Preparations Incomplete for Next U.S. Disaster

[rangerrebew]

 Preparations Incomplete for Next U.S. Disaster
October 15, 2020
By Robert K. Ackerman
 

Coronavirus responses failed despite plans already in place.

The United States had many plans at hand to deal with a national emergency on the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the country failed to implement them properly. Part of the reason was institutional, but much was from a lack of coordination. And, the United States still is unprepared for the next disaster, whether natural or human-made.

These were among the findings of a white paper discussed in an AFCEA Cyber Committee webinar. Titled “The Case for Better National Emergency Planning,” the webinar featured five experts discussing the findings and recommendations of the committee’s white paper, “COVID-19 Compels Better NSEP Planning,” which looked at national security emergency preparedness (NSEP) through the spectrum of the pandemic experience.

A key finding by the panel was that long-extant plans were largely ignored. Asha George, executive director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, pointed out that the country had a blueprint for biodefense that could have been incorporated. She related that the George W. Bush administration generated the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza more than a decade ago, and her own organization issued a blueprint for biodefense that looked at gaps in national preparedness.

https://www.afcea.org/content/preparations-incomplete-next-us-disaster

[PeteS in CA]

... A key finding by the panel was that long-extant plans were largely ignored. ...

Bovine & equine excrement. Peruse:

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,412484.0.html

and

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,412485.0.html

While the China travel shutdown was unlike previous epidemic/pandemic responses, that was a good departure from the past. On the other hand, Trump Administration work with Moderna (vaccine, January), AbCellera (antibody treatment, January), and Regeneron (antibody treatment, February) were all built on relationships begun earlier in the Trump Administration, work now coming to fruition.

Possibly more to the point though with a more broad scope, Trump formed his Coronavirus Task Force on January 29th. Diametrically contrary to Dem & MSM claims, the Trump Administration response to SARS-CoV-2 has been very closely planned and executed, in a VERY hostile politicized environment. A large part of its success is because it was NOT Federal-government-centric: the Feds worked in partnership with local governments, institutions, and with business, but as an enabler, not squashing /ignoring local knowledge and initiative.