Comments by "sandgrownun66" (@sandgrownun66) on "Exhausted and Scared, Trump Backs Out of Interview | Bulwark Takes" video.

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  24.  @cynthiaa2644  A "playbook", as you call it, isn't the same as a specific plan. A particular epidemic is going to need it's own tailored approach, as each presents it's own set of challenges. Even the H1N1 crisis didn’t prevent the Obama administration from backing away from the no-holds-barred approach to national security that had characterized the Bush administration, paring back funding for preparedness amid the Great Recession. The health department and Homeland Security department cut preparedness funding by nearly $900 million between fiscal years 2010 and 2011. “The preparedness budget cuts may make it particularly difficult for the nation – and the country’s public health agencies and workforce, in particular – to achieve the goals” set by the White House and CDC for national health security, Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness experts warned in 2011. “The New York metropolitan area, in particular, is at greater risk for large-scale catastrophic events, and cannot afford to be less than maximally prepared.” The H1N1 crisis was bookended by the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak, which hung over the 2014 midterm elections and shaped how Obama approached his waning years in office. Officials working in the Obama administration described being surprised as the outbreak unpredictably surged in West Africa, sickening thousands of people and killing about 40 percent of those who were infected. Historically, the deadly virus had burned itself out before jumping borders and becoming an epidemic. The 2019 outbreak was no different, although much more serious in it's size and domestic impact. However, it was still handled appropriately by the Trump administration.
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