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The level of emergency preparedness in the US is an absolute joke. It's almost as if you couldn't do any worse. The only concrete step I've seen taken to help anyone here in the US is to eliminate the 1 week wait for those collecting unemployment insurance.Otherwise, nothing. There is no relief or stimulus package (Dems are blocking for political reasons). Individuals are hoarding and then price gouging. State and county governments are doing absolutely nothing to help us except to quarantine and isolate us. So basically we are getting screwed with absolutely zero support system anywhere from the government top to bottom.Somebody fill me in on whatever it is that I'm missing. I don't see any productive steps being taken to help anyone concretely except to institute quarantine. Even the quarantine isn't especially effective as the public parks from reports are completely swamped.The walking and biking trails are busier than I've ever seen them. Basically instead of people working with a limited number of co-workers in offices, people are gathering by the hundreds and thousands in parks and on trails. Marginally safer according to germ theory since more people are outdoors, but the social and economic cost is exorbitant.The cure is 10x worse than the problem.
The level of emergency preparedness in the US is an absolute joke. It's almost as if you couldn't do any worse. The only concrete step I've seen taken to help anyone here in the US is to eliminate the 1 week wait for those collecting unemployment insurance.
Otherwise, nothing. There is no relief or stimulus package (Dems are blocking for political reasons). Individuals are hoarding and then price gouging. State and county governments are doing absolutely nothing to help us except to quarantine and isolate us. So basically we are getting screwed with absolutely zero support system anywhere from the government top to bottom.
Somebody fill me in on whatever it is that I'm missing. I don't see any productive steps being taken to help anyone concretely except to institute quarantine. Even the quarantine isn't especially effective as the public parks from reports are completely swamped.
The walking and biking trails are busier than I've ever seen them. Basically instead of people working with a limited number of co-workers in offices, people are gathering by the hundreds and thousands in parks and on trails. Marginally safer according to germ theory since more people are outdoors, but the social and economic cost is exorbitant.
The cure is 10x worse than the problem.
