Public health is a national security issue. Trump adopted a policy of unilateral disarmament - de-funding the CDC, the world's premier epidemiology org, trashing the response team that Obama had in place. Because . . . Obama.
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America. For-profit healthcare system From 24 Jan: ~8,000 total COVID19 tests. Test results in 4 days. March 10: 8 tests in USA S. Korea. Non-profit Public Health healthcare system. From 24 Jan: 230,000+ COVID19 tests. Test results in 4 hours. Capacity: 130,000+ tests/day
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The American for-profit healthcare system is unique in the world. It sacrifices Public Health on the altar of corporate profit. The next 3 weeks will determine if thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of Americans die. Practice social distancing. Pray. https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca …