a balanced article from ABC news. I don’t agree with Napolitano, the virus was novel, which meant a test didn’t exist for six+ weeks because China destroyed the original data that might have made it a bit easier for our scientists, and I don’t recall nationwide testing when she was in office, but otherwise a good article that spans a decade:
Governors were warned of a pandemic, told to stockpile. Why didn’t they do more?
...By law, the federal government is just a back-up system to states, so “the reality is that all levels of government need to be prepared for something like this,”...
... Craig Fugate, who headed FEMA under president Barack Obama’s administration, told ABC News that after taking over the agency in 2009 and in the years since, he “noticed an unspoken trend from states to let the federal government handle” key parts of pandemic preparedness.
...Even the state emergency management director who spoke on the condition of anonymity conceded “reliance on the Strategic National Stockpile was always the plan for all the states.”
last but not least, and goodnite
MedCram Lecture
April 30
Dr. Roger Seheult
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 64: Remdesivir COVID-19 Treatment Update
Dr. Seheult breaks down two studies on remdesivir that were released yesterday. One remdesivir study was published in the Lancet (the study was conducted in China) and the other was published by the NIH (the study was conducted in the United States). The results of these studies on remdesivir coronavirus treatment vs placebo were dramatically different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2hfGcTokiY
Referenced studies:
Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2820%2931022-9