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I believe you’re downvoted for mentioning politics but it is true. The US had an effective pandemic infrastructure, which got dismantled in 2018. This isn’t un

by graeme 6y ago

I believe you’re downvoted for mentioning politics but it is true. The US had an effective pandemic infrastructure, which got dismantled in 2018. This isn’t unique to the US. Canada had an extremely effective pandemic forecasting agency. This got dismantled by two separate governments since 2014. I can’t find the article but the globe and mail had a big exposé. The Atlantic article above is one of the top five articles I’ve read on the pandemic disaster and is worth reading.

blisseyGo 6y ago
The dismantling of pandemic infrastructure is false news being spread. That's not what happened.
- graeme 6y ago
  You can set google to search articles from 2018, when everyone referred to it as the team being disbanded and warned of trouble. Administration officials have tried to spin it as not disbanding it, but it’s not obvious why they should be viewed as being correct. Some 2018 articles: * https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/23/16974012/trump-pandemic-disease-response https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/23/16974012/tr... * https://khn.org/morning-breakout/global-health-security-team-disbanded-after-departure-of-official-overseeing-pandemic-preparedness/ https://khn.org/morning-breakout/global-health-security-team... * https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/05/white-house-loses-global-health-security-lead-as-a-new-ebola-outbreak-hits/560195/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/05/white-hou... Pandemic preparedness was merged with WMD control. The below article refers to it as streamlining but notes >The abrupt departure of Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer from the National Security Council means no senior administration official is now focused solely on global health security. Ziemer’s departure, along with the breakup of his team, comes at a time when many experts say the country is already underprepared for the increasing risks of a pandemic or bioterrorism attack. https://www.kff.org/news-summary/elimination-of-nsc-global-health-security-office-part-of-national-security-adviser-boltons-plans-to-streamline-council/ https://www.kff.org/news-summary/elimination-of-nsc-global-h...

by graeme 6y ago

blisseyGo 6y ago

The dismantling of pandemic infrastructure is false news being spread. That's not what happened.

graeme 6y ago
You can set google to search articles from 2018, when everyone referred to it as the team being disbanded and warned of trouble. Administration officials have tried to spin it as not disbanding it, but it’s not obvious why they should be viewed as being correct. Some 2018 articles: * https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/23/16974012/trump-pandemic-disease-response https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/23/16974012/tr... * https://khn.org/morning-breakout/global-health-security-team-disbanded-after-departure-of-official-overseeing-pandemic-preparedness/ https://khn.org/morning-breakout/global-health-security-team... * https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/05/white-house-loses-global-health-security-lead-as-a-new-ebola-outbreak-hits/560195/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/05/white-hou... Pandemic preparedness was merged with WMD control. The below article refers to it as streamlining but notes >The abrupt departure of Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer from the National Security Council means no senior administration official is now focused solely on global health security. Ziemer’s departure, along with the breakup of his team, comes at a time when many experts say the country is already underprepared for the increasing risks of a pandemic or bioterrorism attack. https://www.kff.org/news-summary/elimination-of-nsc-global-health-security-office-part-of-national-security-adviser-boltons-plans-to-streamline-council/ https://www.kff.org/news-summary/elimination-of-nsc-global-h...