Another reason why the ACA is very worthy. When there is a pandemic we are much better off having people insured than having them fill up the ER. BTW about 36,000 Americans die every year from the flu.
There are vaccines widely available for the flu. Not so for Ebola. Containment of Ebola is a fantasy if the world wants the global economy to function. Given the options available, would the ptb choose to maintain global trade, or cease global trade to contain Ebola? If trade was ceased to contain Ebola, what would people do for food, and ff energy for transportation and heating? There would be mass starvation pdq. People would start dying from ordinary maladies like the flu, but in far greater numbers. Chaos and anarchy would result, leading to a global pandemic of rebellion, and fear, and survival. Whatâs the better choice?
Put the development of a vaccine at the top of the global agenda. This could very well be civilizationâs Waterloo.
Actually there is good progress on the Ebola vaccine front.
But the best investments we can make here at home are fully funding the CDC and NIH and yes making sure as well more of our population is insured as well as directing some of the foreign health aid to the pandemic.