Trump says the states are the blame for lack of supplies
In effect he is saying that each state needs to plan and buy supplies for each pandemic. What that suggests is that a state will have supplies stockpiled. Fifty separated piles of stuff which may or may not be needed. It is a big waste of resources. A single source of emergency resources with a expert supply chain is what this needs.
Trump is a finger pointer. A leader is one who takes responsibility.
Preparation is Key.
A couple of facts which must never be forgotten. Trump says he inherited a mess. So what has he done to fix the mess.
- Gut Obama Care. I don’t have the numbers but the number of citizens without health has increased dramatically.
- Remove pandemic and biological warfare from department from the national security council making it more difficult for the president to get good information of a potential crisis.
- On Dec 31, 2019 the WHO issued a coronavirus warning.
- In January, February, until mid-March Trump continually downplayed the threat, called it the next Democratic Hoax and created a partial block of travel from China. He says he did it very early. It is the only thing he did to slow the spread.
- In mid-March he finally took this threat serious. Now we have daily briefings which he uses to trumpet all he has done to fight the disease.
My Questions are
Why did we not make and distribute test kits in January and February?
When did we know that the current supply of N95 masks was insufficient?
Should we have known that many patients would need ventilators?
We can not forgive Donald Trump for our lack of preparation.
This is a national security issue not only a state preparation problem.
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