General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSquinch
(50,915 posts)ridiculous flu estimate wild guesses they have put out each year, and that are coming home to roost now, as we learn what 60,000 deaths in a season REALLY look like.
kacekwl
(7,013 posts)A massive cover-up of his incompetence. Worse than China.
2naSalit
(86,330 posts)or one of the operatives in the "in" crowd in the West Wing. Not one federal agency has avoided the taint.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Every government agency is given corrupt administrators and its budget slashed.
This happens not just with Trump, but EVERY TIME the Republicans get power. ANTI-government, ANTI-taxes, remember? Destroy by destroying belief in.
Nevertheless, in the past the committed professionals of the CDC have done a magnificent job containing disease not only in the US but working with and providing leadership to othernations to stop it overseas before it gets here and to stop it in other nations.
SARS1, a much more lethal killer than this one but unable to spread as secretly, managed to Spread to over two dozen nations, but killed only 8000 people, was eventually controlled so well that it disappeared. When it finally managed to get into the United States, it infected eight people and none died. That is what the CDC is supposed to do.