Some of the reasons that executive organizations in the US that investigate safety concerns are so effective is that they are independent of the executive organization that creates regulations for the field (e.g. the NTSB is independent of the FAA and NHTSA and the CSB is independent of the EPA and OSHA) and their investigations focus on failings in organizational structure that allowed the event to occur, not the mistakes of individuals that were in a precarious position to start with.
It's also worth noting that while the Republican party itself is using this investigation to its advantage, it has bipartisan support. Rand Paul is rather independent from his party, as far as senators go, and it's not just Fox News supporting his investigation but The Young Turks too (https://youtu.be/BXIP6-8GHcE); two organizations that rarely agree on anything.
I'd love to see some kind of independent body to investigate the organizational failings of the FDA and NIH and release recommendations for changes based on those findings. Given the lack of such an organization, Rand Paul is is doing the best I would expect from a senator.
I find it wildly disturbing that a government official in his position would use his work computer to store private notes, that in some cases appear to directly contradict what he said in public about the same matters. It calls into question his entire thought process and judgement "in general" -- if he can't think through on separating his personal and work life, how could he be trusted to make judgements on what to do about COVID.
It would seem unwise to me if someone at the level of decision making didn't "war game" / write out thoughts from many perspectives to more fully understand something they are thinking about.
Everyone is government double speaks, that part is very unsurprising.
Some of the reasons that executive organizations in the US that investigate safety concerns are so effective is that they are independent of the executive organization that creates regulations for the field (e.g. the NTSB is independent of the FAA and NHTSA and the CSB is independent of the EPA and OSHA) and their investigations focus on failings in organizational structure that allowed the event to occur, not the mistakes of individuals that were in a precarious position to start with.
It's also worth noting that while the Republican party itself is using this investigation to its advantage, it has bipartisan support. Rand Paul is rather independent from his party, as far as senators go, and it's not just Fox News supporting his investigation but The Young Turks too (https://youtu.be/BXIP6-8GHcE); two organizations that rarely agree on anything.
I'd love to see some kind of independent body to investigate the organizational failings of the FDA and NIH and release recommendations for changes based on those findings. Given the lack of such an organization, Rand Paul is is doing the best I would expect from a senator.
I find this wildly disturbing development. Releasing his personal dairy and public harassment using lies and mis-construed statements.
I find it wildly disturbing that a government official in his position would use his work computer to store private notes, that in some cases appear to directly contradict what he said in public about the same matters. It calls into question his entire thought process and judgement "in general" -- if he can't think through on separating his personal and work life, how could he be trusted to make judgements on what to do about COVID.
It would seem unwise to me if someone at the level of decision making didn't "war game" / write out thoughts from many perspectives to more fully understand something they are thinking about.
Everyone is government double speaks, that part is very unsurprising.