Comments by "JBW" (@jbw6823) on "Michael Smerconish: Coronavirus is proving our resiliency" video.

Its proving that we were completely unprepared. Our govt failed us. The buck stops with Trump, who made it worse with his foot dragging and denial. https://youtu.be/NezEbDx4B9A.
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@lgsprings5623 Yes snd my state reacted faster than tbe Feds. But this also falls under National Security just like having an Army,etc. They failed.
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@lgsprings5623 this has a reasonable review of the disband of the NSC office and the fallout. More importantly, see the CSIS bit. https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/5806558/administration-officials-fight-criticism/%3famp=true
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@lgsprings5623 Heres the CSIS report 1 month before Chinese first Covid. We were unprepared. https://www.csis.org/analysis/ending-cycle-crisis-and-complacency-us-global-health-security
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@lgsprings5623 the consensus of experts? Refernces?
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@lgsprings5623 look at how trump has responded. This will come to haunt him come november. They will take his initial systements and show the number dead. https://youtu.be/NezEbDx4B9A
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@lgsprings5623 heres what your reference said.. "Though the U.S. does sit atop the rankings, overall the report....paints a discouraging picture of global readiness." Were are the best of a bunch of unpreoared world. Yay. We were unprepared. Verified by your source and mine.
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@lgsprings5623 yes, he knew about it and should have done it earlier. We were unprepared at a national level. It is a failure of the system. Trump cant be expected to know and do everything. He relies on the system to feed him info. Also, hes an inexperienced pol with only 3 years under his belt. His people should have pushed it harder. Regardless, the buck stops with him. He shoukdnt have done the well documented footdragging at the beginning.That was a crucial time. Hs response has improved, altho The "Easter' comment was just insane tho and didnt reflect any reality whatsoever. It appeared to betray his depth of thinking and level of understanding. No one in the "consensus of experts" was saying Easter was reasonable. Just the basic mathematics of epidemics shows that was never feasible.
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@lgsprings5623 i agree thst Time is left biased and you have to be aware of spin. It does not appear that they have said anything particulsrly egregious. Their report comports with the facts. The better reference is the CSIS report, which Time defers to.
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@lgsprings5623 I appreciate your effort to keep this at a mature and intelligent level. How refreshing and unusual for social media. No adhominems or snarky remarks. Well done.
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@lgsprings5623 In response to your comment about how the feds are supposed to keep track of bugs on the ground.. heres how. Theres a network. Itd be interesting to see how and where this all got screwed up. Certsinly, trump dragged his feet but there may have been snafus at lower levels, too. Note its both cdc and hhs. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/planning-preparedness/surveillance-epidemiology-laboratory.html
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Go look at adfontesmedia.com they have an excellent review and analysis of media veracity and bias. CNN is not bad for veracity but skews a little left. Thee are worse outlets..fox, msnbc.
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