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And how is that going so far?

war1025 7y ago
Pretty damn well in my opinion. Mobilizing and coordinating resources is a hell of a task. The response was going to start off as a shit-show, no matter who was in charge. In my opinion we're ramping up and course correcting very well.
- cycrutchfield 7y ago
  No mention of the bungled CDC test or the 6 week headstart that was squandered? “15 cases soon to be 0”? This has been an unmitigated disaster thus far, especially if you compare us to South Korea.
  - war1025 7y ago
    Did you read what I said at all? It started as a shit-show. Everything unexpected always starts as a shit-show. That is life.
    - cycrutchfield 7y ago
      South Korea handled it fine. They didn’t downplay it and claim it was no worse than the seasonal flu. When it’s your guy who fucked up, it’s interesting how all of a sudden it’s “this could have happened to anybody!”
      - war1025 7y ago
        South Korea dealt with SARS 20 years ago. This was round two for them.
    - save_ferris 7y ago
      The administration made numerous statements early on that insinuated the virus wasn’t serious. Trump himself called it a hoax, said it was like the regular flu, etc. HEB, a Texas-based grocer, was talking to partners, running disaster scenarios, and preparing their supply chain as far back as January[0]. A private company was a month ahead of the administration despite all of the preliminary reporting and intelligence communications around the virus. There’s absolutely no excuse for the way the government bungled this. While Trump was calling the virus a hoax, companies were already preparing for what was to come. 0: https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/heb-prepared-coronavirus-pandemic/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/heb-prepared-coronavirus-p...
  - p1necone 7y ago
    At this point I refuse to even engage with conservatives that still support this administration. I know this is bad but I don't really see the point in pretending to take them seriously - you have to be really really intentionally ignorant at this point to ignore the continuous lies and blatant criminal activity from the Republicans while still being intelligent enough to post complete sentences on hacker news. I don't see how I could come to any other conclusion than their supporters either being intentionally very ignorant, or just very ignorant.

Pretty damn well in my opinion. Mobilizing and coordinating resources is a hell of a task. The response was going to start off as a shit-show, no matter who was in charge. In my opinion we're ramping up and course correcting very well.

cycrutchfield 7y ago
No mention of the bungled CDC test or the 6 week headstart that was squandered? “15 cases soon to be 0”? This has been an unmitigated disaster thus far, especially if you compare us to South Korea.
- war1025 7y ago
  Did you read what I said at all? It started as a shit-show. Everything unexpected always starts as a shit-show. That is life.
  - cycrutchfield 7y ago
    South Korea handled it fine. They didn’t downplay it and claim it was no worse than the seasonal flu. When it’s your guy who fucked up, it’s interesting how all of a sudden it’s “this could have happened to anybody!”
    - war1025 7y ago
      South Korea dealt with SARS 20 years ago. This was round two for them.
  - save_ferris 7y ago
    The administration made numerous statements early on that insinuated the virus wasn’t serious. Trump himself called it a hoax, said it was like the regular flu, etc. HEB, a Texas-based grocer, was talking to partners, running disaster scenarios, and preparing their supply chain as far back as January[0]. A private company was a month ahead of the administration despite all of the preliminary reporting and intelligence communications around the virus. There’s absolutely no excuse for the way the government bungled this. While Trump was calling the virus a hoax, companies were already preparing for what was to come. 0: https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/heb-prepared-coronavirus-pandemic/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/heb-prepared-coronavirus-p...
- p1necone 7y ago
  At this point I refuse to even engage with conservatives that still support this administration. I know this is bad but I don't really see the point in pretending to take them seriously - you have to be really really intentionally ignorant at this point to ignore the continuous lies and blatant criminal activity from the Republicans while still being intelligent enough to post complete sentences on hacker news. I don't see how I could come to any other conclusion than their supporters either being intentionally very ignorant, or just very ignorant.