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I looked but didnt see this anywhere
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/25/trump-coronavirus-national-security-council-149285
The 69-page document, finished in 2016, provided a step by step list of priorities which were then ignored by the administration
But according to a previously unrevealed White House playbook, the government shouldve begun a federal-wide effort to procure that personal protective equipment at least two months ago.
Is there sufficient personal protective equipment for healthcare workers who are providing medical care? the playbook instructs its readers, as one early decision that officials should address when facing a potential pandemic. If YES: What are the triggers to signal exhaustion of supplies? Are additional supplies available? If NO: Should the Strategic National Stockpile release PPE to states?
The NSC devised the guide officially called the Playbook for Early Response to High-Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents, but known colloquially as the pandemic playbook across 2016. The project was driven by career civil servants as well as political appointees, aware that global leaders had initially fumbled their response to the 2014-2015 spread of Ebola and wanting to be sure that the next response to an epidemic was better handled.
An NSC official confirmed the existence of the playbook but dismissed its value. We are aware of the document, although its quite dated and has been superseded by strategic and operational biodefense policies published since, the official said. The plan we are executing now is a better fit, more detailed, and applies the relevant lessons learned from the playbook and the most recent Ebola epidemic in the [Democratic Republic of the Congo] to COVID-19.
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(9,263 posts)rasputin1952
(83,130 posts)He can't read higher than 5th grader.
Obama's NSC could have put it in cartoons, however, just turning a page would wear out Trump's tiny hands.