(03-24-2020 04:38 PM)UofMTigerTim Wrote:  https://nypost.com/2020/03/19/we-didnt-h...-pandemic/

But it is still Trump's fault.

Exactly.

However---in his defense (and in th defense of the current Federal response)---here's the thing. It would cost huge sums of money to prepare completely and properly for a pandemic on this scale. Doing so would require drawing resources away from other preparations. So what would of course happen? The next disaster wouldnt be a pandemic. It would be a series of radiological or chemical disaster we arent prepared for. We would have limited facilities for treating radiation/chemical type injuries because we have 5 trillion N-95 masks and a crapload of protective wear that is useless for radiation or chemical disasters.