GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness – The Nation

When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this years emergency stimulus bill, he was ridiculed by conservative operatives and congressional Republicans.

Obey and other advocates for the spending argued, correctly, that a pandemic hitting in the midst of an economic downturn could turn a recession into something far worse — with workers ordered to remain in their homes, workplaces shuttered to avoid the spread of disease, transportation systems grinding to a halt and demand for emergency services and public health interventions skyrocketing. Indeed, they suggested, pandemic preparation was essential to any responsible plan for renewing the U.S. economy.

via GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness – The Nation.

Después de haber hecho burla por querer estudiar los volcanes (y uno de estos hizo erupción más de una vez en Alaska hace poco), ahora esto. Wow, los Republicanos sí que tienen bien claras sus prioridades.