[cardcrimson]

I expect those who have been tasked to plan for these have come up with what needs to still function in a pandemic.  Just some thoughts:

I got a good laugh out of that.  Weren't those people fired?  I've seen no indications of such a plan despite months of lead time that our government had while this was going crazy in China.

FYI, CDC's budget has actually gone up over the last few years. 

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/cdc-budget.jpg

https://www.cdc.gov/about/report/cdc-funding.html

One would have thought that after SARS, Swine Flu, and MERS, somebody in the CDC would have prepared for an epidemic and not just waited for one to react.

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I got a good laugh out of that.  Weren't those people fired?  I've seen no indications of such a plan despite months of lead time that our government had while this was going crazy in China.

I am quite sure there is a plan. It may be "left over" from some previous effort, but there is a plan. Whether it is is a good plan, or even a possible plan, is another matter. One thing is for sure. Any plan that hasn't been practiced won't be well executed. Any plan that the rank and file haven't even seen before will be very difficult to make function. Since none of that has been done, having a plan will be almost irrelevant. Everybody will be winging it anyway. Hopefully the "plan" is based on Auftragstaktik as opposed to detailed step by step actions, because without practice that never works.

Great point. Had to look up Auftragstaktik, though.

[cardcrimson]

I expect those who have been tasked to plan for these have come up with what needs to still function in a pandemic.  Just some thoughts:

I got a good laugh out of that.  Weren't those people fired?  I've seen no indications of such a plan despite months of lead time that our government had while this was going crazy in China.

FYI, CDC's budget has actually gone up over the last few years. 

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/cdc-budget.jpg

https://www.cdc.gov/about/report/cdc-funding.html

One would have thought that after SARS, Swine Flu, and MERS, somebody in the CDC would have prepared for an epidemic and not just waited for one to react.

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I got a good laugh out of that.  Weren't those people fired?  I've seen no indications of such a plan despite months of lead time that our government had while this was going crazy in China.

I am quite sure there is a plan. It may be "left over" from some previous effort, but there is a plan. Whether it is is a good plan, or even a possible plan, is another matter. One thing is for sure. Any plan that hasn't been practiced won't be well executed. Any plan that the rank and file haven't even seen before will be very difficult to make function. Since none of that has been done, having a plan will be almost irrelevant. Everybody will be winging it anyway. Hopefully the "plan" is based on Auftragstaktik as opposed to detailed step by step actions, because without practice that never works.

Great point. Had to look up Auftragstaktik, though.