Comments on: Pandemic Flu Prevention: For want of a horseshoe nail the economy was lost? http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/04/pandemic-flu-prevention-for-want-of-a-horseshoe-nail-the-economy-was-lost/ Survival Strategies Fri, 11 May 2012 13:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karoli http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/04/pandemic-flu-prevention-for-want-of-a-horseshoe-nail-the-economy-was-lost/comment-page-1/#comment-652 Karoli Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:37:03 +0000 http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/04/pandemic-flu-prevention-for-want-of-a-horseshoe-nail-the-economy-was-lost/#comment-652 Kyle, you missed my point. Indeed, the reason for the inclusion of the final payment for the pandemic preparations was specifically because a pandemic could harm an already-rocky, fragile economy. And if this becomes a pandemic, it *will* harm it.<br><br>The point is that arguing that the funding is not stimulative is absolute nonsense. As my USAF ex-father-in-law used to say (may God rest his soul) "Prior planning prevents piss-poor performance." Kyle, you missed my point. Indeed, the reason for the inclusion of the final payment for the pandemic preparations was specifically because a pandemic could harm an already-rocky, fragile economy. And if this becomes a pandemic, it *will* harm it.

The point is that arguing that the funding is not stimulative is absolute nonsense. As my USAF ex-father-in-law used to say (may God rest his soul) “Prior planning prevents piss-poor performance.”

]]> By: Karoli http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/04/pandemic-flu-prevention-for-want-of-a-horseshoe-nail-the-economy-was-lost/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Karoli Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:37:03 +0000 http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/04/pandemic-flu-prevention-for-want-of-a-horseshoe-nail-the-economy-was-lost/#comment-118 Kyle, you missed my point. Indeed, the reason for the inclusion of the final payment for the pandemic preparations was specifically because a pandemic could harm an already-rocky, fragile economy. And if this becomes a pandemic, it *will* harm it.<br><br>The point is that arguing that the funding is not stimulative is absolute nonsense. As my USAF ex-father-in-law used to say (may God rest his soul) "Prior planning prevents piss-poor performance." Kyle, you missed my point. Indeed, the reason for the inclusion of the final payment for the pandemic preparations was specifically because a pandemic could harm an already-rocky, fragile economy. And if this becomes a pandemic, it *will* harm it.

The point is that arguing that the funding is not stimulative is absolute nonsense. As my USAF ex-father-in-law used to say (may God rest his soul) “Prior planning prevents piss-poor performance.”

]]> By: Kyle Sellers http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/04/pandemic-flu-prevention-for-want-of-a-horseshoe-nail-the-economy-was-lost/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Kyle Sellers Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:43:20 +0000 http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/04/pandemic-flu-prevention-for-want-of-a-horseshoe-nail-the-economy-was-lost/#comment-117 Please, please, please, don't get caught up in this too, @karoli! The plan was funded in the omnibus appropriations spending bill signed by Obama. <a href="http://www.sunjournal.com/story/314585-3/National/Collins_defends_move_to_eliminate_flu_funds_from_stimulus/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sunjournal.com/story/314585-3/Nation...</a><br><br>The plan was funded--it just wasn't in anyway "stimulative" and Collins rightfully argued that it didn't belong in the "stimulus" bill! Please, please, please, don't get caught up in this too, @karoli! The plan was funded in the omnibus appropriations spending bill signed by Obama. http://www.sunjournal.com/story/314585-3/Nation…

The plan was funded–it just wasn't in anyway “stimulative” and Collins rightfully argued that it didn't belong in the “stimulus” bill!

]]> By: Art Pennington http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/04/pandemic-flu-prevention-for-want-of-a-horseshoe-nail-the-economy-was-lost/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Art Pennington Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:06:01 +0000 http://ushealthcrisis.com/2009/04/pandemic-flu-prevention-for-want-of-a-horseshoe-nail-the-economy-was-lost/#comment-116 Nicely done. Sometime shortsightedness end up costing more in the long run. Nicely done. Sometime shortsightedness end up costing more in the long run.

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