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Re:U.S. Government official: Coronavirus vaccine trial start... by fragmede on Monday March 16, 2020 @12:38PM (#22594212)
Yeah! Some sort of Center who's job it would be to control diseases. We could call it the Center for Disease Control.

Snark aside, we had a similar situation with SARS. In the immediate aftermath, it's easy to say what needs to be done to prevent the next one. It's far harder to get everyone onboard with paying for something 5 or 10 years down the line when "there's no point" and "why do I have to pay taxes"?

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Re:U.S. Government official: Coronavirus vaccine trial start... by ProZsolt on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:25PM (#22596518)
Same as "Why we paying for backups?! We never had to use it!"

I'm happy I don't live in The USA right now. Even the worst hits, I don't have to be afraid of medical bills or if I lost my job. Both are covered by the tax I payed before.

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