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What I fail to understand - where was the emergency planning? A global pandemic is surely one thing that is a) foreseeable and b) possible to plan for. PPE coul
by somewhereoutth 7y ago
What I fail to understand - where was the emergency planning? A global pandemic is surely one thing that is a) foreseeable and b) possible to plan for. PPE could have been stockpiled, essential industry identified, testing infrastructure established, quarantine protocols put in place. We even had a dry run with SARS!
I'm sure there are (or were) civil defence / continuity of government plans in case of nuclear war, this must have been number 2 on the list of possible national emergencies?
- baybal2 7y agoSure they were! Some titles to Google: National Security Council: National Biodefense Strategy 2018 H.R. 269 (116th): Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 H.R. 6378 (115th): Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 United States Government Accountability Office — Report on national bio defence strategy Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense Report 2019
- casefields 7y agoGeorge W. Bush in 2005: 'If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare' https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/george-bush-2005-wait-pandemic-late-prepare/story?id=69979013 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/george-bush-2005-wait-pandem... Bush Administration planning here: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/planning-preparedness/national-strategy-planning.html https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/planning-prepared... It was all ignored. It's why Obama got heat during the 2009 H1N1 outbreak, and Trump now.