I have less faith in general in "the authorities" as a result of this epidemic. I'm involved in several different efforts to fight Covid-19 (PPE, testing, vaccines, etc) and the weak link in all of them is some government body.
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I used to think the CDC had things under control, and that if there was an epidemic coming, they'd know well in advance and ensure the appropriate measures were taken.https://twitter.com/YAppelbaum/status/1243600492988637193 …
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asteroids are coming too?
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It helps when you're properly staffed, funded, and administered
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Masks alone are ineffective because most people, even professionals, slip up and make contact eventually. Their advice for masks is spot on.
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WHO as well. But Taiwan (not allowed to join) tackled this multitudes better than WHO. Screening travellers already in December. Weeks before WHO claimed "no evidence" of human to human spread The IYI's and bureaucrats are a net negative in preparing. False sense of security
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Maybe HK did so well because they knew there was no WHO to help them and the buck stopped with the local authorities.
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Are you saying that the CDC didn't know well in advance? You know that Trump cut their funding, right? And he has a penchant for ignoring experts for the sake of his own ego?...
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The CDC is led by a political appointee - and in Trump’s case, not a respected one.
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I think the idea is that some of us thought there were non political experts who would spring into action like Dustin Hoffman in that movie who would spring into action regardless of the boss on top. Apparently that was the grown up version of the tooth fairy.
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