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Originally Posted by InTheBlack
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.
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OK now we can start to have discussions on things you are seemingly defunct on understanding that is more than just "gut" feelings but recognition of patterns on geo political issues and more importantly global economics impact on them. Again I am going to say that the real irresponsible actions is parroting numbers and statistics of a virus that most places are not actually testing for and cannot know simply cannot with any certainty discern the symptoms from the other coronaviruses in which are in season as we speak. SO how accurate are the numbers that are being used to extrapolate the effects if it??? You are also speaking with people on this site with extensive knowledge in PSYOP type principles such as social movement theory and the mediums used to create the desired affects....to you it may sound like "gut" to us it is another language easily recognized....and some of us with extensive education in sciences or multiple contacts whom are deeply involved with such subjects.
But being the highly principled scientist you seem to tout yourself as do you disagree with the Molecular Biologists/virologist/infectious disease types researching viruses they do not yet understand or some countries use of them as a cheap alternative to full scale ground or economic warfare? what you seem to suggest is research done by these types is not of a forward thinking discovery and prevention but of the knee jerk reactionary type....I know a few in the field who scoff at the reactionary accusation not that it does not happen but the constant research and seeking is a continuum as I understand it. So again who is the irresponsible ones creating panic those that are extrapolating data from partial information and telling people that this virus is 10x??? more deadly or those that are looking at a declared enemy of the U.S. and seeing that methodology and timing as suspect? it seems educated people would and could see the economic impact of overreactions by government officials as being far more destructive for people living check by check and those who depend on medications and controlled diets etc......and finally loss of liberty.
There are medical sections on this website for those wishing to stay closer to just the science and not the causal factors that enabled this irrational response. But in the general thread we are going to link things together for a broader understanding of what is actually going on.