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Originally Posted by WarriorDiplomat
Not in a million years should the Feds be responsible for storage of goods to counter price gouging.....this is counter to the freedom of choice we value and the repercussions that follow.....asking the Feds should step in is suggesting socialism style price controls not central banking sophistication
At this point I need to ask what your actual background is besides a degreed science background and what you are hoping to learn from this site which has Doctors of the sciences Phd's, Lawyers, Physicians(Medical Doctors) on this site reading and sharing perspective.....I am trying to understand after reading your posts exactly what your objective is here because thus far it sounds like fear mongering to some.
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IMO the fear mongering is from people who say "Its 1) a deliberate release of a virus 2) designed for biowarfare" without scientific evidence. That has no relevence to how we stop it. It distracts from that. Ft Detrick does or will know. If so, disclosure needs to be made at the right time (or never), for maximum benefit to the US. Maybe tomorrow there will be a coordinated nuke strike on China. Or suddenly a trade deal very favorable to the US, and China retracts their claims to the South China Sea.
If there were adequate stockpiles of PPC then we would be way ahead of this situation. No business can afford to have that much stuff stockpiled, it needs to be a national stockpile but the national stockpile is not large enough -someone said 12M N95 and 40M surgical masks IIRC. My suggestion avoids spending tax money for stuff unless it is actually required. Every company can participate if it wants to, so no advantage to huge companies vs mom & pop. Better than having to use the Stafford Act to seize control of private companies (totalitarian arguably worse than socialist).
I have a degree in Biology with a specialty in Health Physics, and a degree in Environmental science. I ran the radiological respiratory protection program at a nuke plant. I was on National Institute of Science & Technology (NIST) subcommittees creating lead paint abatement standards. I spend time tracking down the primary research articles & ask questions about what I find.
So far I have a Scripps report, subject to peer review; versus various gut feelings.
Maybe someone will discredit the study by demonstrating that their data was manipulated by China.