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Scientists Were Hunting for the Next Ebola. Now the U.S. Has Cut Off Their Funding. - Donald McNeil, The New York Times, October 25, 2019
- In a move that worries many public health experts, the federal government is quietly shutting down a surveillance program for dangerous animal viruses that someday may infect humans... The program, known as Predict and run by the United States Agency for International Development, was inspired by the 2005 H5N1 bird flu scare. Launched 10 years ago, the project has cost about $207 million.
Trump administration ended pandemic early-warning program to detect coronaviruses - Los Angeles Times, April 2, 2020
- Two months before the novel coronavirus is thought to have begun its deadly advance in Wuhan, China, the Trump administration ended a $200-million pandemic early-warning program aimed at training scientists in China and other countries to detect and respond to such a threat.
How Are States Across the U.S. Projected to 'Flatten the Curve'? - Elijah Wolfson and Sanya Manssor, Time Magazine, April 3, 2020
- Researchers at the University of Washington recently analyzed these early trends, along with factors like how states are implementing social distancing, their hospital capacities, and their testing capabilities, and developed a projection of what the future holds for each when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic. The bottom line: the longer it takes for a state to reach its peak hospitalization and death rates, the lower those peaks.
Dr. Fauci Warned In 2017 Of 'Surprise Outbreak' During Trump Administration - Nina Golgowski, HuffPost, April 5, 2020
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government's top infectious disease specialist, warned in early 2017 that a "surprise outbreak" would occur during the Trump administration, and he said that more needed to be done to prepare for a pandemic.
He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump's Failure on the Virus - New York Times, April 11, 2020 (updated April 14)
- An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his faith in his own instincts led to a halting response.
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