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="El OchoCinco, post: 5075228, member: 35483"]1. the West like the U.S. does not have centralized political leadership...we have a 2 party system of federalism that has decision making at the federal and state level or did you miss 5 weeks of governors and Trump fighting over who was responsible for doing what?
I am saying our Government is too centralized for addressing this crisis. There needs to be an independent authority that bases policy on scientific reasoning and not weighted on political considerations. Did you miss the Trump Shit Show Coronavirus press updates, as just one example?
As it is now, some states are reopening, some are extending how long they are staying closed, and none have sufficient provisions in place that adequately deal with this or future outbreaks. Can anyone say reinfection? China can, with US States to follow shortly with this “staggering” reopening strategy. Once adequate protections are in place, then it makes sense open things up again, assuming we were right to shut things down in the first place.
2. WHO is an independent authority that basically was swayed by China and proved their are complete dumbasses to say in January no human to human transmission. How could medical experts be so wrong who were on the ground in China and getting information from teh Chinese government? Because China lied and WHO went for the money.
There was credible evidence of the risks this virus posed on the global community early on as published in NEJM.org and posted here on ET in January. The source was a Chinese doctor in a letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine.
In addition, another ET poster, who I find credible, mentioned he had dinner with the head of a US military biological response unit and he said he was worried about COVID-19.
Furthermore, I have a friend who lives in Washington State who talked with a friend who is an accomplished doctor who also indicated his concern. This too, was in January.
The medical community in the United States knew the risks COVID-19 posed to the US population, but nothing meaningful was done to prevent infection. Who has the authority to implement such policy? Correctamundo, our politicians. By the way, where was most of our media on this in January? Suspiciously silent as I recall.
Do you want to dig up the posts and supporting citations, or should I?
