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Privatizing the CDC?

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 06:22:14 +0000

In reply to Bill Gates on how to respond to Covid-19, and how to prep for the *next* pandemic

Privatizing the CDC?

Jesus, the outbreak around Seattle was only found bc enterprising researchers found a way to *get
around the CDC.*https://t.co/Zl4QTqLIP9 pic.twitter.com/IGy8CTdurl
— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) March 3, 2020

LIZ HAS COMPLETED A PLAN!

artappraiser — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:08:24 +0000

In reply to Bill Gates on how to respond to Covid-19, and how to prep for the *next* pandemic

LIZ HAS COMPLETED A PLAN! What a surprise NOT. Just joking, is smart politically as well as otherwise-seize the day--reminds me of old Carville war room days:

Elizabeth Warren releases a plan to deal with the coronavirus

• Emergency funding for universal free evals, care, eventual vaccine

• Paid leave for those with symptoms or caring for family/dependent

• $400B stimulus to limit economic damagehttps://t.co/Q9uUSgKl39
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 2, 2020

With epidemics there's

artappraiser — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 07:24:32 +0000

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With epidemics there's basically no choice you have to have govt. , espec. because some nasty choices for common good often have to be made.

Ah but lookit this:

Public utilities: Charge lower prices, conserve more natural resources
Private utilities: Meet health and safety standards better, invest more for the futurehttps://t.co/Da5ig4dzw2
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) March 2, 2020

And that article comes from 2015. Before the horror of the recent case of CA wildfires and PG&E's involvement.

"China syndrome" indeed, the totalitarian thing, the Kafka bureaucracy thing?

Nobody is crying they want Ma Bell back despite all the kvetching.

As long as someone sane wins

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:59:00 +0000

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As long as someone sane wins the election.

But yeah, we've been fighting the Reagan/Gordon Norquist quest to shrink & drown government in a bathtub for 40 years now. No level of failure tempers their hardset goal (just the ability to selectively ignore it when they want to spend money)

In any case, nice to have a grown-up billionaire on the stage. Quibble about results, at least Bill & Melinda have been taking on decent world challenges while others are finding a new paramour or promoting their brand.

Really really got me thinking

artappraiser — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:50:01 +0000

In reply to Bill Gates on how to respond to Covid-19, and how to prep for the *next* pandemic

Really really got me thinking weird about private philanthropy vs. higher taxes for billionaires etc.: the higher taxes thing is all fine and dandy as long as your kind of people win the elections.

dagblog - Comments for "Bill Gates on how to respond to Covid-19, and how to prep for the *next* pandemic"

Privatizing the CDC?

LIZ HAS COMPLETED A PLAN!

With epidemics there's

As long as someone sane wins

Really really got me thinking

dagblog - Comments for "Bill Gates on how to respond to Covid-19, and how to prep for the next pandemic"