The New York Slimes blamed Republicans for the lack of preparedness for the virus crisis:
The scramble to keep up with the new flu strain has underscored how wrong some Republicans were to eliminate $870 million for pandemic flu preparedness from the stimulus package on the grounds that it was not relevant to creating jobs or stimulating the economy.
The sooner that rag goes out of business the better. Will be partying when they have to shut down the CBS, ABC, and NBC Newsrooms too.
true, but it had to kill them to write
“Once the alarm had been sounded, the response in this country was vigorous, thanks to advanced planning and stockpiling of medicines and equipment during the Bush administration.”