A dangerous new chapter of the COVID-19 outbreak: Every state for itself

[riversedge]

A dangerous new chapter of the outbreak: Every state for itself


https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/states-look-to-trump-for-a-national-plan-to-fight-coronavirus-361906

Cash-strapped cities and states trying to create testing, tracing and public awareness campaigns from scratch are desperate for federal support.



07/14/2020 07:55 PM EDT Updated: 07/14/2020 09:59 PM EDT



Leaving the nation's coronavirus fight to individual states has created gaping holes in the public health response that have allowed the infection rate to soar and death rates to rise once again.

While countries like New Zealand and Germany have taken a unified national approach to fighting the virus — and are enjoying the fruits of a successful mitigation strategy — the Trump administration’s federalist philosophy has helped create chaos across the South and West.


Cash-strapped cities and states trying to create their own testing, tracing and public awareness campaigns from scratch are desperate for federal support as they grapple with questions about whether it’s safe for people to return to school and work, along with bars and beaches.

“Every governor is out there on his or her own working to build the same programs that are being built next door,” said Reed Schuler, a senior advisor to Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. “The federal government’s efforts range from a little bit of backup to not even being present.”

This dangerous new chapter of the coronavirus outbreak is intensifying calls from politicians and public health experts across the country for a set of national strategies to combat the virus.

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Arkansas’ entire congressional delegation — all Republicans — wrote Vice President Mike Pence this week asking the federal government to address shortages of chemical reagents needed to analyze coronavirus tests.

And New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, expressed his frustration with the federal government's pandemic response on Tuesday. “The White House doesn’t get it,” he tweeted. “Until we control this virus as a nation, the economy can’t fully recover. Where is the national plan?”


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And the federal government’s failure to fully use the Defense Production Act to increase available supplies and coordinate their distribution has put states like Washington in the “horrible position” of competing against one another, Schuler said. ....................................

[duforsure]

1. All while trump promotes his propaganda he's doing a great job

Knowing its just another lie he can con some to believe. He's intentionally doing things to hurt us, and as more run from supporting him he'll just do more to hurt us for it.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Feds are too busy sending black ops squads out rounding up protesters...nt

[live love laugh]

3. This isn't new Republicans have pushed states' rights for

more than two decades. Now we get to live out or should I say suffer their ideology’s reality.

[rickyhall]

4. And every city & county, apparently.

[rmac3075]

5. national plan

They have a national plan it's to keep your damn mouth shut.

[lagomorph777]

6. How is this "new?" Trump has actively sabotaged the response from Day 1.