Peter Brown wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:30 am
jhu72 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:28 am
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:16 am
jhu72 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:06 am
runrussellrun wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:36 am
Done. The 69 page "playbook" offers no, to little value.
Very early on it mentioned working with the World Health Organization (WHO )
They didn't make the world wide pandemic call until 15 days ago.
Be specific matnum, what part of this valuable "playbook" should be implemented. Name just one example.
The WHO has been in this fight since the beginning. It met their criteria for being considered a pandemic in mid-late January (about the time the first cases where reported in a dozen countries, including the US). Everyone familiar with the criteria knew what the world was facing. The CDC knew, NIH knew, FDA knew, healthcare / medically literate individuals all over the world knew. Even the "spies" knew. To begin taking action didn't require a formal declaration of the WHO. The Chinese and WHO announced the discovery and isolation of the virus on January 9, a Thursday. That weekend the Chinese made available samples and the genome available to any nation that wanted them (distributed by the WHO). The world cannot claim they did not know after January 9. 2020.
To be fair, it was about the last week of January that there was full recognition that that community spread was not only after symptoms, but also by asymptomatic carriers. That was a huge extra complication.
But totally agree that once that was known, there's been NO EXCUSE for the pooh poohing of the severity, the notion that travel bans were sufficient, or that the virus was just another flu...and NO EXCUSE for the foot dragging to prepare for the inevitable, the need to surveillance test, trace and isolate/quarantine and to vastly expand PPE's and ventilator capacities. It was coming and it would come fast. We could slow it, manage through it, but instead we were led by a guy who wished it wasn't happening and said all the wrong things to both the American public and his direct reports.
The first case landed on US shores shortly before or after January 15. The Chinese locked down their country on the 24th of January. Even Trump had heard the news. He banned travel from China on January 31 if IRCC. Didn't need a formal WHO declaration to do any of that.
Well I guess that answers that. Some people knew before February 9th (date when the NYC Councilman and their Health Commissioner told everyone it was safe to attend the Chinese NY celebrations in Chinatown NYC).
In fact, more than a month before. Levine did a stupid thing, but he had someone who should have known better doing the same and worse before February 9th:
Jan. 22: “We have it totally under control.”
Jan. 24: “It will all work out well.”
Jan. 29: “Just received a briefing on the Coronavirus in China from all of our GREAT agencies, who are also working closely with China. We will continue to monitor the ongoing developments. We have the best experts anywhere in the world, and they are on top of it 24/7!”
Jan. 30: “We think we have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five. And those people are all recuperating successfully. But we’re working very closely with China and other countries, and we think it’s going to have a very good ending for it. So that I can assure you.”
Feb. 2: “Well, we pretty much shut it down coming in from China. … We can’t have thousands of people coming in who may have this problem, the coronavirus. So we’re gonna see what happens, but we did shut it down, yes.”
Feb. 7: “Nothing is easy, but [Chinese President Xi Jinping] … will be successful, especially as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone.”
It becomes even more delusional after Feb 7th.
That is funny, and as a gentle reminder, it's good to laugh even in the most difficult times.
