Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The shortsightedness and recklessness of this administration is staggering.

Ebola Containment Efforts Hindered by USAID Shutdown

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.”

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

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The shortsightedness and recklessness of this administration is staggering.

Ebola Containment Efforts Hindered by USAID Shutdown

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.”

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

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The shortsightedness and recklessness of this administration is staggering.

Ebola Containment Efforts Hindered by USAID Shutdown

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.”

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

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The shortsightedness and recklessness of this administration is staggering.

Ebola Containment Efforts Hindered by USAID Shutdown

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.”

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

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usaid was around for like 64 years and didn't cure ebola not a good track record

Are you being sarcastic or are you just fantastically ignorant?

1) Ebola wasn't recognized as a disease 64 years ago.
2) USAID wasn't founded to "cure diseases" and do scientific research. You might want to learn about the National Institute of Health and the World Health Organization. USAID did play a key role in country level surveilance of disease and supporting the capacity of national institutions to fight diseases.

We're not an island. We're not isolated. We are part of a global community, and the transport systems enable people and viruses that may be hitchhiking, if you will, on these people to be able to move across borders. Too bad if it happens to you.

Anonymous wrote:Usaid was around for like 64 years and didn't cure ebola not a good track record

Anonymous wrote:Usaid was around for like 64 years and didn't cure ebola not a good track record

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Up to 363 Ebola cases now.

Under Obama, this stuff was contained. Under tTump, everyone will get it.


What did obama do, the US isn't responsible for EBOLA in africa, if anything the US should just stop flights to and from there including any connecting ones from other countries.

Let me see if I can explain this to you simply. Someone gets on a flight from an African country. That person has EBOLA. They don't get on a "connecting flight", but spend a day in a European country and then get on a non connecting flight to the US. Voila! EBOLA has been brought to America. Or they give EBOLA to someone in that European country who then gets on a flight to America. Voila! EBOLA has been brought to America. Do you get it?

Or how about this . . . US troops are deployed to a country where someone has EBOLA and they are infected. Or a worker for a cruise ship brings it on board and the ship stops in an American port. Etc., etc.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Up to 363 Ebola cases now.

Under Obama, this stuff was contained. Under tTump, everyone will get it.


What did obama do, the US isn't responsible for EBOLA in africa, if anything the US should just stop flights to and from there including any connecting ones from other countries.

Let me see if I can explain this to you simply. Someone gets on a flight from an African country. That person has EBOLA. They don't get on a "connecting flight", but spend a day in a European country and then get on a non connecting flight to the US. Voila! EBOLA has been brought to America. Or they give EBOLA to someone in that European country who then gets on a flight to America. Voila! EBOLA has been brought to America. Do you get it?

Or how about this . . . US troops are deployed to a country where someone has EBOLA and they are infected. Or a worker for a cruise ship brings it on board and the ship stops in an American port. Etc., etc.

EBOLA WAS brought to America during Obama’s term. A nurse DID get on a plane after treating that patient. Guess what happened? NOTHING

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Up to 363 Ebola cases now.

Under Obama, this stuff was contained. Under tTump, everyone will get it.


What did obama do, the US isn't responsible for EBOLA in africa, if anything the US should just stop flights to and from there including any connecting ones from other countries.

Let me see if I can explain this to you simply. Someone gets on a flight from an African country. That person has EBOLA. They don't get on a "connecting flight", but spend a day in a European country and then get on a non connecting flight to the US. Voila! EBOLA has been brought to America. Or they give EBOLA to someone in that European country who then gets on a flight to America. Voila! EBOLA has been brought to America. Do you get it?

Or how about this . . . US troops are deployed to a country where someone has EBOLA and they are infected. Or a worker for a cruise ship brings it on board and the ship stops in an American port. Etc., etc.

EBOLA WAS brought to America during Obama’s term. A nurse DID get on a plane after treating that patient. Guess what happened? NOTHING