I don't think that it's about the good people who work at NIAID, rather about the larger system in which this agency is contained, that may not be "listening to

I don't think that it's about the good people who work at NIAID, rather about the larger system in which this agency is contained, that may not be "listening to the experts", delivering good outcomes at good costs to all people. And that the value of such agencies may not be recognised. How secure is their funding today?