Tag: pandemic response
Trump Slashed Staff at U.S. CDC Office in China
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“The Trump administration cut staff by more than two-thirds at a key U.S. public health agency operating inside China, as part of a larger rollback of U.S.-funded health and science experts on the ground there leading up to the coronavirus outbreak,” Reuters reports. “Most of the reductions were made at the Beijing office of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and occurred over the past two years.”
Coronavirus Crisis Blame Belongs Solely to Trump Administration
“In short, the Trump administration forced a catastrophic strategic surprise onto the American people. But unlike past strategic surprises—Pearl Harbor, the Iranian revolution of 1979, or especially 9/11—the current one was brought about by unprecedented indifference, even willful negligence. Whereas, for example, the 9/11 Commission Report assigned blame for the al Qaeda attacks on the administrations of presidents Ronald Reagan through George W. Bush, the unfolding coronavirus crisis is overwhelmingly the sole responsibility of the current White House.”
— Foreign Policy
First Baptist Petri Dish
Trump’s pandemic response is a series of half-assed lurches,
And good luck now finding a ventilator for purchase.
But come this Easter,
The Commander-in-Chief-ster
Wants America open for business and Americans packing the churches.