Posted on 06/22/2022 10:42:28 AM PDT by DFG
As the COVID pandemic unfolded in 2020, I predicted that before it was over, we’d surely hear calls for a cabinet level “Department of Pandemic Planning” or some other equivalent of the Department of Homeland Security that we set up in the aftermath of 9/11 to “coordinate” government agency activity at all levels of government.
That prediction has moved a step closer to fulfillment. From the New York Times today:
A bipartisan panel of health experts calls on Tuesday for an overhaul of the American public health system that would greatly expand the role of the federal government, giving Washington the authority to set minimum health standards and coordinate a patchwork of nearly 3,000 state, local and tribal agencies.
The recommendations flow from what the panel, the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a National Public Health System, described as the inadequacies and inequities of the United States’ response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than one million Americans.
But in a report released on Tuesday, the panel said it also wanted to address the failures of the nation’s public health agencies to protect Americans from other health risks, including drug overdoses, diabetes and maternal mortality.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
A bipartisan panel of health experts calls on Tuesday for an overhaul of the American public health system that would greatly expand the role of the federal government, giving Washington the authority to set minimum health standards and coordinate a patchwork of nearly 3,000 state, local and tribal agencies.
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FedGov did a crappy job of Covid, so naturally they want more power.
The midterm variant is coming, and it is going to be really scary.—Donald J Trump, Jr.
https://mobile.twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1523107959433216000
“...also wanted to address the failures of the nation’s public health agencies to protect Americans from other health risks, including drug overdoses, diabetes...”
Drug overdoses caused by the FAILURE of the US government to control the southern border and execute drug dealers.
Diabetes caused by US government crop SUBSIDIES to the sugar industry.
The government caused these problems. Now we are to expect the same government will fix them? Not in this world.
Gee what could go wrong? After all govt healthcare is great. Ask any Indian
Dateline April 20th 2028 - "The Department of Pandemic Planning has submitted a purchase order for 1 million rounds of ammunition for the coming year"
its for our own good
they only want to protect us
individual liberty is dangerous
“giving Washington the authority to set minimum health standards”
So they can prosecute doctors who don’t follow the “protocol” designed for maximum lethality.
We should have less of them instead of more. We could easily eliminate the CDC & Surgeon General without losing anything. The FDA and NIH should be restructured and ethics reforms implemented.
Bi-partisan probably means 9 Democrat-socialists + 1 Rhino.
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