"... TB is airborne. You cannot stop it at the border. It’s spread through air – as long as you breathe, you will get it. And not just TB, but also drug-resista

"... TB is airborne. You cannot stop it at the border. It’s spread through air – as long as you breathe, you will get it. And not just TB, but also drug-resistant TB and extreme drug-resistant TB. The current measures will probably create additional strains because there are people with interrupted treatment, there are people not diagnosed and so on." From TFA. Millions of dollars in spending ($250m -- $400m/yr, from TFA) will generate trillions of dollars in savings through avoided pandemics. The Covid-19 pandemic cost the US $14 trillion through the end of 2023: <https://healthpolicy.usc.edu/research/covid-19s-total-cost-to-the-economy-in-us-will-reach-14-trillion-by-end-of-2023-new-research/ https://healthpolicy.usc.edu/research/covid-19s-total-cost-t...> Curtailing funding without a planned drawdown or transition to other forms of support strands and makes useless assets including laboratories, screening centres, healthcare workers, and far, far, far more. The approach taken is, as I've already described, simply suicidal. Those with an capacity at comprehending basic English and applying elementary reasoning skills are encouraged to read a NY Times article which spells out the impacts of the aid curtailment on the US and its citizens and residents: "How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks" Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other checkpoints. Millions of unscreened animals shipped across borders. The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out outbreaks around the world, scientists say, leaving people everywhere more vulnerable to threatening viruses and bacteria. That includes Americans. <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/health/usaid-funding-disease-outbreaks.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/health/usaid-funding-dise...> Archive: <https://archive.is/yvMly https://archive.is/yvMly>