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Hugin

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Wed Dec 16, 2020, 06:46 PM
Dec 2020

It was this particular issue that elicited my grudging respect for W and the realization he wasn't the complete nincompoop I'd thought he was.

Apparently, near the end of his term he'd read a book about the 1918 Flu pandemic while he was on vacation. He felt so strongly and was alarmed about it. Immediately upon his return to the WH he'd brought in an advisor and asked what could be done to prevent a situation like that from occurring in the future.

One of the items of highest priority he handed off to Obama was the project they'd come up with in the playbook and surveillance office. President Obama agreed and completed the project.

Trump trashed it all.

The bottom line is, if the playbook had been followed what has transpired over the last nine months and over 300,000+ American lives lost would have been largely avoided.

This has hardly been reported in the main stream media and is the primary reason Trump and his Republican enablers should not be allowed to walk away without major repercussions.

Dr Eric Ding... Chaos has a price [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2020 OP
This is the result of Grotesque Orange Pustule. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #1
Why I'm happy that Biden picked a new covid team! Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2020 #2
Imagine if the Obama/Biden playbook and team had not been discarded. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #3
Not enough coffee...what playbook???? Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2020 #5
There was a playbook and pandemic surveillance office in the WH. Hugin Dec 2020 #7
Oh ok....Yes. I thought you meant REALLY thrown out and no one had a copy :) I also think about Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2020 #11
... Hugin Dec 2020 #16
Interesting... And thanks ! You should start an OP about this! Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2020 #19
Discussion and link ... Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #8
Thanks ! Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2020 #10
so per capita the USA is doing better than Italy and the UK and worse than France Spider Jerusalem Dec 2020 #4
Excellent Point. Just like when they tally ALL covid cases ever. It should be "active cases" Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2020 #6
Raw numbers say USA is #1 in death and grief due to covid-19 Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #9
Except it isn't if other countries have lost a larger proportion of their populations Spider Jerusalem Dec 2020 #12
So, 300k+ people dead is not more than 180k+? Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #13
Proportionally, no, it isn't Spider Jerusalem Dec 2020 #15
Tell it to the families. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #17
yeah, sorry you're incapable of understanding the concept of "per capita" Spider Jerusalem Dec 2020 #18
+1 Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2020 #20
Interesting that that the top 3 are countries run by right-wing strongmen. GoCubsGo Dec 2020 #14
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