I’m rather of the opinion that both the CDC and the NHS have been subject to a degree of political antipathy, defunding, and removal of responsibility in an attempt to geld them.
For example, this shows what has happened to PPE storage in the UK:
Maybe if we had funded them properly and had let them do their jobs without political interference, then I’d agree, outsource it. But I’d contend it’s because it’s all been outsourced and is now a piecemeal patchwork of non-connected stuff that we have these problems.
Central co-ordination would help. It is, after all, how armies win wars. It’s all about resources and supply lines, so to speak; and needs central co-ordination. Ask anyone senior at the Pentagon.
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For example, this shows what has happened to PPE storage in the UK:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/22/revealed-private-firm-running-uk-ppe-stockpile-was-sold-in-middle-of-pandemic?CMP=share_btn_tw
Maybe if we had funded them properly and had let them do their jobs without political interference, then I’d agree, outsource it. But I’d contend it’s because it’s all been outsourced and is now a piecemeal patchwork of non-connected stuff that we have these problems.
Central co-ordination would help. It is, after all, how armies win wars. It’s all about resources and supply lines, so to speak; and needs central co-ordination. Ask anyone senior at the Pentagon.