Andrew Klavan....Trump was right about everything...

[2aguy]

And here we have the Truth...

KLAVAN: Let This Crisis Go To Waste

In the current WuFlu crisis, the problem for the Trump-is-an-idiot crowd is that when you step back a bit — and when you subtract his clumsy statements and the usual government missteps in any crisis — the guy has been right about almost everything. Uncontrolled migration, globalization, and the Chinese supply chain — everything Trump has tried to rectify — are precisely what make flus like this so dangerous.
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So every time you hear a Democrat complain about Trump’s actions, ask yourself this: Do you really want to replace him with the party of open borders and world government? A party that worries we’ll insult our dear Chinese Communist friends by naming the virus improperly? A party that is about to be led by an empty suit who can’t remember the name of God? It would be insane.

Even with Trump at the helm, the Democrats have to be thwarted in this moment at every turn. They are the party of “Never let a crisis go to waste,” which translates into, “Always use people’s fears to extend the power of government.”

 

[DGS49]

While Klavan is a bit of a Flamethrower, he is a national treasurer. Always right, even when it makes one uncomfortable.

 

[Pogo]

And here we have the Truth...

KLAVAN: Let This Crisis Go To Waste

In the current WuFlu crisis, the problem for the Trump-is-an-idiot crowd is that when you step back a bit — and when you subtract his clumsy statements and the usual government missteps in any crisis — the guy has been right about almost everything. Uncontrolled migration, globalization, and the Chinese supply chain — everything Trump has tried to rectify — are precisely what make flus like this so dangerous.
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So every time you hear a Democrat complain about Trump’s actions, ask yourself this: Do you really want to replace him with the party of open borders and world government? A party that worries we’ll insult our dear Chinese Communist friends by naming the virus improperly? A party that is about to be led by an empty suit who can’t remember the name of God? It would be insane.

Even with Trump at the helm, the Democrats have to be thwarted in this moment at every turn. They are the party of “Never let a crisis go to waste,” which translates into, “Always use people’s fears to extend the power of government.”

So you're actually more concerned with "an empty suit who can't remember the name of God" than with an empty suit who can't remember who David Dooky is, where his own father was born, what Tim Cook's name is, that he already admitted in court to posing as fake press agents, that he mocked up a fake magazine cover, that he bankrupted several businesses, that flight was still not invented in the eighteenth century and that thousands and thousands of people dancing on rooftops was a bullshit fantasy he made up in his own head?

By the way, nice sigline. Let's read it, shall we?

Quote:

Any vote for any democrat is a vote to end the 2nd Amendment.
18.6 million Americans carry guns. Gun murder in U.S. down 49% since 1990s.
18.6 million Americans carry guns. Gun crime in U.S. down 75% since 1990s.
18.6 million Americans carry guns. Violent crime down 72% since the 1990s.
​

You uh DO know that Democrats held the White House for sixteen of those years, right?

 

[busybee01]

And here we have the Truth...

KLAVAN: Let This Crisis Go To Waste

In the current WuFlu crisis, the problem for the Trump-is-an-idiot crowd is that when you step back a bit — and when you subtract his clumsy statements and the usual government missteps in any crisis — the guy has been right about almost everything. Uncontrolled migration, globalization, and the Chinese supply chain — everything Trump has tried to rectify — are precisely what make flus like this so dangerous.
-------

So every time you hear a Democrat complain about Trump’s actions, ask yourself this: Do you really want to replace him with the party of open borders and world government? A party that worries we’ll insult our dear Chinese Communist friends by naming the virus improperly? A party that is about to be led by an empty suit who can’t remember the name of God? It would be insane.

Even with Trump at the helm, the Democrats have to be thwarted in this moment at every turn. They are the party of “Never let a crisis go to waste,” which translates into, “Always use people’s fears to extend the power of government.”

Donald Trump has shown himself to be incompetent. Even National Review admits he has screwed this up. They are trump supporters. Crazy Trump supporters like you will defend Trump no matter what. You rely on more Trump cultists to back you up. Ordinary voters are tired of this. That is why more suburban voters are participating in the Democrat primaries.

 

[Brain357]

Yeah he proposed cuts to the CDC while increasing military spending. What a genius, I feel so safe. So smart the country is closing down.

 

[two_iron]

Yesterday, I saw Sleepy's plan to deal with Covid-19:

1. Do what Trump said.
2. Do what Trump said.
3. Do what Trump said.
4. Do what Trump said.
5. Do what Trump said.

Looks like a good plan to me. A little light in originality but that's been Plugs MO for the last 50 years.

 

[2aguy]

And here we have the Truth...

KLAVAN: Let This Crisis Go To Waste

In the current WuFlu crisis, the problem for the Trump-is-an-idiot crowd is that when you step back a bit — and when you subtract his clumsy statements and the usual government missteps in any crisis — the guy has been right about almost everything. Uncontrolled migration, globalization, and the Chinese supply chain — everything Trump has tried to rectify — are precisely what make flus like this so dangerous.
-------

So every time you hear a Democrat complain about Trump’s actions, ask yourself this: Do you really want to replace him with the party of open borders and world government? A party that worries we’ll insult our dear Chinese Communist friends by naming the virus improperly? A party that is about to be led by an empty suit who can’t remember the name of God? It would be insane.

Even with Trump at the helm, the Democrats have to be thwarted in this moment at every turn. They are the party of “Never let a crisis go to waste,” which translates into, “Always use people’s fears to extend the power of government.”

Donald Trump has shown himself to be incompetent. Even National Review admits he has screwed this up. They are trump supporters. Crazy Trump supporters like you will defend Trump no matter what. You rely on more Trump cultists to back you up. Ordinary voters are tired of this. That is why more suburban voters are participating in the Democrat primaries.

Moron....National Review is the Never Trump failing news organization replacing The Weekly Standard as the failing Never Trump news organization......

Trump has handled this virus more competently than obama handled H1N1, you dope...

 

[2aguy]

Yeah he proposed cuts to the CDC while increasing military spending. What a genius, I feel so safe. So smart the country is closing down.

Yeah...that lie about the CDC has been exposed in multiple threads.....

 

[2aguy]

And here we have the Truth...

KLAVAN: Let This Crisis Go To Waste

In the current WuFlu crisis, the problem for the Trump-is-an-idiot crowd is that when you step back a bit — and when you subtract his clumsy statements and the usual government missteps in any crisis — the guy has been right about almost everything. Uncontrolled migration, globalization, and the Chinese supply chain — everything Trump has tried to rectify — are precisely what make flus like this so dangerous.
-------

So every time you hear a Democrat complain about Trump’s actions, ask yourself this: Do you really want to replace him with the party of open borders and world government? A party that worries we’ll insult our dear Chinese Communist friends by naming the virus improperly? A party that is about to be led by an empty suit who can’t remember the name of God? It would be insane.

Even with Trump at the helm, the Democrats have to be thwarted in this moment at every turn. They are the party of “Never let a crisis go to waste,” which translates into, “Always use people’s fears to extend the power of government.”

So you're actually more concerned with "an empty suit who can't remember the name of God" than with an empty suit who can't remember who David Dooky is, where his own father was born, what Tim Cook's name is, that he already admitted in court to posing as fake press agents, that he mocked up a fake magazine cover, that he bankrupted several businesses, that flight was still not invented in the eighteenth century and that thousands and thousands of people dancing on rooftops was a bullshit fantasy he made up in his own head?

By the way, nice sigline. Let's read it, shall we?

Quote:

Any vote for any democrat is a vote to end the 2nd Amendment.
18.6 million Americans carry guns. Gun murder in U.S. down 49% since 1990s.
18.6 million Americans carry guns. Gun crime in U.S. down 75% since 1990s.
18.6 million Americans carry guns. Violent crime down 72% since the 1990s.
​

You uh DO know that Democrats held the White House for sixteen of those years, right?

Yeah...the held the White House and voted in the stupid Assault Weapon ban....and promptly lost control of congress after controlling it for 40 years....so they switched tactics....using the local and state level governments to pass anti-gun laws, and then using anti-gun judges to declare those violations of the 2nd Amendment legal.......

Now you have the alzheimers democrat party candidate putting bob o'rourke in charge of his gun control plan....they guy who said he is willing to go door to door to confiscate legal guns...

You moron.

 

[HappyJoy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-charge-of-pandemic-response-exits-abruptly/

May 10, 2018

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

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.

...

Pandemic preparedness and global health security are issues that require government-wide responses, experts say, as well as the leadership of a high-ranking official within the White House who is assigned only this role.

The personnel changes, which Morrison and others characterize as a downgrading of global health security, are part of Bolton’s previously announced plans to streamline the NSC. Two members of Ziemer's team have been merged into a unit in charge of weapons of mass destruction, and another official's position is now part of a unit responsible for international organizations. White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, who had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks, is out completely. He left the day after Bolton took over last month.​

 

[2aguy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-charge-of-pandemic-response-exits-abruptly/

May 10, 2018

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

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.

...

Pandemic preparedness and global health security are issues that require government-wide responses, experts say, as well as the leadership of a high-ranking official within the White House who is assigned only this role.

The personnel changes, which Morrison and others characterize as a downgrading of global health security, are part of Bolton’s previously announced plans to streamline the NSC. Two members of Ziemer's team have been merged into a unit in charge of weapons of mass destruction, and another official's position is now part of a unit responsible for international organizations. White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, who had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks, is out completely. He left the day after Bolton took over last month.​

Wow......and to think that the CDC with 10s of thousands of employees had no one else to step in and do that job.........

You guys...your god..."government," isn't great.........you should really stop worshiping it.

 

[HappyJoy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-charge-of-pandemic-response-exits-abruptly/

May 10, 2018

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

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.

...

Pandemic preparedness and global health security are issues that require government-wide responses, experts say, as well as the leadership of a high-ranking official within the White House who is assigned only this role.

The personnel changes, which Morrison and others characterize as a downgrading of global health security, are part of Bolton’s previously announced plans to streamline the NSC. Two members of Ziemer's team have been merged into a unit in charge of weapons of mass destruction, and another official's position is now part of a unit responsible for international organizations. White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, who had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks, is out completely. He left the day after Bolton took over last month.​

Wow......and to think that the CDC with 10s of thousands of employees had no one else to step in and do that job.........

You guys...your god..."government," isn't great.........you should really stop worshiping it.

They lost the expertise. They aren't running a McDonald's where you can just throw the new guy on fry duty. They deprioritized global pandemics while being warned that the world was long over due for a new one.

We are months behind testing. One thing is clear, the countries that test are the ones finding cases.

 

[2aguy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-charge-of-pandemic-response-exits-abruptly/

May 10, 2018

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

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.

...

Pandemic preparedness and global health security are issues that require government-wide responses, experts say, as well as the leadership of a high-ranking official within the White House who is assigned only this role.

The personnel changes, which Morrison and others characterize as a downgrading of global health security, are part of Bolton’s previously announced plans to streamline the NSC. Two members of Ziemer's team have been merged into a unit in charge of weapons of mass destruction, and another official's position is now part of a unit responsible for international organizations. White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, who had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks, is out completely. He left the day after Bolton took over last month.​

Wow......and to think that the CDC with 10s of thousands of employees had no one else to step in and do that job.........

You guys...your god..."government," isn't great.........you should really stop worshiping it.

They lost the expertise. They aren't running a McDonald's where you can just throw the new guy on fry duty. They deprioritized global pandemics while being warned that the world was long over due for a new one.

We are months behind testing. One thing is clear, the countries that test are the ones finding cases.

Wrong......they have experts all over the place.....

They are government, they can't do anything well in the first place. And it will be the private companies stepping up that will make testing effective.....

 

[busybee01]

And here we have the Truth...

KLAVAN: Let This Crisis Go To Waste

In the current WuFlu crisis, the problem for the Trump-is-an-idiot crowd is that when you step back a bit — and when you subtract his clumsy statements and the usual government missteps in any crisis — the guy has been right about almost everything. Uncontrolled migration, globalization, and the Chinese supply chain — everything Trump has tried to rectify — are precisely what make flus like this so dangerous.
-------

So every time you hear a Democrat complain about Trump’s actions, ask yourself this: Do you really want to replace him with the party of open borders and world government? A party that worries we’ll insult our dear Chinese Communist friends by naming the virus improperly? A party that is about to be led by an empty suit who can’t remember the name of God? It would be insane.

Even with Trump at the helm, the Democrats have to be thwarted in this moment at every turn. They are the party of “Never let a crisis go to waste,” which translates into, “Always use people’s fears to extend the power of government.”

Donald Trump has shown himself to be incompetent. Even National Review admits he has screwed this up. They are trump supporters. Crazy Trump supporters like you will defend Trump no matter what. You rely on more Trump cultists to back you up. Ordinary voters are tired of this. That is why more suburban voters are participating in the Democrat primaries.

Moron....National Review is the Never Trump failing news organization replacing The Weekly Standard as the failing Never Trump news organization......

Trump has handled this virus more competently than obama handled H1N1, you dope...

Moron. Anyone who tells the truth is a Never Trump to you. You are so predictable.

Trump has not handled this crisis well you dope. You are hardly a unbiased source on Obama. Obama is far more popular than Trump and Bush's approvals have gone up as well.

 

[HappyJoy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-charge-of-pandemic-response-exits-abruptly/

May 10, 2018

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

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.

...

Pandemic preparedness and global health security are issues that require government-wide responses, experts say, as well as the leadership of a high-ranking official within the White House who is assigned only this role.

The personnel changes, which Morrison and others characterize as a downgrading of global health security, are part of Bolton’s previously announced plans to streamline the NSC. Two members of Ziemer's team have been merged into a unit in charge of weapons of mass destruction, and another official's position is now part of a unit responsible for international organizations. White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, who had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks, is out completely. He left the day after Bolton took over last month.​

Wow......and to think that the CDC with 10s of thousands of employees had no one else to step in and do that job.........

You guys...your god..."government," isn't great.........you should really stop worshiping it.

They lost the expertise. They aren't running a McDonald's where you can just throw the new guy on fry duty. They deprioritized global pandemics while being warned that the world was long over due for a new one.

We are months behind testing. One thing is clear, the countries that test are the ones finding cases.

Wrong......they have experts all over the place.....

They are government, they can't do anything well in the first place. And it will be the private companies stepping up that will make testing effective.....

Yeah, it's been working well so far. :/

Of course private companies will have a role to play but you need a team already put together that had a running plan to work with. Doesn't look like we had that. You need a centralized government to lead in this. Not one that lies about the readiness and capability of websites and one that is focusing on discovering the true number of infected in this country. So far, we don't have that either. The WHO had tests available, we declined.

What's the plan for increasing hospital beds or when our healthcare system is over run?

 

[OKTexas]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-charge-of-pandemic-response-exits-abruptly/

May 10, 2018

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

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.

...

Pandemic preparedness and global health security are issues that require government-wide responses, experts say, as well as the leadership of a high-ranking official within the White House who is assigned only this role.

The personnel changes, which Morrison and others characterize as a downgrading of global health security, are part of Bolton’s previously announced plans to streamline the NSC. Two members of Ziemer's team have been merged into a unit in charge of weapons of mass destruction, and another official's position is now part of a unit responsible for international organizations. White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, who had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks, is out completely. He left the day after Bolton took over last month.​

Wow......and to think that the CDC with 10s of thousands of employees had no one else to step in and do that job.........

You guys...your god..."government," isn't great.........you should really stop worshiping it.

They lost the expertise. They aren't running a McDonald's where you can just throw the new guy on fry duty. They deprioritized global pandemics while being warned that the world was long over due for a new one.

We are months behind testing. One thing is clear, the countries that test are the ones finding cases.

Damn you're ignorant, S Korea decided to test the masses and came up with 96+% negative results. For you slow commies that means out of 100 tested 96-97 didn't have the virus. Also the NSC has no business in medical matters, we have the NIH and CDC for that. Of course you commies just love expensive redundant government, don'ch?

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[HappyJoy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-charge-of-pandemic-response-exits-abruptly/

May 10, 2018

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

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.

...

Pandemic preparedness and global health security are issues that require government-wide responses, experts say, as well as the leadership of a high-ranking official within the White House who is assigned only this role.

The personnel changes, which Morrison and others characterize as a downgrading of global health security, are part of Bolton’s previously announced plans to streamline the NSC. Two members of Ziemer's team have been merged into a unit in charge of weapons of mass destruction, and another official's position is now part of a unit responsible for international organizations. White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, who had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks, is out completely. He left the day after Bolton took over last month.​

Wow......and to think that the CDC with 10s of thousands of employees had no one else to step in and do that job.........

You guys...your god..."government," isn't great.........you should really stop worshiping it.

They lost the expertise. They aren't running a McDonald's where you can just throw the new guy on fry duty. They deprioritized global pandemics while being warned that the world was long over due for a new one.

We are months behind testing. One thing is clear, the countries that test are the ones finding cases.

Damn you're ignorant, S Korea decided to test the masses and came up with 96+% negative results. For you slow commies that means out of 100 tested 96-97 didn't have the virus. Also the NSC has no business in medical matters, we have the NIH and CDC for that. Of course you commies just love expensive redundant government, don'ch?

.

Whether somebody tests positive or negative for the disease is good information to have. For example for those who test negative you don't need to quarantine and you can weed them out and only quarantine the sick, whether they are showing symptoms or not. It can also clear people who are showing possible symptoms however only have the flu.

I don't understand why you people are so dense.

 

[OKTexas]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-charge-of-pandemic-response-exits-abruptly/

May 10, 2018

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

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.

...

Pandemic preparedness and global health security are issues that require government-wide responses, experts say, as well as the leadership of a high-ranking official within the White House who is assigned only this role.

The personnel changes, which Morrison and others characterize as a downgrading of global health security, are part of Bolton’s previously announced plans to streamline the NSC. Two members of Ziemer's team have been merged into a unit in charge of weapons of mass destruction, and another official's position is now part of a unit responsible for international organizations. White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, who had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks, is out completely. He left the day after Bolton took over last month.​

Wow......and to think that the CDC with 10s of thousands of employees had no one else to step in and do that job.........

You guys...your god..."government," isn't great.........you should really stop worshiping it.

They lost the expertise. They aren't running a McDonald's where you can just throw the new guy on fry duty. They deprioritized global pandemics while being warned that the world was long over due for a new one.

We are months behind testing. One thing is clear, the countries that test are the ones finding cases.

Wrong......they have experts all over the place.....

They are government, they can't do anything well in the first place. And it will be the private companies stepping up that will make testing effective.....

Yeah, it's been working well so far. :/

Of course private companies will have a role to play but you need a team already put together that had a running plan to work with. Doesn't look like we had that. You need a centralized government to lead in this. Not one that lies about the readiness and capability of websites and one that is focusing on discovering the true number of infected in this country. So far, we don't have that either. The WHO had tests available, we declined.

What's the plan for increasing hospital beds or when our healthcare system is over run?

The fact is we'll never know how many people are infected, people with mild symptoms will never go to a doctor or get tested. How do you plan to count them? Do you think all 350 million people should be tested whether they show harsher symptoms or not? Come on commie, give us your plan.

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[HappyJoy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-charge-of-pandemic-response-exits-abruptly/

May 10, 2018

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

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.

...

Pandemic preparedness and global health security are issues that require government-wide responses, experts say, as well as the leadership of a high-ranking official within the White House who is assigned only this role.

The personnel changes, which Morrison and others characterize as a downgrading of global health security, are part of Bolton’s previously announced plans to streamline the NSC. Two members of Ziemer's team have been merged into a unit in charge of weapons of mass destruction, and another official's position is now part of a unit responsible for international organizations. White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, who had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks, is out completely. He left the day after Bolton took over last month.​

Wow......and to think that the CDC with 10s of thousands of employees had no one else to step in and do that job.........

You guys...your god..."government," isn't great.........you should really stop worshiping it.

They lost the expertise. They aren't running a McDonald's where you can just throw the new guy on fry duty. They deprioritized global pandemics while being warned that the world was long over due for a new one.

We are months behind testing. One thing is clear, the countries that test are the ones finding cases.

Wrong......they have experts all over the place.....

They are government, they can't do anything well in the first place. And it will be the private companies stepping up that will make testing effective.....

Yeah, it's been working well so far. :/

Of course private companies will have a role to play but you need a team already put together that had a running plan to work with. Doesn't look like we had that. You need a centralized government to lead in this. Not one that lies about the readiness and capability of websites and one that is focusing on discovering the true number of infected in this country. So far, we don't have that either. The WHO had tests available, we declined.

What's the plan for increasing hospital beds or when our healthcare system is over run?

The fact is we'll never know how many people are infected, people with mild symptoms will never go to a doctor or get tested. How do you plan to count them? Do you think all 350 million people should be tested whether they show harsher symptoms or not? Come on commie, give us your plan.

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You can trace people. For example someone gets sick, they ask who they've interacted with and then you test those people. Some showing symptoms, some not. Of those showing symptoms you can clear them if it;s not from coronavirus otherwise you'd have to assume they are infected. Others not showing symptoms would otherwise have continued to spread the disease. This appears to be how most people are infected.

There are a limited number of resources and you don't want to waste your time treating people who aren't sick and preventing others from getting sick in the first place.

It's also good for the economy, those who are not infected can go back to work.

Jesus, you'd think this would be obvious.

 

[OKTexas]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-charge-of-pandemic-response-exits-abruptly/

May 10, 2018

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

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.

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Pandemic preparedness and global health security are issues that require government-wide responses, experts say, as well as the leadership of a high-ranking official within the White House who is assigned only this role.

The personnel changes, which Morrison and others characterize as a downgrading of global health security, are part of Bolton’s previously announced plans to streamline the NSC. Two members of Ziemer's team have been merged into a unit in charge of weapons of mass destruction, and another official's position is now part of a unit responsible for international organizations. White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, who had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks, is out completely. He left the day after Bolton took over last month.​

Wow......and to think that the CDC with 10s of thousands of employees had no one else to step in and do that job.........

You guys...your god..."government," isn't great.........you should really stop worshiping it.

They lost the expertise. They aren't running a McDonald's where you can just throw the new guy on fry duty. They deprioritized global pandemics while being warned that the world was long over due for a new one.

We are months behind testing. One thing is clear, the countries that test are the ones finding cases.

Damn you're ignorant, S Korea decided to test the masses and came up with 96+% negative results. For you slow commies that means out of 100 tested 96-97 didn't have the virus. Also the NSC has no business in medical matters, we have the NIH and CDC for that. Of course you commies just love expensive redundant government, don'ch?

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Whether somebody tests positive or negative for the disease is good information to have. For example for those who test negative you don't need to quarantine and you can weed them out and only quarantine the sick, whether they are showing symptoms or not. It can also clear people who are showing possible symptoms however only have the flu.

I don't understand why you people are so dense.

You still won't have an accurate count, people that have been exposed may test negative today and positive tomorrow. People respond differently after exposure. But hey, feel free to keep bitching like a little girl on something you obviously know nothing about.

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