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Mar 20, 2020 11:24:02 #

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Blade_Runner wrote:

I did some research, but my source wasn't CNN or MSNBC or NYT or any other commie propaganda machine.

Trump didn't dismantle the NSC pandemic response team.

In May 2018, Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer, the senior director of global health and biodefense on the National Security Council, left the administration. He was in charge of the U.S. response to pandemics.

After Ziemer’s departure, the global health team was reorganized by then-National Security Adviser John Bolton as part of an effort to streamline the response and make it more efficient. Meanwhile, Tom Bossert, a homeland security adviser who recommended strong defenses against disease, left shortly after Bolton arrived.

The White House didn’t replace either White House official or his team. Instead, Trump looked within his administration to fill roles for the coronavirus response.

In January, Trump appointed his Health and Human Services secretary, Alex Azar, to chair a coronavirus task force. On Feb. 26, he announced that Vice President Mike Pence would take charge of the U.S. response to the coronavirus.

The World Health Organization shipped coronavirus tests to nearly 60 countries at the end of February, but the U.S. was not among them.

"No discussions occurred between WHO and CDC about WHO providing COVID-19 tests to the United States," said WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris. "This is consistent with experience since the United States does not ordinarily rely on WHO for reagents or diagnostic tests because of sufficient domestic capacity."

Instead, the U.S. decided to have the CDC develop its own testing protocol, which was published Jan. 28. This caused a lag in testing for the virus in the U.S.

The CDC’s test was different and more complicated than a test published in Germany on Jan. 17. It worked in the CDC lab, but when the materials went out to state labs, some of them got inconsistent results. The CDC had to resend packages with new chemical reagents.

State laboratories started developing their own tests and were ready to use them, but had to wait for emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The combined delays resulted in fewer Americans being tested and a slower U.S. response overall compared with some other countries.

I did some research, but my source wasn't CNN or M... (show quote)

I posted this yesterday to a response of crickets. The haters will not defer from the "Trump caused it" narrative they need. But it's good information for the ones who can actually think. But you will not hear a single leftist/hater here on OPP actually acknowledge the truth of it. Not a single one!!!!

Mar 24, 2020 09:27:53 #

straightUp Loc: California

Blade_Runner wrote:

Both things happened. You are trying to say because one thing happened the other didn't. Not all of us are idiots blade. Also, a huge reason why Ziemer left is because Trump refused to listen to him.

I also noticed that after you dismissed CNN, MSNBC and the NYT as "commie propaganda machines" you failed to list you own source, which for all I know is just your ill-informed opinion.

Blade_Runner wrote:

After Ziemer’s departure, the global health team was reorganized by then-National Security Adviser John Bolton as part of an effort to streamline the response and make it more efficient.

Streamlining is a cheery synonym for slashing. When a company outsources jobs to overseas labor markets, do you know what they call it? Streamlining - without having to pay American wages they can produce more for less = streamlining. In this case, the streamlining means we can save money by cutting our defense against disease which I know for a fact was never a priority on the right. We're paying for that now.

Blade_Runner wrote:

Meanwhile, Tom Bossert, a homeland security adviser who recommended strong defenses against disease, left shortly after Bolton arrived.

Yeah, not a big surprise.

Blade_Runner wrote:

The White House didn’t replace either White House official or his team. Instead, Trump looked within his administration to fill roles for the coronavirus response.

Sure... why get a doctor to operate on your heart when there's a car mechanic in the house?

Blade_Runner wrote:

br In January, Trump appointed his Health and Hum... (show quote)

the WHO was sending test kits to underdeveloped nations without the facilities to develop their own. It's not their fault the Trump administration cut our own capacity down. We can't expect the WHO to baby us because we don't know WTF we're doing.

Blade_Runner wrote:

The CDC’s test was different and more complicated than a test published in Germany on Jan. 17. It worked in the CDC lab, but when the materials went out to state labs, some of them got inconsistent results. The CDC had to resend packages with new chemical reagents.

Yup, that's the kind of thing we can expect from a hobbled agency.

Blade_Runner wrote:

State laboratories started developing their own tests and were ready to use them, but had to wait for emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The combined delays resulted in fewer Americans being tested and a slower U.S. response overall compared with some other countries.[/i]

Yes, because the federal government, including the CDC and the FDA, is being managed by idiots in the Trump Administration. Thank God for the local governments and the business sector that have done outstanding work to protect us, if not for them... things would be much worse.

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