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Biotech / Medical : SARS and Avian Flu
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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (2769)10/17/2005 3:57:22 AM
From: energyplay  Read Replies (1) of 4232
 
I don't think New Orleans ever had private subscriptions for levees...

Maintaining levees is a government responsibility.

Most communities have found that subscription fire departments don't work well. Lot's of US history to this, by the way. Even competing private fire departments.

The editorial in the Wall Street Journal was one of those sort of Ayn Rand / free market fantasies of privatizing everything.
People creating science fiction scenarios to try to eliminate any and every role for government.

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There are valid roles for government. They require competence.

Note that Roche approached a number of governments LAST YEAR about ordering Tamiflu due to the long lead times.

France orderd a bunch.
UK ordered enough to cover 25% of population
Canada somewhat less - with a bigger country, it should have more unaffected areas.

US Government (Civilian part) ordered what - 2%

( I expect the military may have their own stocks which they don't report to civilians, because then the civilians will not push to order enough. Imagine someone like Tommy Franks, Colin Powell, or Norman Schwarzkopf dealing with Mike Brown of FEMA. )

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If we continue to see this massive incompetence by parts of the Federal Government, we may need to try some alternate solutions.
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