Excellent article on how COVID-19 is spread

[Daryl DeArman]

I would submit that Public Health is a National Defense Issue and the CDC should be managed by and under the control of a revamped Department Of Defense and funded accordingly in the National Defense Budget.

. . . and another reasonable person would submit that Public Health is a Health and Welfare issue. Our Federal budget allots $3 to those programs for every $1 to the Military.

[Bardahl77]

This is probably the best explanation I've seen for the need to wear masks

https://science.sciencemag.org/conte...cience.abc6197

[Hardingfv32]

Federal budget allots $3 to those programs for every $1 to the Military.

Existing budgets have no relevance to current pandemic. Pandemic deaths are completely eclipsing the deaths do to terrorism. Should not pandemic control budgets therefore be greater terrorism budgets? I do not see how the Federal government can avoid a new expansion of the health bureaucracy. Is my logic sound?

Brian

[Hardingfv32]

I You could ask yourself, "are we threatened more by an idiot in North Korea potentially bombing America or by Covid-19"?

COVID seems like a perfect terrorist weapon. Maybe not easy to claim responsibility for, but very economically disruptive. A way for Iran and S Korea to counter US sanctions.

Infect agents in Europe and have then then travel to the US. Very low risk for young agents. No need for a suicide commitment.

I wonder who is gaming this topic in our government at this time? Sure have not heard about any warning of possible threats.

Brian

[Daryl DeArman]

Existing budgets have no relevance to current pandemic.

If that's your argument/logic then the current DoD budget is irrelevant as well.

[Daryl DeArman]

COVID seems like a perfect terrorist weapon. Maybe not easy to claim responsibility for, but very economically disruptive.

We agree on something!

I wonder who is gaming this topic in our government at this time? Sure have not heard about any warning of possible threats.

There are multiple credible threats on a daily basis that we don't hear about. Heck, we go bat**** crazy over COVID19, how do you think the public and media would handle knowing about all the other potential threats on a daily? Ignorance can be bliss. Just be thankful we have people doing their damndest to keep us safe and protect our freedoms.