@lowtide What plan? Do you mean the I don't want to deal with this virus anymore so I am declaring it over plan? It truely seems to be, sorry everyone for themselves, at this point. States that have governrs who care and are ontop of things are doing better than those without. Say like Florida. It might seem like I'm making fun but honestly I cannot get my head around the total lack of conscious. There is nothing but ego. Where did all these mean spirited people come from? It's amazing that they think they are going to be re-elected. It seems like the best we can do is to do our best. Wash our hands, wear a mask, and distance.
@lowtide Under Republican administrations, FEMA has been a boondoggle for the presidents' wealthy donors, rife with incompetence and failures:
June 26, 2020: FEMA ordered $10.2 million in COVID testing kits it is now warning states not to use.
The White House Forced FEMA to give its biggest COVID contract to a company that never had to bid.
From FEMA's handling of Katrina -- (President GW Bush had appointed an inexperienced buddy of his, named Michael Brown, to run it. Brown disbursed some $30 million to Miami where there was almost no damage and failed to show up for Katrina.
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Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico where over 3,000 people died in the aftermath of federal inaction.
I remember when W appointed Brown. If I remember correctly he was a friend of W’S that had something to do with the horse business. Unfortunately GOO has done to FEMA what he has done to just about every agency, get rid of anyone with experience and replace them with donors or others that owe him favors. Can you image what a mess this will be if we have a bad hurricane season? The incompetence is just overwhelming.
I feel your pain. I come from a family of teachers, and everyone is starting to freak out here. Last week, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ordered that EVERYONE (court clerks, lawyers, attorneys, clients, court officers, etc.) MUST wear a mask before entering a court house or a court room. There is a possibility that we may shut down the courts again if we start seeing numbers similar to Florida.
Although I doubt that will happen. All of the states around us have fewer infections, but more deaths. However, Tennessee, despite having a larger number of infections, seems to have fewer deaths.
This does not make any sense to me. Trust me, I know the quality of our health care system (or lack thereof). I suspect that there are many deaths that are being unreported.
Hang in there. We will make it and be stronger for it.
This is an article that explains a bit what I’m talking about regarding a national incident plan:
I very recently had to complete hours of continuing education about FEMA National Incident Management. That prompted my question about whether we had one in place.
The short answer is “yes” there is one in place and “no” we are not following it.
Thanks for your responses.
I have a bad feelings about this. Nothing good is going to come out of this.
The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all Covid-19 patient information to a central database in Washington beginning on Wednesday. The move has alarmed health experts who fear the data will be politicized or withheld from the public.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/trump-cdc-coronavirus.amp.html
I will always think Mueller was blocked by Barr. Remember our concurrent dreams about Barr being incapacitated? Those took place right before Barr took office and in a matter of weeks it was announced that Mueller was wrapping up his investigation. Then we all know how Barr misrepresented Mueller's conclusions. It worked.
I was immediately alarmed when I first heard about this data reporting change yesterday. However, this morning, my intuition is kicking in. The administration may attempt to distort data, but it will backfire spectacularly. Think of Trump's threat to use military force against protestors, parading a few of his military leaders to his Bible photo op in front of the church. It immediately backfired. The photo op was bashed when news came out that peaceful protestors had been cleared from the site by tear gas and simultaneously, there was an immediate backlash from the military. I think they will attempt to skew the Covid numbers lowers, but as Shakespeare said, "the truth will out."
I am 100% sure the Red states will send but the blue states will not comply. Maybe there is a Red State Governor who has a heart and wants to save people will send to both.
We already have Florida trying to fudge the numbers. I feel for the people in Florida and Texas and Arizona. Especially in Florida were there is an older population who retire down there.
As soon as I saw this news I felt dread. Even more people are going to die. I hope not.