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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The shortsightedness and recklessness of this administration is staggering.

[b]Ebola Containment Efforts Hindered by USAID Shutdown[/b]

New York Times: “The Ebola crisis in East Africa is rapidly escalating, with cases now confirmed in major population centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Public health experts around the world and health workers on the ground say that the response has been significantly hindered by the near-absence so far of the United States, historically the leader in any major outbreak.”

“The United States used to fund robust disease surveillance networks across the region and maintained emergency teams to take charge in public health crises like this one. Much of that work ended with the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development early last year.”[/quote]

The US needs to bail out countries and WHO that don't know how to function without the US footing the bill. [/quote]

You're a real piece of work. The Daily did a show on this today and the point about USAID is that there may have been USAID employees/supported orgs that were on the ground to a) identify that it was ebola earlier (as it was, there was about a 3 mos. lag time that allowed it to spread in that period, unchecked and b) provide early support until International Medical Corp/Doctors w/o Borders, and other entities checked in. It's spread to Uganda and there are now fears it has spread to south sudan.

For the strain at issue, there is no vaccine. People are dying and it is already the 3d largest outbreak in history.

No amount of fiscal constraint or worries about 'bailing out" another country takes precedence over something like this. Not if you have any ounce of humanity.[/quote]

Like my USAID neighbor! Not a doctor, not a nurse, not a PA, yet paid $175k according to foia to travel around and stack boxes. And work from home when in DC. Doing nothing. [/quote]

You FOIAed your neighbor?  Did you get their position description and it was stacking boxes?[/quote]

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