The entire reason that we have these networks is when the bells start ringing - and they have not been activated. Politically, you can argue about the role of big government in everyday society, but this is not every day. This all has to come from the federal government. There is no excuse not to mobilize the full forces of the federal government right now and to centralize the response. So I have seen that we have countless dedicated professionals who think about this constantly and they're ready to go.
I have also witnessed what was called a "hurricane rehearsal of concept drill," where not only did the same players come in, but also bringing in our allies from Canada and Mexico. I have witnessed what was called a "vibrant response." This is the homeland nuclear attack scenario, which was a coordination of FEMA, the Army, the National Guard, state and local officials, all working together in a massive war game to prepare us for a nuke. I have toured the CDC, and I've seen all their plans. I can tell you that the federal government has multiple layers of disaster preparedness who are always training, always planning, always preparing, regardless of how much their budget gets cut. His new book, Devolution, will be published May 2020. He has also been a nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute at the U.S. Max Brooks has researched disaster preparedness for his novels and has lectured on the subject at the U.S. "The government could have put the word out to ramp up emergency supplies to get them ready and then have an information strategy in place." "What could have happened when this virus exploded - even when Wuhan was locked down - is we could have put the word out," he says. government was blindsided by the pandemic is "an onion of layered lies." But, he adds, "we have been disastrously slow and disorganized from Day 1."īrooks says the notion that the U.S. "We have a network in place that we as taxpayers have been funding to get us ready for something just like this," Brooks says of the U.S. The author, whose books include World War Z, Germ Warfare and the forthcoming Devolution, has toured the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and has reviewed government response plans related to various emergency situations - all in the course of research. A reporter wearing a latex glove raises his hand to ask President Trump a question during a coronavirus briefing at the White House on March 16.Īpocalyptic novelist Max Brooks is something of an expert on planning for pandemics and other disasters.
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