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@RonFilipkowski - COVID-19 is the Black Swan for 2020/21/22. Plainly Joe Biden got us going..

Thing is, back in 2018 Trump had the National Security Council anti-pandemic management team eliminated. And all their projects.

Crazy bad. #Sabotage
foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/cor…
The system we lost in 2018 would have responded automatically beginning 12/31/2019:
-- Border quarantine
-- National Tracking Corps
-- EMT enhancements
-- Antiviral support
-- Positive pressure PPE for hospitals

Also liaison positions to National Guard and the Agencies. ImageImageImageImage
This Eisenhower-to-2018 system came over from SEATO in Asia.

Enhancements were added steadily. Same for renamings and false claims of ground-up reinvention.

The same basic system has Asia under 150 deaths-per-million today.

USA would have fewer than 50,000 COVID-19 deaths. ImageImageImageImage
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@therealroseanne -- A real problem: COVID-19 in China became a regional emergency 31-December-2019. Then national 21-January-2020.

In America the federal system (from 1955) had been deactivated in 2018.

Foreign Policy got off this extended objection:
foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/cor…
The system we lost in 2018 would have responded automatically:
-- Border quarantine
-- National Tracking Corps
-- EMT enhancements
-- Antiviral/antibiotic support
-- Positive pressure PPE for hospitals

Also liaison positions manned to serve National Guard and the Agencies.
This Eisenhower-to-2018 system came over in a barebones version. Then enhancements were added in just about every Administration.

And each renaming was billed as a ground-up reinvention.

Today in Asia that's 144 deaths-per-million.

For the US: under 50,000 COVID-19 deaths.
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@TheRickyDavila In May 2018 Democratic Senators complained that Trump had used Bolton to remove leaders from the federal pandemic response team.

Soon forgotten.

Today ??? Until then the US had a top-tier system.

Trump degraded it to Worst in the World.
#crimeofthecentury
Ebola stayed away in 2018.

SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 makes up for it.

The federal system had been implemented originally, basically in 1955. A gift from Eisenhower's SEATO alliance. Works best-of-show versus COVID.

Eastern Asia = 144 deaths-per-million

Trumped USA = 2,364 dpm
What Trump had Bolton eliminate:
-- The top manager, Adm. Riemer
-- Non-military staff
-- Liaison positions for Nat'l Guard and Agencies
Together with their projects:
-- Border quarantine
-- Nat'l Tracking Corps
-- Antiviral/antibiotic support
-- Positive pressure PPE
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@Comey -- In May 2018 Democratic Senators sent complaints that Trump had used Bolton to remove the leaders of the federal pandemic response system.

Soon forgotten.

Today we know that the US had a top-tier system. Degraded by Trump to the Worst in the World.
#crimeofthecentury ImageImageImageImage
Ebola stayed away.

SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 makes up for it.

The federal system had been implemented originally, very basically in 1955. A gift from Eisenhower's SEATO alliance, based on fighting plague & dengue.

Eastern Asia = 144 deaths-per-million

Trumped USA = 2,364 dpm ImageImage
What Trump had Bolton eliminate:
-- The top manager, Adm. Riemer
-- Non-military staff
-- Liaison positions to Nat'l Guard and Agencies
Together with:
-- Border quarantine
-- Nat'l Tracking Corps
-- Antivirals/antibiotics
-- Positive pressure PPE ImageImageImageImage
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@davidhogg111 -- Go on offense = risk being a target for threats, possible vendetta actions

For example, threats still cover up a gross Trump misfeasance 2018 - 2020.

He feared bad press if Ebola made the jump.

So he dumped federal pandemic response on the hapless states.
Ebola never got here. SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 makes up for its absence.

The system Trump had John Bolton destroy had been implemented originally, very basically in 1955. A gift from Eisenhower's SEATO alliance.

Eastern Asia = 144 deaths-per-million

Trumped:

USA = 2,364 DPM
What Bolton eliminated ranged from
-- The top manager, Adm. Riemer
-- Non-military staff
-- Liaison positions between WH and Agencies
Together with:
-- Border quarantine
-- Nat'l Tracking Corps
-- Antivirals/antibiotics
-- Positive pressure PPE
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Very Cool😎
Presenting my 1rst article w/ @reason

Most Opioid Settlement Funds Aren't Going to Addiction Services

It doesn't work that way
reason.com/2021/09/21/mos… #opioids #health #healthcare #drugs #addiction #medicine #disability #opioidcrisis #chronicpain #MedTwitter #news
Americans take at face value the claim opioid settlements will provide justice for victims & necessary funding for addiction treatment

Despite what media & politicians may say,
that isnt how this works
reason.com/2021/09/21/mos… #HarmReduction @maiasz @filth_filler @ZachWritesStuff
A repeat of the largest settlement in US history,

the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement in which 98% of the funds ended up in states general budgets

reason.com/2021/09/21/mos… @CathyYoung63 @GhanaboyPharmd @national_pain @bernybelvedere @brad_polumbo @conor64 @wil_da_beast630
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@pweiser someone is feeding you false stats

"70 to 80% of those now using heroin became addicted to pills first"

where are you pulling that stat out of
greeleytribune.com/2021/08/28/phi… #chronicpain #opioids #colorado
The best case that I can find is a study of teens that found 86% correlation with NON-MEDICAL USE of prescription drugs

And that is outlier study

drugabuse.gov/publications/r…
For one thing, exposure is the most salient factor for addiction,

another is this line in ur article:
"The opioid epidemic is 25 years in the making."

U are seriously saying the opioid crisis started in 1996? The death toll didn't begin til 2011
greeleytribune.com/2021/08/28/phi… @pweiser
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