Another Pandemic

[KnighttimeJoe]

Start prepping.

Biden says another pandemic will come and the US needs to start preparing for it

The White House's proposed budget, released in March, suggests allocating $82 billion toward preparing for future pandemics.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[hemightbejeremy]

He’s is right, we should be prepared for another pandemic. As historically they do occur from time to time. That doesn’t mean the next one will be in our lifetime though. Hopefully not.

 

[NinjaKnight]

Well no shit, maybe if we would have been prepared for this last one we wouldn't have lost a million Americans.

But hey if you stop testing you don't get as many cases.

 

[hemightbejeremy]

Hey look at this article from 2018

Top White House official in charge of pandemic response exits suddenly

Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer's sudden departure means that no senior administration official is now focused solely on global health security as his team is broken up at a time when many experts say the US is underprepared for a potential pandemic or bioterrorism attack

www.independent.co.uk

 

[sk8knight]

Hey look at this article from 2018

Top White House official in charge of pandemic response exits suddenly

Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer's sudden departure means that no senior administration official is now focused solely on global health security as his team is broken up at a time when many experts say the US is underprepared for a potential pandemic or bioterrorism attack

www.independent.co.uk

We discussed all of this in 2019. Why bring it back up now?

2018 National Biodefense Strategy - Homeland Security Digital Library

White House releases 2018 National Biodefense Strategy

www.hsdl.org

Partly false claim: Trump fired entire pandemic response team in 2018

Correction: the headline of this fact-check earlier read "Trump fired pandemic response team in 2018", it has been amended to "Trump fired entire pandemic response team in 2018"

www.reuters.com

 

[NinjaKnight]

Hey look at this article from 2018

Top White House official in charge of pandemic response exits suddenly

Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer's sudden departure means that no senior administration official is now focused solely on global health security as his team is broken up at a time when many experts say the US is underprepared for a potential pandemic or bioterrorism attack

www.independent.co.uk

Wait a minute, are you trying to imply Trump didn't perfectly handle the pandemic that killed 1 million plus Americans?

 

[hemightbejeremy]

We discussed all of this in 2019. Why bring it back up now?

2018 National Biodefense Strategy - Homeland Security Digital Library

White House releases 2018 National Biodefense Strategy

www.hsdl.org

Partly false claim: Trump fired entire pandemic response team in 2018

Correction: the headline of this fact-check earlier read "Trump fired pandemic response team in 2018", it has been amended to "Trump fired entire pandemic response team in 2018"

www.reuters.com

I brought it up because the thread is about preparedness for another pandemic and it relates to the restructuring that occurred in 2018. I (nor the article) never claimed that Trump fired the pandemic team, but I appreciate the fact checks.

 

[BCHailMary]

Thank god we are getting prepped for the next pandemic that could be here around September. We haven't had this type of leadership in years. He is the most underrated president of all time.

Bds thread

 

[sk8knight]

I brought it up because the thread is about preparedness for another pandemic and it relates to the restructuring that occurred in 2018. I (nor the article) never claimed that Trump fired the pandemic team, but I appreciate the fact checks.

The entire federal government could use a hell of a lot of streamlining. There are so many redundant stovepipes that don’t have any communication or collaboration and then important stuff falls through the cracks. And that’s just the honest groups.