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With the political emphasis now on the governmental response to COVID-19, I thought this might be of interest. It is a formal CDC publication and therefore self interest may influence the language. It documents steps taken during the last “pandemic”. I note there are several entries that use language that may suggest everything wasn’t so rosy and may support Joe’s Chief of Staff’s suggestion that they got a whole lot of things wrong.
Nonetheless, it is an interesting compare and contrast to what we are presently experiencing.
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We have 340 million people in the US. Approximately 6 million had covid and 186,000 passed away, 80% of those with serious complications from other conditions. Probably would have passed with any serious virus or bacterial infection. 6/340 = 1.76% infected and .055% of the population deceased.
Sounds to me like a very successful response to a very serious illness. So where are the cheers and the adulation for American ingenuity?
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Rocky there won’t be any cheers. You know that.
Trump is being blamed down to the first death. It’s idiotic but it’s there.
While any death is tragic, people die all the time. In general we have government in place that can and does prevent unnecessary deaths via regulation and funding. But that apparatus is, in general, set up to follow the science and legislation model. It can take years to regulate against new risks. Think about seat belt laws. You probably grew up riding in cars without seatbelts. I grew up in cars with seatbelts that nobody used. My kids wouldn’t think of not wearing a seatbelt. Government mandates take time. It is not set up to respond to viral shocks across the nation.
We as a culture are a stubborn bunch. It’s what makes us good. Don’t tell us what to do. We will do it. That culture makes immediate compliance with any mandate unlikely. We are rightfully suspicious of authority. It’s in our bones and our national identity.
But, of course it’s politically convenient to blame Trump for not solving the unsolvable; When, in fact, he was right in line with ordering shutdowns as things started to look real bad.
its simply hurricane katrina all over again. The Dems have tried every single way to pin blame on the administration. When, in fact, the administration’s perspectives have been more relevant to Main Street than the overt panic has been. The reality is that if you live in a small town or small city, and have taken modest precautions, coronavirus isn’t your first risk factor for dying. Falling probably still is.
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Sic transit gloria mundi (so shut up and get back to work)
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