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What were you doing? People who read the WAPO might have seen this article on Oct 24,2019...

"Oct. 24, 2019 at 1:44 p.m. EDT
After an Ebola epidemic devastated West Africa in 2014, many countries took steps to boost their preparedness. But even as the risk of such outbreaks increases, no country — the United States included — is fully prepared to respond to a deliberate or accidental threat with the potential to wipe out humanity, according to a report assessing the efforts of 195 countries.

The report, released Thursday, is the first comprehensive assessment of global health capabilities, giving countries an overall score based on several measures. Unlike other ratings, the Global Health Security Index benchmarks health security in the context of tools critical to fighting outbreaks, such as robust health systems, adherence to global norms, and political and security risks, including public confidence in government.

The United States does well in five of six preparedness categories but ranks 19th — after Australia, Canada, Singapore and more than a half-dozen European countries — in an assessment of overall risk and vulnerability to biological threats. The factors driving down the U.S. score include the risks of social unrest and terrorism, and low public confidence in government. Liechtenstein ranked No. 1 on this measure."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...luded-is-fully-prepared-pandemic-report-says/
 
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What were you doing? People who read the WAPO might have seen this article on Oct 24,2019...

"Oct. 24, 2019 at 1:44 p.m. EDT
After an Ebola epidemic devastated West Africa in 2014, many countries took steps to boost their preparedness. But even as the risk of such outbreaks increases, no country — the United States included — is fully prepared to respond to a deliberate or accidental threat with the potential to wipe out humanity, according to a report assessing the efforts of 195 countries.

The report, released Thursday, is the first comprehensive assessment of global health capabilities, giving countries an overall score based on several measures. Unlike other ratings, the Global Health Security Index benchmarks health security in the context of tools critical to fighting outbreaks, such as robust health systems, adherence to global norms, and political and security risks, including public confidence in government.

The United States does well in five of six preparedness categories but ranks 19th — after Australia, Canada, Singapore and more than a half-dozen European countries — in an assessment of overall risk and vulnerability to biological threats. The factors driving down the U.S. score include the risks of social unrest and terrorism, and low public confidence in government. Liechtenstein ranked No. 1 on this measure."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...luded-is-fully-prepared-pandemic-report-says/

So a little over a year out from the 2020 election, what were Trump and Biden doing... Twitter the next day,following the report published in WAPO on Pandemic Preparedness...

Donnie was complaining about the home button being gone from the IPhone. I guess he either didn't read the WAPO article, was waiting for Fox to issue a vague report 3 mos later, or just decided it wasn't worth interrupting his golf schedule to comment on something so unimportant...



How did Joe Biden react? Well for one thing he READ the story...And he felt it was worthy of discussing with people...



The contrast in Leadership styles? Difference between a statesman, and a remarkably disinterested (lousy) golf enthusiast?

Whatever else the 2 different tweets/responses show, they completely crush the Trumpian talking point of "no one could have seen this coming, or done a better job of preparing/dealing with it...

 
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