“This virus is exposing a lot of things that are going to piss off a lot of people—and demonstrate the greed of the people who own US corporations.”
Agree - but that is why we have laws, or should have laws.
If we had no pollution control laws, would businesses spend the huge sums of money for scrubbers out of the goodness of their hearts...or would they say their (particular) contribution to air quality was so small as to not matter? Pretty obvious.
So, to me, it was a POLITICAL FAILURE. They laws should have been in place - you want to operate a hospital, show us your mask inventory, or you get shut down...and have it available for surprise inspections. We used the honor system - we should know that can NEVER work.
The one big surprise to me has been the way both the hospitals and .gov has handled shortages.
Instead of admitting they had shortages of needed supplies, they tried to blame the victim (health care workers, the public) and accuse them of hoarding or over-reacting.
Integrity and transparency are not luxuries—they are necessities.
You are correct.
But everyone just acts surprised that this is happening.
And they get mad at the government. Do you think journalists know these rules?
The general public thinks the “systems” have your back. If you think ANY traditional hospital, government agency gives a sh!t about you over hiring someone’s cousin or making another 1/4% on their budget, you are fatally wrong.
So, the Congress turns around and gives all of these Criminals two trillion dollars? Nothing will change.