💡OMG—Biden WH just created a new *National Center for Epidemic Forecasting & Outbreak Analytics*.

Just like a national weather center or NASA’s asteroid detection center (CNEOS), this will be a pandemic warning center!

This will help prevent pandemics!
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/21/national-security-directive-united-states-global-leadership-to-strengthen-the-international-covid-19-response-and-to-advance-global-health-security-and-biological-preparedness/
OMG—Biden WH just created a new *National Center for Epidemic Forecasting & Outbreak Analytics*. Just like a national weather center or NASA’s asteroid detection center (CNEOS), this will be a pandemic warning center!This will help prevent pandemics! https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/21/national-security-directive-united-states-global-leadership-to-strengthen-the-international-covid-19-response-and-to-advance-global-health-security-and-biological-preparedness/
OMG—Biden WH just created a new *National Center for Epidemic Forecasting & Outbreak Analytics*. Just like a national weather center or NASA’s asteroid detection center (CNEOS), this will be a pandemic warning center!This will help prevent pandemics! https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/21/national-security-directive-united-states-global-leadership-to-strengthen-the-international-covid-19-response-and-to-advance-global-health-security-and-biological-preparedness/
2) this was proposed a while ago and critically needed to safeguard us from future pandemic — or future variants of concern. We could have used this in 2019!!! But better late than never. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-06-29/how-forecast-outbreaks-and-pandemics
How to Forecast Outbreaks and Pandemics

The United States needs the contagion equivalent of the National Weather Service.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-06-29/how-forecast-outbreaks-and-pandemics
3) Rewind to 1900–we did not have a national hurricane center... 8000 died in Galveston because we had no warning system.

We are now suffering a 400,000 death Galveston-type pandemic... it’s high time we have a pandemic forecasting center.

This is Biden @POTUS WH. Thx @WHCOS.
4) In contrast, we have CNEOS that detects ‘near earth objects’ (asteroid collision) run out of @NASAJPL. And all we needed for that was two Hollywood movies called Armageddon & Deep Impact. (Seriously—CNEOS’s Sentry created 4 years after both movies).
https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov 
5) Number of people who died from making Armageddon & Deep Impact movies: 0

Number of people died from #COVID19 pandemic: 2 million worldwide, 400k+ in US.

High time for a damn pandemic warning ⚠️ center!!!

Welcome to Biden @POTUS White House.
6) This topic is very personal to me, not just as an epidemiologist but also for what my family went through last year when I tried to sound the alarm on #COVID19.

People can be cruel and mean when they hear something they don’t want to acknowledge... https://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2020/03/why-was-it-so-hard-to-raise-the-alarm-on-coronavirus.html
Why Was It So Hard to Raise the Alarm on the Coronavirus?

Though we often feel that we live in a sea of panic, it may be that the general din prevents us from hearing most important warning cries.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2020/03/why-was-it-so-hard-to-raise-the-alarm-on-coronavirus.html
You can follow @DrEricDing.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled:
Those who think consciousness raising & movement building are disconnected, or even a distraction from electoral politics have not paid attention to the history of social change.In this thread, we
Read more
The 2020s will be known as the Remote Work decadeA few predictions of what is likely to emerge[ a thread ] Third Space: Office and Working from Home will
Read more
1/29: Have you ever had a concept explained to you that helps frame complex issues you’ve been wrestling with and opens your eyes to new possibilities? A concept that I
Read more
By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.