he defunded Predict, got rid of the pandemic response team, and has spent the past year downplaying the crisis and simple measures that people could take to slow the spread. it's a ****ing disaster.
Your post is either intentionally dishonest or incredibly stupid.
THE RECENT HISTORY OF US “PANDEMIC RESPONSE” DIRECTORATES.
National Security Council is a part of the Executive Branch. Special functions are routinely run through this office and uses the resources of the Departments of State and Defense.
TIME LINE OF THE “PANDEMIC RESPONSE” TEAM’S EXISTENCE:
2009: Obama’s Administration
closes the NSC
Health and Security Directorate which was existing when he took office.
2014: Ebola outbreak occurred. First case in Africa was in December, 2013.
2014: First American Ebola Case and death, in September, 2014.
2014: Obama names Ron Klain as “Ebola Czar” October 2014.
2016: The
Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense is created by Obama to replace the previously closed
Health and Security Directorate.
2018:
Directorate of Counterproliferation and Biodefense replaces
Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense and consolidates 3 directorates into one.
2019: Coronavirus outbreak occurred. Fist case in China in later 2018. China has been less than forthcoming on the exact dates.
2019: First Coronavirus case in the US in January, 2019. First US Death in late February 2020.
2019: Trump establishes the Coronavirus Task Force in January, 2019.
POLITICAL IMPACTS:
In both cases, when the outbreaks occurred, both in Ebola and Coronavirus, opponents of each President attacked for dismantling the NSC Directorate and the attacks were not well founded. Obama was attacked by his political opponents in 2014. Trump was attacked by his political opponents in 2020.
FURTHER BACKGROUND:
Following the creation of the
Directorate of Counterproliferation and Biodefense, the National Security Council maintained 3 Directorates that all functioned in ways that “stepped on the toes” of the folks that did the actual work that they were supposed to only coordinate and help.
As an example, the NSC is intended to inform and advise the CDC with information and background, not direct actual the work. The CDC was the group most directly fighting Ebola. The NSC only assisted by providing advice and information and helped with diplomacy and military coordination if needed. Any
direction of effort and people was counter productive.
The Trump Administration
COMBINED three directorates had been performing functions that overlapped and were redundant:
-Arms control and nonproliferation
-Weapons of mass destruction and terrorism
-Global health and biodefense
In almost all cases, members of the National Security Council are already working for the Federal Government, usually at the Cabinet Level. The President of the US is the Chairperson of the Council. The
Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense continues working to help with CDC response(s) to the Ebola outbreak(s) primarily re-occurring in Africa through the current day. Coronavirus falls under their purview as well.