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The problem is a global lack of preparation for a pandemic of this nature, despite multiple warning shots in the last couple of decades. The problem is incompet

by Gatsky 7y ago

The problem is a global lack of preparation for a pandemic of this nature, despite multiple warning shots in the last couple of decades. The problem is incompetent, complacent government, and the political processes which enable it, and lately, even reward it. Blaming the CDC seems pointless. There are any number of institutions which could have done better. The thing is you don't want to be relying on everything going right in a crisis.

BLKNSLVR 7y ago
> The problem is incompetent, complacent government, and the political processes which enable it, and lately, even reward it. Whilst I entirely agree with this statement, I actually doubt that any political party that stood on a platform of pandemic-preparedness, and the budgetary spending required for such, would have been voted into Government anyway. We, the people, have been voting for that which we believe to advantage us as individuals based on the political rhetoric / media spin we're turning in to. We, the people, get the Governments we deserve.
- dbbk 7y ago
  In one of Hillary Clinton's books she talks about how she would have dramatically scaled up US preparedness for pandemics. I don't believe she explicitly ran on it for her platform though. (Which makes sense as it's not something ordinary people think about.)
someguydave 7y ago
The trouble with the concept of something like the CDC is that it needs to remain very sharp and poised for events that only happen once every few decades. That means that there is plenty of time between major events for the employees to lose focus on the primary mission.
ntsplnkv2 7y ago
Complacency will always exist in places that are complacent. There's a reason empires fall and superpowers crumble. Most of the time it isn't one decisive battle or event. It is slow, ever growing rot and corrosion, forever pushing forward while most don't even notice because they're comfortable.

by Gatsky 7y ago

BLKNSLVR 7y ago

> The problem is incompetent, complacent government, and the political processes which enable it, and lately, even reward it. Whilst I entirely agree with this statement, I actually doubt that any political party that stood on a platform of pandemic-preparedness, and the budgetary spending required for such, would have been voted into Government anyway. We, the people, have been voting for that which we believe to advantage us as individuals based on the political rhetoric / media spin we're turning in to. We, the people, get the Governments we deserve.

dbbk 7y ago
In one of Hillary Clinton's books she talks about how she would have dramatically scaled up US preparedness for pandemics. I don't believe she explicitly ran on it for her platform though. (Which makes sense as it's not something ordinary people think about.)

someguydave 7y ago

The trouble with the concept of something like the CDC is that it needs to remain very sharp and poised for events that only happen once every few decades. That means that there is plenty of time between major events for the employees to lose focus on the primary mission.

ntsplnkv2 7y ago

Complacency will always exist in places that are complacent. There's a reason empires fall and superpowers crumble. Most of the time it isn't one decisive battle or event. It is slow, ever growing rot and corrosion, forever pushing forward while most don't even notice because they're comfortable.