However, this might be the very first instance of an ad hoc centralized bio-command attempting to assess/evaluate enemy strength/capabilities as a bio-attack is actually occurring.
It's demonstrating to each & everyone that traditional epidemiology methods are simply inadequate to manage new, radically altered circumstances. Not their fault - it's like blaming a vet for not being able to maintain an airplane.
What we have is proof that some kind of militarized CDC is going to be necessary going forward, and that measurement methods & counter techniques are going to have to be essentially 'invented' in order to provide reliable information/action to a command & control organization on a real-time basis.
Interesting. I will tweet this with attribution.
Excellent post!
A heavily bureaucratized CDC simply isn’t - can’t be - up to this sort of black swan epidemic. Most of the time, it excels at routine public heath issues.
There are no cast in concrete procedures for extraordinary events, nor can they be.
Militaries are pretty good at adapting most of the time. It only took some 20 million deaths and 4 years or so to figure out just throwing more troops into trenches wasn’t working...
“What we have is proof that some kind of militarized CDC is going to be necessary going forward, and that measurement methods & counter techniques are going to have to be essentially ‘invented’ in order to provide reliable information/action to a command & control organization on a real-time basis.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USAMRIID&redirect=no