Originally posted by Watermelon
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/27/busin...ban/index.html
The European Union announced on March 15 it was restricting exports of personal protective equipment, including face shields, surgical masks and gowns. India banned the export of ventilators and sanitizers on March 24. On Wednesday, Switzerland began requiring licenses for exports of masks, gloves, goggles and swabs.
"It's the least we can do for the Swiss population to avoid a shortage of necessary medical equipment in an emergency situation," said Swiss economic minister Guy Parmelin, according to the national broadcaster's website.
Like simplicio said, compare now to the actual leadership role the US played during the ebola crisis under Obama.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...sed-by-obama-/
Five Democratic House members on Wednesday called for hearings into budget cuts at the National Institutes of Health and CDC.
The lawmakers said NIH has lost $1.2 billion in funding over the last four years and that a CDC program that supports public workers was slashed 16 percent during the past four years, while a hospital preparedness program lost 44 percent of its funding.
“The CDC and the NIH are already working to combat the spread of Ebola,” said Rep. Michael M. Honda, California Democrat. “In light of recent tragic developments in Texas, and in the interests of ensuring public safety and transparency, we need an update from these agencies so we can ensure they have the proper funding to protect patients, health care workers and the public at large.”
Leadership in the global stage isn’t just some right that’s bestowed on the strongest nation.
Goodwill creates power and influence and China is taking this opportunity
to fill the space created by the incompetence and weakness of the trump administration
and the more the US alienated themselves the more power and influence they will lose to them.
Even this Trump-hating homer can articulate that the US is still the world leader.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/01...america-first/
Instead of complaining about China all day, this should be a call to action for the trump administration if remaining the global leader is something important to them.
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