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Im not saying I agree with this BUT ... the heads of the CDC and the EPA are political appointees. So its not a giant leap for a person to make from not trusting the Government to not trusting an organization who is led by a political appointee.

like I said in my original post, there was SO much dysfunction in the beginning of COVID, that it really left people wondering "WTF!?!?!?!?!". The majority of this had to do with Trump demanding answers and pushing to get through the pandemic because he knew the pandemic would be detrimental to his re-election bid (and lets be honest ... it was. If not for COVID 19, Trump wouldve been elected in a landslide). Soooooo there Trump is beating the shit out of Fauci on global television, meanwhile Fauci and the medical community is rightfully saying "whoa whoa whoa, we cant give you a definitive answer or guidance yet because this a new virus". The Democrats smell blood in the water (Trump is injured) so they pounce picking more and more at a wounded Trump causing him to bleed more and more. The media is F'n loving it because millions are tuning in to find out what is going on, their revenues are through the roof ..... and here we all are ...scared, confused, angry, worried, desperate for some chicken wings, draft beer and live music. ...... so some herp derp starts spouting nonsense, but claims that we are being lied too. We think to ourselves "Ya know, I feel lied too, this asshole makes sense!!!" Next thing we know we think there are child rape dens in the basements of pizza restaurants, Lizard people controlling the flat earth from under the Denver Airport, and/or that our country was founded on racist principles and is a racist country today.

I dunno .... I just think we all are being yanked around ... because here we are arguing with each other over bullshit while our kids are getting dumber and dying of fentanyl ODs, meanwhile Billionaires are making trillions, Politicians are investing in those companies making millions ......
one of these things is not like the others
 
Ok well Rand Paul disagrees with you and quotes two peer reviewed studies.

I'm not trying to be obtuse but when I go to that site I can't find any video nor any peer reviewed studies and its just an article whining about a private company enforcing its own policies and comparing it to big government over reach.

Can you actually link the content and not the whining?
 
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Im not saying I agree with this BUT ... the heads of the CDC and the EPA are political appointees. So its not a giant leap for a person to make from not trusting the Government to not trusting an organization who is led by a political appointee.

like I said in my original post, there was SO much dysfunction in the beginning of COVID, that it really left people wondering "WTF!?!?!?!?!". The majority of this had to do with Trump demanding answers and pushing to get through the pandemic because he knew the pandemic would be detrimental to his re-election bid (and lets be honest ... it was. If not for COVID 19, Trump wouldve been elected in a landslide). Soooooo there Trump is beating the shit out of Fauci on global television, meanwhile Fauci and the medical community is rightfully saying "whoa whoa whoa, we cant give you a definitive answer or guidance yet because this a new virus". The Democrats smell blood in the water (Trump is injured) so they pounce picking more and more at a wounded Trump causing him to bleed more and more. The media is F'n loving it because millions are tuning in to find out what is going on, their revenues are through the roof ..... and here we all are ...scared, confused, angry, worried, desperate for some chicken wings, draft beer and live music. ...... so some herp derp starts spouting nonsense, but claims that we are being lied too. We think to ourselves "Ya know, I feel lied too, this asshole makes sense!!!" Next thing we know we think there are child rape dens in the basements of pizza restaurants, Lizard people controlling the flat earth from under the Denver Airport, and/or that our country was founded on racist principles and is a racist country today.

I dunno .... I just think we all are being yanked around ... because here we are arguing with each other over bullshit while our kids are getting dumber and dying of fentanyl ODs, meanwhile Billionaires are making trillions, Politicians are investing in those companies making millions ......
in retrospect do you think dismantling the pandemic response team played into our delayed response to a pandemic?
 
in retrospect do you think dismantling the pandemic response team played into our delayed response to a pandemic?
in short ... I dont.

Just my thoughts ... I think it was going to be a shit-show regardless, because our response was a failure at the Federal, State, and Local levels. It was evident that we had no plan to respond, and a plan of that/this magnitude is not something that is lost in a year or two. Soooooooo it was a failure of teh Trump admin and virtually every administration previously.

Now ... if your question is "Should we have a Pandemic Response Team?" My answer is a emphatic yes. Their should be guidance, dare I say direction, from the Federal Government down to the States and then down to individual counties on developing a Pandemic Response. The Federal Government should pose to the States the question "What is your plan if XYZ happens?" The Federal Government should provide guidance and use cases/examples, and the States should develop their individual plans with input from County Commissioners, ALL within scope/under the umbrella of guidance from the Fed/CDC/etc.

A lot of folks know that Im in commercial aviation, and provide IT services to pretty much every airline and airport on the planet. Now, we have mostly moved our core systems to AWS, so a impact to one of our core data centers has be drastically mitigated; however, if we were to lose a core node we are still looking at significant flight delays and ground stoppage of flights globally. We have Disaster Recovery Plans for core nodes, regions, down to individual sites and we practice those plans (mostly in table top fashion) annually. The same should apply here. I fully understand that it is complex bordering on impossible, BUT that is why our "Leaders" are elected and paid. They arent elected to politic and pontificate about social bullshit agendas. It should be the duty of every American to ask/demand of their candidates at the Fed/State/Local "Ok, what is your pandemic plan?" If there is a State/Locality that has a gap based on the Fed guidance/use cases, those gaps need to be identified, and either the Fed offers to fill OR the State needs to develop a plan/schedule on how they are going to fill (i.e Gap Analysis)

With all that said ... messaging in a crisis is key. THAT was our next biggest failure. 1) We didnt have a plan 2) It was evident that we were developing a plan on the fly and all interested parties werent aligned and we arguing with each other in front of the media for the world to see. This led to confusion, frustration, and doubt. Otherwise led to a "void" in leadership, and that void was filled with ...... with the mess that we see ourselves in today.

edit: To further expand ... on a previous topic ... I dont believe that the majority of Federal agencies should be led by political appointees but rather multi-member boards much like National Labor Relations Board, Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Political Appointees by their very nature are ... political. These agencies should only answer to the Law, as outlined in the Constitution or laws that have gone through the Legislative branch.
 
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in short ... I dont.

Just my thoughts ... I think it was going to be a shit-show regardless, because our response was a failure at the Federal, State, and Local levels. It was evident that we had no plan to respond, and a plan of that/this magnitude is not something that is lost in a year or two. Soooooooo it was a failure of teh Trump admin and virtually every administration previously.

Now ... if your question is "Should we have a Pandemic Response Team?" My answer is a emphatic yes. Their should be guidance, dare I say direction, from the Federal Government down to the States and then down to individual counties on developing a Pandemic Response. The Federal Government should pose to the States the question "What is your plan if XYZ happens?" The Federal Government should provide guidance and use cases/examples, and the States should develop their individual plans with input from County Commissioners, ALL within scope/under the umbrella of guidance from the Fed/CDC/etc.

A lot of folks know that Im in commercial aviation, and provide IT services to pretty much every airline and airport on the planet. Now, we have mostly moved our core systems to AWS, so a impact to one of our core data centers has be drastically mitigated; however, if we were to lose a core node we are still looking at significant flight delays and ground stoppage of flights globally. We have Disaster Recovery Plans for core nodes, regions, down to individual sites and we practice those plans (mostly in table top fashion) annually. The same should apply here. I fully understand that it is complex bordering on impossible, BUT that is why our "Leaders" are elected and paid. They arent elected to politic and pontificate about social bullshit agendas. It should be the duty of every American to ask/demand of their candidates at the Fed/State/Local "Ok, what is your pandemic plan?" If there is a State/Locality that has a gap based on the Fed guidance/use cases, those gaps need to be identified, and either the Fed offers to fill OR the State needs to develop a plan/schedule on how they are going to fill (i.e Gap Analysis)

With all that said ... messaging in a crisis is key. THAT was our next biggest failure. 1) We didnt have a plan 2) It was evident that we were developing a plan on the fly and all interested parties werent aligned and we arguing with each other in front of the media for the world to see. This led to confusion, frustration, and doubt. Otherwise led to a "void" in leadership, and that void was filled with ...... with the mess that we see ourselves in today.

edit: To further expand ... on a previous topic ... I dont believe that the majority of Federal agencies should be led by political appointees but rather multi-member boards much like National Labor Relations Board, Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Political Appointees by their very nature are ... political. These agencies should only answer to the Law, as outlined in the Constitution or laws that have gone through the Legislative branch.
you forgot F CHYNA!!!

also, you're wrong.
 
you forgot F CHYNA!!!

also, you're wrong.
Oh ... I just assumed that "F* China" was assumed to be the standard ...."table steaks" if you will ;)

"Best is the Standard" and "F* China!!!!!" shall live in infamy

Which part am I wrong in? Im open to being wrong .... I mean .... Its happened once or twice in my life ;) .... but what part?
 
We now live in a country where a law abiding citizen who has expertise (whether you agree or not) in the subject of the day gets personally attacked, and censored by some authoritarian style government approved tech monopoly. The CCP is watching with approval and it’s scary how many in this country are ok with it.
You do realize that the American Medical Association has reported that over 96% of practicing doctors are vaccinated. There are always outliers like this guy who wants his 15 minutes if Fame. He certainly isn't anywhere near the majority opinion on the subject. He also has massive issues in credibility and expertise.

If you listen to this guy to decide how to act, then you are willfully looking for confirmation of how you already feel.

It is very frustrating to see people.who don't understand that Doctors are trying to help them, not hurt them
No one cares how many doctors got the vaccine. It’s a dumb statistic.
There are millions of doctors so that means several hundred thousand didn’t get it.

Plus, that number does not reflect how many were coerced into getting it.
 
I'm not trying to be obtuse but when I go to that site I can't find any video nor any peer reviewed studies and its just an article whining about a private company enforcing its own policies and comparing it to big government over reach.

Can you actually link the content and not the whining?
jfc still waiting for those PEER REVIEWED STUDIES
 
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@TigerGrowls get me those peer reviewed studies you said Rand Paul had.
I dont have links directly to the studies on the web, but Rand said its so. Here is some stuff.


Compilation of info.

 
I dont have links directly to the studies on the web, but Rand said its so. Here is some stuff.


Compilation of info.

Lol

A Danish newspaper reported the mask study had been completed three months ago, but it was rejected by leading three medical journals because the results are controversial

It's not that it's controversial. See this is hw fake news gets you. The study was rejected for being dog shit. It wasn't published in any journal and the peer reviews tore it apart. Science has worked and Rand Paul continues to prove to be a hack
 
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Words to the wise here FOR SURE. It tickles me when people on here tell me they've "done research" on the pandemic and then tell me that I'm a sheep if I follow the directives of the CDC. The CDC is an agency with hundreds of experts in infectious viruses whose LITERAL JOB is to control the spread of disease in this country. Yet someone's few hours of google searching is supposed to somehow give us better answers? Yeah...
"The science is settled"..Unless you're the cdc it changes tomorrow.
 
"The science is settled"..Unless you're the cdc it changes tomorrow.
No the science of COVID is NOT settled. No one has claimed it is. The CDC make the best decisions they can with the information they have. When new data comes in that indicates that you change your direction, the CDC changes their direction. That's the way science works.
 
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Honestly, I'm HOPING you don't believe this. Surely, you know more about science than to actually think this is correct.

But if you don't ... One of the things that make farts smell is Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S... that's two hydrogen atoms and a Sulfur atom. That's 3 atoms... lot's of those 3 atoms in the air to make that rotten egg smell. Now ask yourself how many atoms do you suppose might be in a COVID virus? Millions and millions. So should we think that a mask that can't stop small molecules made up of 3 atoms MIGHT be able to stop a virus that's literally MILLIONS of times bigger?
 
No the science of COVID is NOT settled. No one has claimed it is. The CDC make the best decisions they can with the information they have. When new data comes in that indicates that you change your direction, the CDC changes their direction. That's the way science works.
You work at the CDC? You think the CDC is completely immune to partisan politics? They issued an eviction moratorium. WTF is that?
 
You work at the CDC? You think the CDC is completely immune to partisan politics? They issued an eviction moratorium. WTF is that?
I do not, but my wife did for several years before she went back to school for her PhD. I never said CDC was free of politics,. BUT the CDC is filled with people who are experts in their field FIRST... who's JOB it is to control the spread of disease in the US... So I do believe them before I believe a bunch of politicians who are politicians FIRST and FOREMOST. I agree that the CDC should not be issuing any eviction moratoriums.

And let's face it.. The Republican party has been pretty anti science for a while, BUT the whole "don't trust the CDC thing' started when they made the mistake of disagreeing in public with the foremost expert on disease in the world... Donald Trump. After that... all of a sudden the CDC was giving bad data, overestimating COVID deaths, and had political agendas. We all know that Donald Trump is the ultimate authority to Republicans.
 
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Sorry we don’t have the right to watch a American Dr give his opinion if it differs from the “state”, or tech monopolies approved narrative. Euro media still sorta has freedom of press…. China is smiling.
 
Sorry we don’t have the right to watch a American Dr give his opinion if it differs from the “state”, or tech monopolies approved narrative. Euro media still sorta has freedom of press…. China is smiling.
Again… *an American

I’m just trying to help out. Grammar and science don’t seem to be everyone’s strength.
 
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