Holy Crap!!!! What are they thinking???
From Forbes:
Forget $1,200. Proposed Stimulus Bill Would Provide $2,000 A Month.
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A timeline of how years of missteps and budget cuts undermined the Trump administration's preparedness for COVID-19Trump did not cut anything.
And if you have the no reduction then why were supplies not replenished after N1H1
“Treat them”. There is a reason that 85-90% of iv drug users either end up dead or in jail the rest of their lives. And it’s not from lack of treatmentAnd will continue to under our current laws that treat addiction as a criminal offense. As long as its more profitable to lock a person up than treat them we can't change. Hooray markets right?
Get ready for Zimbabwe-level inflation if this is passed.Holy Crap!!!! What are they thinking???
From Forbes:
Forget $1,200. Proposed Stimulus Bill Would Provide $2,000 A Month.
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Because they were depleted.
Where do you get your info? Never mind, rhetorical.
Reuters Examines Changes To CDC, NSC Epidemiology, Pandemic Response Staff Under Trump Administration
Exclusive: U.S. slashed CDC staff inside China prior to coronavirus outbreak
“The Trump administration cut staff by more than two-thirds at a key U.S. public health agency operating inside China, as part of a larger rollback of U.S.-funded health and science experts on the ground there leading up to the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters has learned. Most of the reductions were made at the Beijing office of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and occurred over the past two years, according to public CDC documents viewed by Reuters and interviews with four people familiar with the drawdown. … The CDC’s China headcount has shrunk to around 14 staffers, down from approximately 47 people since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, the documents show. The four people, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the losses included epidemiologists and other health professionals…”
A timeline of how years of missteps and budget cuts undermined the Trump administration's preparedness for COVID-19
The Trump administration has spent the last several years weakening the federal agencies responsible for detecting and preparing for outbreaks like the novel coronavirus.
Trump would be proud of your ability to deny crystal clear facts and state outright falsehoods.4 unnamed sources is your citation? Nice try. Still no cuts cited
Same article..........
Nearly a month earlier, on November 5, 2014, Obama asked lawmakers for $6.18 billion in emergency funds to enhance the government’s ability to respond to an outbreak of Ebola, which was an urgent situation at the time.
Obama’s request included $4.64 billion for immediate response and $1.54 billion as a contingency fund to ensure that there are resources available to meet the evolving nature of the epidemic.
But in an ultra-conservative Congress with little appetite for big spending measures, Obama’s proposal was pretty much dead on arrival.
Obama’s push for a national framework with installations ready to swoop in and curtail an outbreak like the coronavirus met fierce resistance, and funding for pandemics was forced to stay at the levels approved in 2010 through the end of Obama’s final term in office.
I posted it earlier. I guess it's not always easy denying facts.You keep jumping to Trump..
You initially said Republicans blocked Obama from replenishing N1H1 supplies. I asked where you were citing that and you wound up citing 4 unnamed sources on anonymity they allegedly took place after Obama left office? Once again comprehension fails you
Trump would be proud of your ability to deny crystal clear facts and state outright falsehoods.
The VERY FIRST SENTENCE “The Trump administration cut staff by more than two-thirds at a key U.S. public health agency operating inside China, as part of a larger rollback of U.S.-funded health and science experts on the ground there leading up to the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters has learned.
It's been posted a couple of times that additional stimulus money is given to hospitals/states which are treating Covid pts. They're documenting as many deaths as possible due to covid whether valid or not.SIAP but you gotta wonder why they are doing this. Does it trigger some Federal funding? It seems if we want to really understand the disease implications you don't just add people to the death toll without at least confirming they had the Rona
Bloomberg - Article?
NYC Adds 3,800 Probable Virus Victims to Death Toll
Freddi Goldstein, press secretary to Mayor Bill de Blasio, said Tuesday that the data include at-home deaths of people suspected of having Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. That judgment is based on reported symptoms including cough, fever and shortness of breath.
It's been posted a couple of times that additional stimulus money is given to hospitals/states which are treating Covid pts. They're documenting as many deaths as possible due to covid whether valid or not.
I am not sure the debate you two are having. But this line from your post: and funding for pandemics was forced to stay at the levels approved in 2010 through the end of Obama’s final term in office. Doesn't bolster the argument we were unprepared. Funding went all the way through his last year. Does the article disclose how much was budgeted originally?I posted it earlier. I guess it's not always easy denying facts.
For the $35k compensation from the fedsSIAP but you gotta wonder why they are doing this. Does it trigger some Federal funding? It seems if we want to really understand the disease implications you don't just add people to the death toll without at least confirming they had the Rona
Bloomberg - Article?
NYC Adds 3,800 Probable Virus Victims to Death Toll
Freddi Goldstein, press secretary to Mayor Bill de Blasio, said Tuesday that the data include at-home deaths of people suspected of having Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. That judgment is based on reported symptoms including cough, fever and shortness of breath.