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Did Trump Fire the US Pandemic Response Team?

PNWest said:
www.snopes.com

Did Trump Administration Fire the US Pandemic Response Team?

As a new coronavirus spread in 2020, so did concerns about the United States' preparedness for a potential pandemic.
www.snopes.com www.snopes.com

Yup.

If you do get sick please seek help here - https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1AVUC_enUS749US749&sxsrf=ALeKk03ZyOo4bs4cdtxV4HkU4EE61drHfA:1583515994729&ei=WoliXoeHLIye-gSOzL3QDw&q=closest+GOP+hedquarters&oq=closest+GOP+hedquarters&gs_l=psy-ab.12...0.0..3865...0.0..0.0.0.......0......gws-wiz.xzTd1K9H56A&ved=0ahUKEwiHnPLisIboAhUMj54KHQ5mD_oQ4dUDCAs

or here -

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Jokes about what amounts to bioterrorism are, at best, in bad taste. Yeah, Trump made things worse, and yeah, what he inherited wasn’t great in the first place, but what’s done is done and that’s the situation we’re in. And it could be very serious. Now is not the time to be making political hay from the potential pandemic. Punish the Republicans at the polls for their screw-up, but when it comes to jokes about spreading disease, don’t be the side that takes the low road, OK?
 
  • Updated to clarify that the 2018 reductions in CDC efforts referenced were a result of the anticipated depletion of previously allotted funding, not a direct cut by the Trump administration.

Another TDS inspired , low I.Q. post.

Thanks talkingpointsmemo !
 
PNWest said:
www.snopes.com

Did Trump Administration Fire the US Pandemic Response Team?

As a new coronavirus spread in 2020, so did concerns about the United States' preparedness for a potential pandemic.
www.snopes.com www.snopes.com

Yup.

If you do get sick please seek help here - https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1AVUC_enUS749US749&sxsrf=ALeKk03ZyOo4bs4cdtxV4HkU4EE61drHfA:1583515994729&ei=WoliXoeHLIye-gSOzL3QDw&q=closest+GOP+hedquarters&oq=closest+GOP+hedquarters&gs_l=psy-ab.12...0.0..3865...0.0..0.0.0.......0......gws-wiz.xzTd1K9H56A&ved=0ahUKEwiHnPLisIboAhUMj54KHQ5mD_oQ4dUDCAs

or here -

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Trump commented on his campaign rallies:

Question: Have you considered not having campaign rallies?

Trump: No I haven’t... We had tens of thousands of people standing outside the arena

Question: Is there a risk that there’s that many people so close together

Trump: It doesn’t bother me at all

LOL
 
Nutty Cortez said:
  • Updated to clarify that the 2018 reductions in CDC efforts referenced were a result of the anticipated depletion of previously allotted funding, not a direct cut by the Trump administration.

Another TDS inspired , low I.Q. post.

Thanks talkingpointsmemo !
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Pay attention. The top post is about Trump abolishing the pandemic response team....put in place By Obama.
Trump DID abolish it.
 
EatTheRich said:
Jokes about what amounts to bioterrorism are, at best, in bad taste. Yeah, Trump made things worse, and yeah, what he inherited wasn’t great in the first place, but what’s done is done and that’s the situation we’re in. And it could be very serious. Now is not the time to be making political hay from the potential pandemic. Punish the Republicans at the polls for their screw-up, but when it comes to jokes about spreading disease, don’t be the side that takes the low road, OK?
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I'm sorry Mister Humor decider. May I suggest that since you don't like jokes about ignorant republicans getting sick by taking Trump's advice that you attend some MAGA rallies and attempt to spread the truth. Come to think about it that might not be a great idea. They'd probably get sicker from a strong injection of truth than they would from a coronavirus. If you do decide to go wear a mask instead of a red hat.
 
JuliefromOhio said:
Pay attention. The top post is about Trump abolishing the pandemic response team....put in place By Obama.
Trump DID abolish it.
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Pay attention - OR better yet- learn to read.

- the comment was FROM the link from the OP


Repeat:

Updated to clarify that the 2018 reductions in CDC efforts referenced were a result of the anticipated depletion of previously allotted funding, not a direct cut by the Trump administration.
 
EatTheRich said:
Jokes about what amounts to bioterrorism are, at best, in bad taste. Yeah, Trump made things worse, and yeah, what he inherited wasn’t great in the first place, but what’s done is done and that’s the situation we’re in. And it could be very serious. Now is not the time to be making political hay from the potential pandemic. Punish the Republicans at the polls for their screw-up, but when it comes to jokes about spreading disease, don’t be the side that takes the low road, OK?
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Well, the Op was wrong because he didn't read the entire post from TalkingPointsMemo

And didn't read Snopes Correction- which was:

Updated to clarify that the 2018 reductions in CDC efforts referenced were a result of the anticipated depletion of previously allotted funding, not a direct cut by the Trump administration.
 
Nutty Cortez said:
  • Updated to clarify that the 2018 reductions in CDC efforts referenced were a result of the anticipated depletion of previously allotted funding, not a direct cut by the Trump administration.

Another TDS inspired , low I.Q. post.

Thanks talkingpointsmemo !
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The full quote: So the first part of the Snopes article confirms that Trump did eliminate the Pandemic response team. He also cut CDC efforts. If the cuts in 2018 were not based on Trump administration funding...who then was president? Who ordered those cuts? So the fact is that they were cuts to the CDC...but not directly aimed at the international effort.

“Trump also cut funding for the CDC, forcing the CDC to cancel its efforts to help countries prevent infectious-disease threats from becoming epidemics in 39 of 49 countries in 2018. Among the countries abandoned? China.” That was partly true, according to 2018 news reports stating that funding for the CDC’s global disease outbreak prevention efforts had been reduced by 80%, including funding for the agency’s efforts in China. But that was the result of the anticipated depletion of previously allotted funding, not a direct cut by the Trump administration. "
 
middleview said:
The full quote: So the first part of the Snopes article confirms that Trump did eliminate the Pandemic response team. He also cut CDC efforts. If the cuts in 2018 were not based on Trump administration funding...who then was president? Who ordered those cuts? So the fact is that they were cuts to the CDC...but not directly aimed at the international effort.

“Trump also cut funding for the CDC, forcing the CDC to cancel its efforts to help countries prevent infectious-disease threats from becoming epidemics in 39 of 49 countries in 2018. Among the countries abandoned? China.” That was partly true, according to 2018 news reports stating that funding for the CDC’s global disease outbreak prevention efforts had been reduced by 80%, including funding for the agency’s efforts in China. But that was the result of the anticipated depletion of previously allotted funding, not a direct cut by the Trump administration. "
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You didn't read all the way to the bottom. That's Ok.

It's just beyond your mental capacity to understand how gov't budgeting works and how they do this 4-6-8-10 years in advance
 
Nutty Cortez said:
You didn't read all the way to the bottom. That's Ok.

It's just beyond your mental capacity to understand how gov't budgeting works and how they do this 4-6-8-10 years in advance
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In 2018 the budget would have been submitted by Trump in early 2017...that was his first budget. Congress would vote on it by September 2017. His first budget cut funding for the CDC.

Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer abruptly departed from his post leading the global health security team on the National Security Council in May 2018 amid a reorganization of the council by then-National Security Advisor John Bolton, and Ziemer’s team was disbanded.
 
PNWest said:
www.snopes.com

Did Trump Administration Fire the US Pandemic Response Team?

As a new coronavirus spread in 2020, so did concerns about the United States' preparedness for a potential pandemic.
www.snopes.com www.snopes.com

Yup.

If you do get sick please seek help here - https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1AVUC_enUS749US749&sxsrf=ALeKk03ZyOo4bs4cdtxV4HkU4EE61drHfA:1583515994729&ei=WoliXoeHLIye-gSOzL3QDw&q=closest+GOP+hedquarters&oq=closest+GOP+hedquarters&gs_l=psy-ab.12...0.0..3865...0.0..0.0.0.......0......gws-wiz.xzTd1K9H56A&ved=0ahUKEwiHnPLisIboAhUMj54KHQ5mD_oQ4dUDCAs

or here -

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At this juncture, why would concentrated capital be all torn up over a sizable percentage of those over say 60 to 65 dying off due to this? Oh of course, their own loved ones, but the masses? Pfffffffffffffffffft, a blessing for the captains of capital. That demographic is past its use as revenue generational tools in the economic system. That demographic is past its soldiering days in the empire’s endless bogus illegal wars and global occupations. Concentrated capital covets the funding that goes into things like SS, Medicare, Medicaid, just as it did the capital that used to go into pensions. And the sooner that demographic disappears from society, taking its memories of how America used to work with them to the grave, the better for concentrated capital. All we need is a Pavlovian phrase like “welfare queen” that applies to this demographic. And society has already tacitly accepted the notion of concentration/internment camps.
 
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Nutty Cortez said:
You didn't read all the way to the bottom. That's Ok.

It's just beyond your mental capacity to understand how gov't budgeting works and how they do this 4-6-8-10 years in advance
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Another one for you to ignore:

US underprepared for coronavirus due to Trump cuts, say health experts
www.theguardian.com

US underprepared for coronavirus due to Trump cuts, say health experts

Steps put in place after Ebola outbreak have been scrapped, with post of global health czar eliminated and CDC funding cut
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

“The fact that they explicitly dismantled the office in the White House that was tasked with preparing for exactly this kind of a risk is hugely concerning,” said Konyndyk, now a senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development. “Both the structure and all the institutional memory is gone now.”

Funding has also been cut drastically to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), forcing it to reduce or discontinue epidemic-prevention efforts in 39 out of the 49 countries it had been helping. Among the countries where CDC efforts were scaled back were Haiti, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as China, where the agency provided technical assistance.

In its 2020 budget the Trump administration proposed a further 10% cut in CDC funding, equivalent to $750m. It zeroed out funding for epidemiology and laboratory capacity at state and local levels.

Funding will also dry up this year for a tiered epidemic response within the US. The system was set up in the aftermath of the Ebola scare, and involved identifying patients infected by “special pathogens” in frontline hospitals and their transfer up a chain of specially equipped regional hospitals where they could be safely treated.


After this year’s cuts, 10 advanced treatment facilities will still receive funding, but not the 60 other treatment centres one tier below.
 
Nutty Cortez said:
  • Updated to clarify that the 2018 reductions in CDC efforts referenced were a result of the anticipated depletion of previously allotted funding, not a direct cut by the Trump administration.

Another TDS inspired , low I.Q. post.

Thanks talkingpointsmemo !
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“Anticipated depletion”=they knew it was gonna be cut and they were belt-tightening to avoid an even worse emergency.
 
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