sure I'm a fan of Trump's messaging, but

• pnw_hazor 7y ago
  SK reformed their pandemic response in 2014-2015, the rest of most developed countries left their old plans in place. I am amazed that anyone expected the CDC, FDA, or other Fed, state, local public health bureaucracies to spring into action doing the best right thing. They are government bureaucracies that historically bumble around, waste resources, act slowly, are led by career bureaucrats, and so on. Just like other large bureaucratic organizations, expecting them to work in times of crisis is unrealistic. The CDC and FDA had a plan in place -- developed long before Trump took over, they executed that plan. Unsurprisingly, the plan under produced and came in behind schedule, like many government programs. It is unrealistic to think anything else would have happened. We have all witnessed government agencies big and small completely drop the ball when it counts. This time is no different.