Thread by @TheCptBlackPill, I've managed to become even more cynical and blackpilled tonight after reading [...]

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I& #39;ve managed to become even more cynical and blackpilled tonight after reading this https://www.kansascitymag.com/heres-what-could-have-stopped-the-covid-19-epidemic-according-to-a-kansas-coronavirus-expert/">https://www.kansascitymag.com/heres-wha...

A coronavirus expert from KU predicted this pandemic—here's what he says will happen next

Scientist in a clean roomIf you’d been a molecular biosciences student at the University of Kansas last semester, you might have known this was coming. In class, the concept of a deadly new coronav...

https://www.kansascitymag.com/heres-what-could-have-stopped-the-covid-19-epidemic-according-to-a-kansas-coronavirus-expert/

And this: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/covid-military-shortage-pandemic/">https://www.thenation.com/article/p...

Exclusive: The Military Knew Years Ago That The Coronavirus Was Coming

The Pentagon warned the White House about a shortage of ventilators, face masks and hospital beds in 2017—but the Trump administration did nothing.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/covid-military-shortage-pandemic/

And this:

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/occasional_papers/2012/RAND_OP360.pdf">https://www.rand.org/content/d...

RAND study determines only a pandemic is an existential threat to the United States and capable of destroying "the American way of life"

And this: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-outbreak.amp.html">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www...

Before Virus Outbreak, a Cascade of Warnings Went Unheeded

Government exercises, including one last year, made clear that the U.S. was not ready for a pandemic like the coronavirus. But little was done.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-outbreak.amp.html

Conclusion: this wasn& #39;t a failure of science or imagination. It wasn& #39;t a failure of intelligence. It was solely a failure of leadership. Our leaders knew the ONE THING that could truly bring us down was a pandemic. They had other priorities

Yeah, it was certain to happen in the long run, but the calculation of every elected official was that by then it would be someone else& #39;s problem

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