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re: Emergency meeting scheduled to go over online learning and future calendar
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:05 am to ell_13
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:05 am to ell_13
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There was never this kind of response to any other possible pandemic. Why now?
One reason is our current administration slashed staff in the CDC that was tasked with preparing us for these type outbreaks, so we were caught a bit off guard and unprepared. Then, we refused to use test kits used by the WHO and instead decided to develop our own. Both of these decisions caused a delayed response, which has likely contributed to its spread here.
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Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:08 am to The Spleen
quote:False. Infectious disease research funds and staffing was not cut.
One reason is our current administration slashed staff in the CDC that was tasked with preparing us for these type outbreaks, so we were caught a bit off guard and unprepared.
What was cut was administrative redundancies and bloat.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:09 am to The Spleen
quote:That is actually false.
One reason is our current administration slashed staff in the CDC that was tasked with preparing us for these type outbreaks, so we were caught a bit off guard and unprepared.
There were never any cuts enacted.
I swear it is if you purposefully try to mislead people.
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It’s true that the president’s budget proposals have consistently called for reduced funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but Congress hasn’t enacted those cuts. Some Democrats have correctly said Trump “tried” to implement such cuts, while others wrongly claimed he “slashed funding of the CDC” or “cut the funding,” in the words of Democratic presidential candidates Mike Bloomberg and Joe Biden, respectively. Biden said Trump “tried to defund the NIH.” Trump did propose cutting NIH funding, but lawmakers instead have enacted increases.
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