Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man
 Originally Posted By: Wonder Boy

I already answered that, in response to specific quotes from the article above.


But it was partisan gobbildy gook.


No, what I said was logical and specific. Despite your attempts to paint it otherwise. I even linked an article of supporting facts from USA Today, which is far from a right-leaning publication.

 Originally Posted By: M E M

The truth is it would have been better if those things in the pandemic response plan were followed.


And you know this because... of your service in federal agencies and as an official in CDC and NIH, and as a presidential cabinet member?

 Originally Posted By: M E M
Really what was the advantage of waiting? When this is over I do hope Trump gets every bit of credit for his leadership in this. And perhaps some of the smarter sheep feel some guilt for what they enabled.


The only thing done wrong in the U.S. was not having the tests available, which was out of Trump's control. That was delayed by bureucracy within the CDC.
And in the last day, I've seen news stories that the tests used by European countries have not been as reliable as the ones the U.S. test kits are. Resulting in Italy and Spain having about 30% false positives, and even more dangerous, 30% false negatives, that prevented a huge swath of infected people from being isolated, and able to go out and infect even more people.