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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are there still Ebola outbreaks? [/quote]

I'm sure dismantling USAID and pretty much every public health agency in the U.S., and taking us out of WHO hasn't helped.[/quote]

Fine, you pay for it. Go ahead, put your money where your mouth is. [/quote]

I suspect most Americans would rather their tax dollars pay for disease control that keeps them safe than Trump’s billion dollar ballroom, his brand new Qatari jet and his billion dollar slush fund to reward his supporters who were “wronged” by the government who had the audacity to insist they pay their taxes and not destroy the Capitol building and kill Capitol police officers. [/quote]
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We should be paying for the health programs that have existed for decades. Happy to have my tax dollars go there. Instead doge gutted the Ebola task force at no net savings and as PP posted, our tax dollars are going to corrupt and horrible expenditures. I’d add to the above list hiding Israel’s wishes in Iran. [/quote]

Don't forget his slush fund for insurrectionists.

Millions of people will die due to the USAID cuts and it demonstrateably makes Americans less safe from disease outbreaks.

I'm actually much more concerned about drug resistance and TB long term than I am Ebola, but this demonstrates why global public health matters.  Disease does not know borders and the whole knee-jerk response to shut down travel isn't a viable long term strategy.[/quote]

If it's a global issue why does it require a uniquely US response? Where are all the other countries that are so much better than we are, are they helping?[/quote]

DP here:  Why does saying that the US should participate imply a "uniquely US response".

The US should participate in keeping the world safe from deadly viruses.  Other countries should too.  I vote in the US, so obviously I am most interested in the US response, since that's where I can make an impact.  [/quote]

Who else is participating and what exactly are they doing? Are they forcing their people to get vaccinated?[/quote]

Who else is participating?  let me google that for you:

EU  https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/ecdc-activates-eu-health-task-force-deploying-experts-support-ebola-outbreak-response

ACDC https://africacdc.org/news-item/ebola-response-statement-from-the-director-general-africa-cdc/

Kenya: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/kenya/news/behind-scenes-ebola-disease-outbreak-response

UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-steps-up-support-to-stop-spread-of-ebola-in-eastern-drc

I'm sure you can keep googling if you actually care...
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I don’t really and i don’t think it’s our problem to solve.[/quote]

You don’t care about human suffering? 
If you are that selfish, you might want to know it has a 40% death rate and it’s a horrible way to die. And we are not immune. [/quote]

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