Re: Millions for state health upgrades go unspent CDC funds

[Guest guest]

I think that what they really NEED to do is to improve our not-very

glamorous nuts and bolts emergency 'surge' capacity, specifically where it

applies to bioterror and decontamination, especially in cities, which

implies the police and fire organizations and especially - former public

teaching hospitals - many of which have been privatized and taken over by

chains..

The problem is probably that many of the people who are holding the purse

strings don't want to send that money to these (unionized) big city

hospitals or (unionized) first responder organizations - they would rather

spend the money on (profitable but often unproven) 'big science' (some would

say grandiose) projects done by politically well-connected firms.