Cutting the Epidemic Intelligence Service right as bird flu is starting to become a threat may turn out to have been an even worse thing. They're both terrible.

(Cutting the EIS right as I'm (re-)reading @seananmcguire.bsky.social's Newsflesh series is particularly scary timing.)
Reposted from Torr Leonard 🧵
"here are a few small examples of how USAID has saved millions of lives to date, which will hopefully serve as a warning of the millions who will die unnecessarily if Trump and Musk succeed in dismembering the agency."

www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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