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Posted: May 14 2006 at 3:53am |
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Oisanatta
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Although I concur that the US is unprepared as the article states, it probably doesn't matter who is President....the US would most likely still be unprepared from the federal perspective. Politics (2-party system) ALWAYS gets in the way....look at the current "undocumented" issue...each side wants to come out on top of the other.
Add on top of that the ridiculous health care insurance and pharmaceutical industry that seems to run the health care management in this country, and the issue of unpreparedness gets even greater. And then add on top of that the whole "outsourcing" issue in this country...not just for vaccine-production, but also for computer software resolution issues as well as to where clothes/shoes/toys /etc are made....it's very difficult to find something that is 100% USA-made anymore. It's a sad state of affairs for this country that used to be the top of the bunch in the manufacturing industry for whatever to now have to be dependent upon other countries. And so when it comes down to the vaccine-preparation, there's a whole lot of factors to overcome for any US administration/Congress/Senate/etc. I wish that it could be as simple as "hey, let's now start making the vaccine ourselves". This country is in a pickle, no doubt...and maybe it is going to take a pandemic to wake it up....for whoever is alive afterwards. Just some thoughts... |
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