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In reply to the discussion: Trump shows off his "plan". I just knew this wasn't going to go well [View all]Alex4Martinez
(3,304 posts)4. underpants: It looks like they just replaced "October 2019" with "January 2020" on the cover
It's damning, they KNEW!
Some links:
Read this document from October, see page 6 cover:
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6824-2019-10-key-findings-and-after/05bd797500ea55be0724/optimized/full.pdf
And this NYT article:
WASHINGTON The outbreak of the respiratory virus began in China and was quickly spread around the world by air travelers, who ran high fevers. In the United States, it was first detected in Chicago, and 47 days later, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic. By then it was too late: 110 million Americans were expected to become ill, leading to 7.7 million hospitalized and 586,000 dead.
That scenario, code-named Crimson Contagion and imagining an influenza pandemic, was simulated by the Trump administrations Department of Health and Human Services in a series of exercises that ran from last January to August.
The simulations sobering results contained in a draft report dated October 2019 that has not previously been reported drove home just how underfunded, underprepared and uncoordinated the federal government would be for a life-or-death battle with a virus for which no treatment existed.
The draft report, marked not to be disclosed, laid out in stark detail repeated cases of confusion in the exercise. Federal agencies jockeyed over who was in charge. State officials and hospitals struggled to figure out what kind of equipment was stockpiled or available. Cities and states went their own ways on school closings.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-outbreak.html
This doesn't help their case.
K/R
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Trump shows off his "plan". I just knew this wasn't going to go well [View all]
underpants
May 2020
OP
Well, then SHOW US YOUR PLAN!! NOT JUST THE BINDER! YOUR PLAN FOR 7 WEEKS WAS TO PLAY IT DOWN
riversedge
May 2020
#1
Just like in 4th grade. The most important part of a student's geography report was always
coti
May 2020
#65
underpants: It looks like they just replaced "October 2019" with "January 2020" on the cover
Alex4Martinez
May 2020
#4
Yup, his own Crimson Contagion report from last year tells him he needs to step the fuck up.
Alex4Martinez
May 2020
#18
I'm beginning to think those still hanging on w him are just phoning it in.
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May 2020
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May 2020
#19
Surprised they didn't boot a PC up with a Jan 2020 date and create files to show it was done then.
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May 2020
#23
The Papers From the UK Often Do a Better Job Reporting on Trump Issues than US Papers
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May 2020
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"We designed this very perfect binder! And no, you can't see what's inside!"
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May 2020
#77