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That's not true. Obama gave the US government processes for dealing with one. That was the function of the NSC, and specifically the pandemic response unit. It

That's not true. Obama gave the US government processes for dealing with one. That was the function of the NSC, and specifically the pandemic response unit. It was in response to the Ebola outbreak. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trump-cuts-national-security-staff-may-hurt-coronavirus-response-say-n1143656 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trump-cuts-nation... has a reasonable history. The problem is that people are dumb and forgetful.

jjeaff 7y ago
Correct. And Trump completely disbanded the Pandemic response team in 2018.
- sitkack 7y ago
  Do you have something linkable?
  - mattnewton 7y ago
    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/487581-bolton-defends-decision-to-shutter-nsc-pandemic-office?amp https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/487581-bolton-de... https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/i-dont-know-anything-about-it-trump-says-about-his-white-house-eliminating-the-pandemic-response-team.amp https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/i-dont-know-anyt... In 2018 the people in charge of the program were forced out, and Trump repeatedly (unsuccessfully) sought to cut the CDC budget (and the administration is currently still advocated for budget cuts after declaring an emergency, but who knows how long before this guy is thrown under the bus[2]) This was widely condemned but I don’t remember much media coverage. In 2019 a bipartisan group of experts petitioned the president to reinstate those positions and not to cut funding[0], and recently at the start of the outbreak in February senators wrote a letter to the head of the NSC to please appoint people for the pandemic preparedness roles[1], but so far nothing. [0] https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/191122_EndingTheCycle_GHSC_WEB_FULL_11.22.pdf?utm_campaign=wp_the_health_202&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_health202 https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/1... [1] https://www.schatz.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/021320%20NSC%20Novel%20Coronavirus%20Letter%20final%20pdf.pdf https://www.schatz.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/021320%20NSC%20N... [2] https://thehill.com/policy/finance/486817-trump-budget-chief-holds-firm-on-cdc-cuts-amid-virus-outbreak https://thehill.com/policy/finance/486817-trump-budget-chief...
  - esturk 7y ago
    Did you open the link two posts above yours?
  - stareatgoats 7y ago
    FYI https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/10/1926075/-Trump-Struggles-to-Explain-Why-He-Disbanded-Pandemic-Response-Unit https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/10/1926075/-Trump-St...

jjeaff 7y ago

Correct. And Trump completely disbanded the Pandemic response team in 2018.

sitkack 7y ago
Do you have something linkable?
- mattnewton 7y ago
  https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/487581-bolton-defends-decision-to-shutter-nsc-pandemic-office?amp https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/487581-bolton-de... https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/i-dont-know-anything-about-it-trump-says-about-his-white-house-eliminating-the-pandemic-response-team.amp https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/i-dont-know-anyt... In 2018 the people in charge of the program were forced out, and Trump repeatedly (unsuccessfully) sought to cut the CDC budget (and the administration is currently still advocated for budget cuts after declaring an emergency, but who knows how long before this guy is thrown under the bus[2]) This was widely condemned but I don’t remember much media coverage. In 2019 a bipartisan group of experts petitioned the president to reinstate those positions and not to cut funding[0], and recently at the start of the outbreak in February senators wrote a letter to the head of the NSC to please appoint people for the pandemic preparedness roles[1], but so far nothing. [0] https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/191122_EndingTheCycle_GHSC_WEB_FULL_11.22.pdf?utm_campaign=wp_the_health_202&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_health202 https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/1... [1] https://www.schatz.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/021320%20NSC%20Novel%20Coronavirus%20Letter%20final%20pdf.pdf https://www.schatz.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/021320%20NSC%20N... [2] https://thehill.com/policy/finance/486817-trump-budget-chief-holds-firm-on-cdc-cuts-amid-virus-outbreak https://thehill.com/policy/finance/486817-trump-budget-chief...
- esturk 7y ago
  Did you open the link two posts above yours?
- stareatgoats 7y ago
  FYI https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/10/1926075/-Trump-Struggles-to-Explain-Why-He-Disbanded-Pandemic-Response-Unit https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/10/1926075/-Trump-St...