I'll have to disagree with some the above ... dumping tons of money towards some unknown future virus threat is a waste of time IMO. I do agree that they should have an updated global pandemic playbook but this shouldn't be rocket science or cost billions of dollars to create.The public, and government, will barely put any effort into solving these problems. What should happen now is a Manhattan Project style enormous project, either domestic or collaboration between countries. There should be hundreds of billions of $ poured into R&D, perhaps TRILLIONS of $ poured into R&D, to get scientists and researchers working on projects such as redesigning hospitals, redesigning the healthcare system / infrastructure, using modern data and analytics to improve healthcare, supply chains for emergencies/vaccines, understanding the psychology of public health, and disaster management in general...
I mean total re-design. Big stuff.
My focus wouldn't be pandemic-specific, but a redesign and modernization of the hospital systems. This would improve healthcare both for pandemics but also other emergencies, and regular health.I'll have to disagree with some the above ... dumping tons of money towards some unknown future virus threat is a waste of time IMO. I do agree that they should have an updated global pandemic playbook but this shouldn't be rocket science or cost billions of dollars to create.
Very true. It's just great for business, like warfare in general.... because these overly-smart public find "the politics" in countering "terrorism" to be ever ever so sexy. And the BIG BUSINESSES (aka $$$ to be made) are too lucrative to pass off.
Some areas of healthcare could no doubt be improved but I'm not so sure for many hospital services. With regards to emergencies/pandemics, these are overflow situations that should be handled outside the normal services. With good planning such situations can be dealt with very well but, in case of pandemics, prevention (if possible) is the key.My focus wouldn't be pandemic-specific, but a redesign and modernization of the hospital systems. This would improve healthcare both for pandemics but also other emergencies, and regular health.
Hospital systems are archaic, clunky machinery
When we moved to a smaller town (outside of a city of 30,000), we couldn’t find a family doctor. We had to take my son to the hospital for a plantar wart and my wife went for a minor issue (non-emerg). It was at the 2nd visit that the attending doctor was willing to take us on as his patients. Without an assigned doctor in this city, you cant even go to the walk-in clinics....you need to be a client of one of the assigned doctors.Some areas of healthcare could no doubt be improved but I'm not so sure for many hospital services. With regards to emergencies/pandemics, these are overflow situations that should be handled outside the normal services. With good planning such situations can be dealt with very well but, in case of pandemics, prevention (if possible) is the key.
You're being a bit fast and loose there. The same map shows US as May, not now. What is that timeline? To deliver all of the contracted doses? Canada is getting doses of some vaccines in Q1 2021.I'm reading that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine is reportedly being flown by United Airlines chartered flights to distribution hubs in the USA and that they will be booking appointments in the next 14 days for citizens to receive the vaccine.
But then I read the articles where Trudeau "asked time and again by reporters when we might see a vaccine, given the U.K. is already booking appointments and the U.S. is looking at a roll out two weeks from now, Trudeau fumbled all over the place, often attempting bad sports analogies".
He came out from his hidey hole to give us one of his platitudes saying "What really matters is when we get to cross the finish line.” Not to me. What matters to me is when I get the vaccine and why are we so far behind the rest of the world?
So basically, USA and UK are booking appointments and Canada, if everything works out, might get vaccines next fall? Is that about it? That seems to line up with the Astra Zeneca roll-out map with Canada next November.
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This might turn out to be good news ... we'll see any short term side effects before mass use in Canada.UK just approved Pfizer's vaccine for emergency use. US will be next week.
There are going to be a lot of awkward moments in Canada as the US starts vaccinating 20-30 million Americans a month. Maybe 80-100 million Americans before Canada even possesses enough doses for 3 million. Embarrassing.
Not surprising at all, if you understand psychology.The US has now hit the point where the daily deaths match the number of casualties on 9/11, discussed here. Very close to exceeding it anyway.
From now on, it's 9/11 every day.
Which is incredible when you think about how seriously Americans took 9/11, and yet, don't take this one seriously at all.