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SARSv1 was very similar to COVID-19 (which was originally called SARSv2). Under Obama, a team of US scientists working internationally (including in China) det
by hedora 1y ago
SARSv1 was very similar to COVID-19 (which was originally called SARSv2).
Under Obama, a team of US scientists working internationally (including in China) detected SARSv1 early enough to stop it from becoming a pandemic. That team had blocked other pandemics over the years.
Trump fired that team early in his first term, preventing the US from running the early response to COVID in China.
Here is a list of current epidemics the US is either intentionally not responding to, or where the response stopped working since Trump got in office:
- Measles
- Avian Flu
- Tuberculosis
- Screw worm
At least one of those is going to hit the US hard in the short term, and Trump’s intentional sabotage of our public health infrastructure will be to blame.