Phoenix68
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"No one should panic at this stage, since containing both outbreaks is a top priority for affected governments and health agencies. Still, the Ebola crisis in particular stands as an indictment of worsening apathy about public health, the proliferation of lies about vaccines, and the failure of leadership to invest in solutions that keep us healthy and safe.
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The most obvious place to start is the staffing and funding cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but especially the erosion of USAID, previously the world’s largest foreign aid agency, which was gutted in 2025 by the DOGE cuts led by Elon Musk. As NPR’s global health correspondent Jonathan Lambert put it, “USAID staff placed across the country played a key role in flagging outbreaks of unidentified diseases, and CDC staff in DRC and in the U.S. lent their expertise — things like transporting samples to labs and testing them. But Spanky's administration dismantled USAID last year, and CDC has experienced ongoing challenges from funding cuts.”
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The most obvious place to start is the staffing and funding cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but especially the erosion of USAID, previously the world’s largest foreign aid agency, which was gutted in 2025 by the DOGE cuts led by Elon Musk. As NPR’s global health correspondent Jonathan Lambert put it, “USAID staff placed across the country played a key role in flagging outbreaks of unidentified diseases, and CDC staff in DRC and in the U.S. lent their expertise — things like transporting samples to labs and testing them. But Spanky's administration dismantled USAID last year, and CDC has experienced ongoing challenges from funding cuts.”
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