Democrat 2020

[ReluctantSamurai]

No system is prepare for such a thing.

Considering that the very department designed to give advanced warnings of possible pandemics was disbanded in 2018, and the CDC itself was defunded by many millions of dollars the same year, and the the US liaison to China's equivalent of the CDC was also fired, I'd say that had as much to do with the current fiasco here as the healthcare structure. And there's no excuse for wasting six weeks or more, once it became apparent that this was a possible pandemic situation from an emerging pathogen.

The next president (hopefully), must do a better job of preparing and responding.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

I suggest you write to Joe Biden and tell him that.

[Montmorency]

Considering that the very department designed to give advanced warnings of possible pandemics was disbanded in 2018, and the CDC itself was defunded by many millions of dollars the same year, and the the US liaison to China's equivalent of the CDC was also fired, I'd say that had as much to do with the current fiasco here as the healthcare structure. And there's no excuse for wasting six weeks or more, once it became apparent that this was a possible pandemic situation from an emerging pathogen.

The next president (hopefully), must do a better job of preparing and responding.

To the extent that the funding and organizational decisions of this administration are testament to its deeper rot, maybe having preserved such offices and funding wouldn't help where the leadership would disregard or suppress their fruits - just as they have in fact done with the attenuated equivalents.

I guess what I'm saying is we should blame the Trump admin for being the kind of people to disregard expertise (viz. destruction of the US diplomatic corps and purges of scientists and more scientists) toward running the government like a failed business criminal enterprise.