CDC coronavirus testing decision likely to haunt nation for months to come

Post by dbbk » Wed, Mar 25, 2020, 3:11 PM UTC

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #244

Gatsky wrote: post #119

The problem is a global lack of preparation for a pandemic of this nature, despite multiple warning shots in the last couple of decades. The problem is incompetent, complacent government, and the political processes which enable it, and lately, even reward it. Blaming the CDC seems pointless. There are any number of institutions which could have done better. The thing is you don't want to be relying on everything goi…

> The problem is incompetent, complacent government, and the political processes which enable it, and lately, even reward it. Whilst I entirely agree with this statement, I actually doubt that any political party that stood on a platform of pandemic-preparedness, and the budgetary spending required for such, would have been voted into Government anyway. We, the people, have been voting for that which we believe to ad…

Post by AlexandrB » Wed, Mar 25, 2020, 4:51 PM UTC

JDulin wrote: post #170

aazaa wrote: post #121

The damage will be much longer lasting than this. The Chinese bought the US precious weeks to prepare while it locked down vast numbers of its own population. The disaster could have been prevented through a vigorous testing/quarrantine program in Washington and California. At every step of the way the US either bungled testing, or actively discouraged testing. It's been nothing but lies and mistakes from the start.…

These problems are not due to an "administration". The rot of American institutions is deep. The competence and coherence of the entire American civil service and civil life has fallen precipitously in the last 20 years, and, in part because of their irrational fixation on this administration, people still cannot wrap theirs head around the fact that problem is in personnel and structure. The CDC botched the developm…

Post by ironmagma » Wed, Mar 25, 2020, 5:34 PM UTC

nocorpwelfare wrote: post #305

ironmagma wrote: post #133

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You’ll still get looks for wearing a mask. It’s ridiculous.

Well, I am in the Midwest and there is hardly anything going on here, so yeah, wearing a mask would be kind of out of place. Anyways, I basically stay away from people anyhow. Our hospitals here are all losing money waiting for a crowd that may never arrive. Kids are silly miserable. We're losing our way of life and our nation to mass hysteria and we need to be strong instead.

Post by nocorpwelfare » Wed, Mar 25, 2020, 5:38 PM UTC

ruytlm wrote: post #140

asquabventured wrote: post #126

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I don't understand this mentality when other Western Nations are going through the exact same thing. Did the administration cause every other countries problems with containing the virus too?

In some regards, I'd argue yes; from my perspective, many western democracies have been following the US down its path to post-truth politics for years, as other countries' politicians have seen how effective the strategy of simply denying or ignoring anything you don't like is, and sought to replicate the success that (particularly) the Republican party has had in driving voters deeper into their partisan blocs.

Post by ccktlmazeltov » Wed, Mar 25, 2020, 6:36 PM UTC