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I fear they have not learned this lesson. Already ramping up fears of monkeypox. https://www.barrons.com/news/biden-warns-of-potentially-consequential-monkeyp

• SV_BubbleTime 4y ago
  Why wouldn’t they? Name a government or public sector institution that lost power during covid. It’s tough to do.
  • cma 4y ago
    For some reason the EPA? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/trump-pollution-laws-epa-allows-companies-pollute-without-penalty-during-coronavirus https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/trump-po...
  • FooBarBizBazz 4y ago
    > Name a government or public sector institution that lost power during covid. I honestly think: "Nearly all of them." We've seen some significant exercise of power, but the underlying legitimacy that gives rise to power is severely eroded. So I am not at all sure that the various institutions have come out of this ahead. Only in their unification against Russia have I seen an increase in organizational capacity.