In your mind there was zero coordination between federal planners and their local counterparts? You are saying that the norms of emergency planning (consequence/crisis management,), coordination, synchronization and years of demonstrated coordinated response was thrown out the window. That career emergency planners sat on their hands and did nothing for political gain?
I get it, the nosebleed section of our government has played politics with this - pick a side and you can get an example. But the blanket idea that there wasn't a coordinated, vertical response to this is a reach. The media loves this narrative, one side says no plan, the other side says the plan was perfect. Like in every national emergency response, the truth lies somewhere in the middle, always room for improvement and opportunity to sustain what has gone well.
I would certainly agree with you if you said the political white noise during this election year has hampered the ability of professionals to do their job effectively. What you are saying above is nothing but talking points and main stream media hysterics. I won't go point by point above but please point out where equipment that was procured by the federal government was not delivered to a location that resulted in the health system being short equipment. There was plenty of hysterical reporting in the media about hospitals "on the verge" of being short.
