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It boggles my mind that the USA is asking people to sew masks and use bandanas
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:42 am
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:42 am
Our doctors and nurses are being put in such harms way. It’s awful. We’re the wealthiest most advanced nation in the world. We’ll spend $116,000 on a toilet for the Army but we don’t seem to have enough masks and other protective wear for a pandemic. Why didn’t the dept of HHH or CDC or NIH build a warehouse and stock it full of this stuff for a pandemic. Like a strategic oil reserve for pandemics. It’s not like this stuff is perishable. Now we have Grandmothers who were quilting a week ago sewing these. It’s sad. Thank you to our frontline.
ETA: Some of this equipment is perishable. My point still stands. The government takes trillions of dollars tax payments every year from hardworking Americans. They should have figured it out.
ETA: Some of this equipment is perishable. My point still stands. The government takes trillions of dollars tax payments every year from hardworking Americans. They should have figured it out.
This post was edited on 3/22/20 at 12:01 pm
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:43 am to RedRifle
US is like the Titanic. A lot of nice and fancy things but when an emergency happens, we don’t have enough life boats for everyone.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:44 am to RedRifle
We became a banana republic in reality years ago.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:44 am to RedRifle
Because they have expiration dates????
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:44 am to RedRifle
Because we have sold our soul to China for manufacturing purposes.
This is a national security issue that needs to be addressed.
We NEED to manufacture essentials here for these very purposes when foreign enemy nations actively work against our interests.
This is a national security issue that needs to be addressed.
We NEED to manufacture essentials here for these very purposes when foreign enemy nations actively work against our interests.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:45 am to RedRifle
quote:And the CEO of Johnson & Johnson was lying to America on maria bartelromo this morning say J&J has working "months" to have enough PPE out there.
Our doctors and nurses are being put in such harms way. It’s awful. We’re the wealthiest most advanced nation in the world. We’ll spend $116,000 on a toilet for the Army but we don’t seem to have enough masks and other protective wear for a pandemic. Why didn’t the dept of HHH or CDC or NIH build a warehouse and stock it full of this stuff for a pandemic. Like a strategic oil reserve for pandemics. It’s not like this stuff is perishable. Now we have Grandmothers who were quilting a week ago sewing these. It’s sad. Thank you to our frontline.
Wuhan Flu has been active int he USA about 2 months, January to now roughly middle March. If they worked on it starting January we'd have plenty!
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:45 am to RedRifle
We are too dependent on China and it’s biting us in the chin now.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:45 am to RedRifle
There will be massive changes that will come from this. Has to be.
There is no excuse for the United States to have this happen to us.
Shout out to the nurses and doctors and staff fighting through this.
There is no excuse for the United States to have this happen to us.
Shout out to the nurses and doctors and staff fighting through this.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:46 am to RedRifle
Hopefully lessons are learned.
Four respiratory pandemics in the last 20 years. Hopefully for the fifth one we will be more prepared.
Eight pandemics in the last 100 years were flu or Coronavirus respiratory illnesses. Only HIV and Ebola were not respiratory based.
Four respiratory pandemics in the last 20 years. Hopefully for the fifth one we will be more prepared.
Eight pandemics in the last 100 years were flu or Coronavirus respiratory illnesses. Only HIV and Ebola were not respiratory based.
This post was edited on 3/22/20 at 11:52 am
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:50 am to RedRifle
I’m hoping this leads to many US companies pulling manufacturing out of China
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:50 am to TypoKnig
quote:
US is like the Titanic. A lot of nice and fancy things but when an emergency happens, we don’t have enough life boats for everyone.
this thing is going to reveal a lot about the US
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:51 am to Scruffy
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Because we have sold our soul to China for manufacturing purposes.
This is a national security issue that needs to be addressed.
We NEED to manufacture essentials here for these very purposes when foreign enemy nations actively work against our interests.
Needs to be repeated.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:51 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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Hopefully lessons are learned.
Four respiratory pandemics in the last 20 years. Hopefully for the fifth one we will be more prepared.
It should at least be obvious to everyone --and not just some scientists without lobby power behind them -- that this type pandemic is far and away the biggest "national security" threat we face.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:53 am to RedRifle
America First 
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:54 am to wm72
Yes. The United States has not been really threatened militarily since WW2.
But we’ve had 5 Pandemics in the last 20 years.
I would like to see a large portion of our military budget spent on this, rather than endless wars in foreign lands.
But we’ve had 5 Pandemics in the last 20 years.
I would like to see a large portion of our military budget spent on this, rather than endless wars in foreign lands.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:54 am to Jimmy2shoes
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America First ?
Amen. And frick China.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:55 am to TypoKnig
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US is like the Titanic. A lot of nice and fancy things but when an emergency happens, we don’t have enough life boats for everyone.
This was by design. Our elected leaders in both government And business decided we'd be a "service economy" and all manufacturing would be outsourced to the third world.
This works great until the people who make the shite decide they dont like you.
All the manufacturing turned into activism and entertainment horseshite.
Instead of blue collar workers who make shite weve turned into cosmopolitan pussies who measure our worth by what we see on social media.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:56 am to TypoKnig
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US is like the Titanic. A lot of nice and fancy things but when an emergency happens, we don’t have enough life boats for everyone.
Japan had the same mindset when they attacked Pearl Harbor.
We adapted, and they did indeed awaken a sleeping giant.
This post was edited on 3/22/20 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:56 am to RedRifle
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It’s not like this stuff is perishable
It is, unfortunately. The elastic band on the masks deteriorates over years. Docs are using expired masks and having this problem.
Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:58 am to Scruffy
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We NEED to manufacture essentials here for these very purposes when foreign enemy nations actively work against our interests.
Sounds like a perfect time for Trump to invoke the DPA.
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