I know you don't like to read what I write, but this is the crude reality.
Look, even if we had two test kits for every American waiting for the pandemic to come in January, the same number of victims will happen anyway, if not sooner, then later
I have no problem reading your posts; although, I don't always agree with their conclusions. For example, if we had had two tests for every American last January, coupled with adequate levels of contact tracing, I believe we could have reduced to overall number of victims, and we certainly could have stretched out the pandemic over a long enough time line to reduce the strain on public health infrastructure.
Ultimately, I believe Pentagon spending will have to be redistributed away from foreign invasions/occupations and toward protecting the homeland from the negative consequences of pandemics and climate change.
All right.
I like thinking people. Lets say...
You have the test kits in January and it is found out 67% of the population is infected. Some with symptoms, others without them.
How the test will help to have a different scenario than the measures taken by the government without having made the tests?
About military spending, lol.... you got a good point, I can tell you that barely 20% goes to the army needs, which will include arms, equipment, new technology, salaries and profit of contractors., and the rest 80% goes to contractors' inflated bills, cuts delivered to military dudes, politicians, you name it.
But look, in several countries, I have watched they use troops to help in this nonsense crisis. Troops are posted in streets to enforce order. But more than order, troops are used to deliver free food to people living in poverty. Troops are posted to keep order at the doors of markets, and while people is waiting outside with the 6 ft distance, a soldier uses a thermometer sensor and check each person's temperature, plus other troops "disinfect" people waiting in the same line with gaseous means like when you use your fire extinguisher.
I was asking myself how the hell those third world countries can do all that while here people is left at their own?
I think the main reason is because here people look for ways to sue the government for anything, and surely corrupt attorneys will find the way to find that their clients have suffered trauma because the spraying method, allergic to the disinfectant, etc.
In other words,
it is us.
We have created the worst environment against ourselves.
Faking the enforcing of "human rights" many people will go against the disinfectant spraying by the government while you wait your turn for get inside the market, the hardware store, etc.
Other countries "fumigate" entire streets, just watch their news. They try to do their best for eliminating more chances of becoming contagious. Those governments, local governments, close streets to disinfect them, removing street vendors stands to do a deep clean up.
What about your local government? Mine didn't do sh*t but sending texts and emails. Lol
Don't blame the government because if the Trump administration tries those methods mentioned above, you will see thousands and thousands of people complaining and suing the government. Oh yeah, corrupt attorneys finding a treasure for them if the government applies similar measurements like other world countries.
And finally, sad to say it,
the current poor action by the government against the pandemic is our internal war.
Because it is a war.
Damn liberals stop all ways for this administration to be successful in order to obtain the power on next elections.
In the rest of countries, you can observe the different political parties if not working together, they didn't obstruct the work of their administration to fight the virus.
Here... lol... the opposite party didn't help at all,
you don't see Democrats uniting themselves and sending a memo to the president giving him all their support in the emergency. Totally the contrary, they have concentrated to make war against the president and they forgot what being an American means.
Well, the cause of the crisis is us.
A so rich country living an internal war and showing to the world the current social/political disastrous condition. No doubt why the virus took advantage of our current chaos.