I don’t believe at all that the Chinese Coronavirus or Wuhan Flu is “The Big One.” But it has highlighted some major problems with US policies on two fronts: immigration and manufacturing. First, on immigration: ask yourself, if there was a truly devastating virus. . .
That could kill tens of millions like the Spanish flu, do you think our current porous borders would in any way have the ability to protect US citizens ? Short answer: hell no. Second, with the overwhelming percentage of our antibiotics (97%) and drug materials (80%) being. . .
Produced in China, and the majority of the generic drugs used to keep our military healthy also being produced in China, the issue of antibiotic/drug manufacturing is a national security issue. It also highlights, again, the problem with an overbearing regulatory state. . .
That along with corporate greed helped off shore manufacturing. I believe we’ve been given a chance, in the face of coronavirus to see our weaknesses highlighted. We’d be fools not to fix these major weaknesses because maybe next time we won’t be so lucky.
