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Telorand@reddthat.com 1 week agoThis is true, but it’s worth recognizing that a lot of the states, nonprofits, and local agencies rely on government studies and reports to make their own assessments.
With the government staying silent, it’s going to be more difficult to get a sense of what’s happening and what to do as a result. Not impossible, but the infrastructure isn’t necessarily in place, because nobody prepared for the federal government to be this adversarial to public health and safety.
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yep it would have been best if federal government were to be the ones because they can work across arbitrary state lines for collab. But something is better than nothing.
Telorand@reddthat.com 1 week ago
Yeah, and like I said, it’s not impossible.
At the cynical end, there’s still business owners that recognize that having a slew of sick employees is bad for their bottom line, so even if the federal government does nothing, various businesses alongside the humanitarian groups will flex whatever influence they have to ensure governors, etc. do what needs to be done.