• PNW clouds@infosec.pub
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    1 day ago

    I remember reading about how Bush 2 was kind of paranoid about a pandemic and had plans made while in office. And that during the handover to Obama it was one of the things Bush told Obama to not ignore for the safety of the country. The admin after Obama ignored everything.

    [Insert Archer gif of “do you want ants? Because that’s how you get ants.” Bonus if “ants” marked out for “pandemic”]

    Anyway, I think about this a lot. Especially with the CDC gutted and measles outbreaks popping up. And now the Andes hantavirus strain.

    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works
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      10 hours ago

      Bush may have been an idiot about a bunch of things but at least he was smart in some places.

      Trump has just been an idiot in every thing.

      • cmbabul@slrpnk.net
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        3 hours ago

        For all his faults Dubs did seem to understand that millions of people getting sick is a bad