Aaaannnd down the rabbit hole I went after seeing that video. Followed link after link watching parodies - lots of talent out there. Thanks for the link.Best Rich Face wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 5:55 pmDon't forget to keep spirits up with a little light hearted black humor.
https://youtu.be/o0APPIOxunM
I've been watching this virus progress since the first week of January. I normally never care about the news but was curious about other events, and the virus was first making news at the time as well. The CDC has (or had) a contingency plan all worked out in the event of a pandemic, which actually modeled this one pretty closely (the document is available on the CDC website).
When the first cases popped up in California, according to their plan, they were supposed to immediately shut down travel in the various cities to prevent the spread. I was waiting for this to happen, and was puzzled why there seemed to be zero response to it. I can see why now, even with the virus exploding around the US, there was, and is, still resistance to shutting down parts of the economy. I doubt the CDC could have implemented the plan they had worked out, and wouldn't be surprised if they were simply told to forget it. It all seems academic now. However, some of their predictions were spot on, such as the amount of time it would take to travel from overseas to the US (1- 2 months), and how they expected the virus could not be stopped but only delayed. What I don't understand now, looking back, is why they didn't at least ramp up the production of ventilators. In fact, looking at the document, it's filled with plans and pre-steps that they were supposed to implement but never did. The document was drafted in 2006.
Found the CDC document I was referring to if anyone is interested: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resour ... tation.pdf
It is US centric, but lots of interesting tidbits in the document that could apply to any country. Of particular interest are the various stages and how the US was supposed to respond are outlined in Chapter 3. The stage I was referring to earlier where they should have canceled all non-essential travel is on p. 45 (but expanded upon in Chapter 5).
Oh - and hi from Michigan. Stuck inside like everyone else, but keeping busy.