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1/So, do we expect the states to be on their own to fight
an invading army?
a surge at the border?
cyber attacks from hostile nation states?
a serial killer who crosses state lines?
a hurricane, flood or other extreme weather event?
a recession?
Of course not.
an invading army?
a surge at the border?
cyber attacks from hostile nation states?
a serial killer who crosses state lines?
a hurricane, flood or other extreme weather event?
a recession?
Of course not.
2/In our system, we& #39;ve put the power/resources to fight big threats to our health, safety and economy in the national government.
For pandemics, the USG has resources - CIA/IC, CDC, FDA, FEMA, DOD - which simply do not exist in the states, by design. USG owns pandemic response.
For pandemics, the USG has resources - CIA/IC, CDC, FDA, FEMA, DOD - which simply do not exist in the states, by design. USG owns pandemic response.
3/When the President and his team claim the states are the lead in fighting COVID19, they are just making it up, it& #39;s an invention, a confabulation.
There is no plan which says this. Resources and expertise were never allocated that way. FDA controls all testing for example.
There is no plan which says this. Resources and expertise were never allocated that way. FDA controls all testing for example.
4/This absurd fiction that POTUS has conjured up - that the states are on their own to fight a *pandemic* of all things - has to BE CRUSHED by our elected leaders in coming days. It is an abdication of responsibility with no parallel in our history and it is killing people.
5/America needs, deserves a national response to COVID19, as all other modern nations have. Without it the damage to our country will incalculable.
Our Mad King sees a dangerous enemy and has chosen to do lots of TV but not to fight. And people our dying, losing their jobs.
Our Mad King sees a dangerous enemy and has chosen to do lots of TV but not to fight. And people our dying, losing their jobs.
6/Our President is mad. He says insane things on the TV every day. He only occasionally appears to understand what is happening around him.
If we can& #39;t adopt a new and better course, soon, our country is going to be grievously wounded, perhaps for a generation or more.
If we can& #39;t adopt a new and better course, soon, our country is going to be grievously wounded, perhaps for a generation or more.
7/So what do we do? First, our elected leaders - the Speaker, governors, Senators - must organize, and rise up to challenge the President more forcefully. We must use all our powers - media, governing - to force him to begin a mass mobilization to fight the virus, this war.
8/Next, we must do four things, immediately:
Surge supplies/people to the front lines
Enforce mandatory national stay at home
Crash/develop a national testing/isolation regime
Launch a "Manhattan Project" for a vaccine/therapeutics/diagnostics/PPE and basic COVID research
Surge supplies/people to the front lines
Enforce mandatory national stay at home
Crash/develop a national testing/isolation regime
Launch a "Manhattan Project" for a vaccine/therapeutics/diagnostics/PPE and basic COVID research
9/These things we have to do are the things all other countries are doing, and we, 11 weeks in, are still are refusing to do. It& #39;s madness. Madness.
I go into detail about this simple plan here: https://www.ndn.org/blog/2020/03/covid-daily-keep-focus-testing-surge-health-supplies-natl-stay-home-sun-edition">https://www.ndn.org/blog/2020...
I go into detail about this simple plan here: https://www.ndn.org/blog/2020/03/covid-daily-keep-focus-testing-surge-health-supplies-natl-stay-home-sun-edition">https://www.ndn.org/blog/2020...
