Thursday, March 19, 2020

Crimson Contagion: A Cascade of Warnings, Heard but Unheeded - The New York Times

A week before Trump took office his staff was led through a "principal level" comprehensive briefing paper on how to deal with a pandemic.  We know that the Republican administration responded by dismantling the pandemic unit in the National Security Council.  Ann we know their hostility to government and eagerness for budget cutting blinds them to much of reality.  But a team of reporters at the `Fake News' New York Times has revealed the details of Crimson Contagion - the months long simulation that demonstrate the unpreparedness.  And today - as the Covid19 cases in New York passed 5,000 - the `President' attacked the press rather than the problem.  The consequences of unpreparedness have paralyzed the nation. - gwc 
Coronavirus Outbreak: A Cascade of Warnings, Heard but Unheeded - The New York Times


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