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I'm curious, is this true or something you heard from MSM and regurgitated?
by behnamoh 3mo ago
I'm curious, is this true or something you heard from MSM and regurgitated?
- brokencode 3mo agoAs opposed to what? Going down to Africa to count the bodies myself? Of course I read about it in the media. And there are articles from Harvard, UCLA, and others that say the same thing
- grosswait 3mo agoFormer beneficiaries of USAID funds created some studies you say?
- brokencode 3mo agoYup, the destitute and dying are famous for their highly publicized research.
- jeremyjh 3mo agoTell me you don't know how science works without telling me that you don't know how science works.
- mullingitover 3mo ago> Forecasting models predicted that the current steep funding cuts could result in more than 14 051 750 (uncertainty interval 8 475 990–19 662 191) additional all-age deaths, including 4 537 157 (3 124 796–5 910 791) in children younger than age 5 years, by 2030. https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(25)01186-9/full... So for comparison, Pol Pot only killed 3 million people in total according to upper bound estimates.
- breezybottom 3mo agoThe mainstream media is Fox News, so probably not.
- jeremyjh 3mo agoSo you think a malaria prevention program can be canceled without notice and no one will die from that? The only people who believe that do not believe in anything. They think there is no such thing as competence or honesty because they have never experienced it.
- declan_roberts 3mo agoThat's not true. I believe firmly the American taxpayer and government is responsible for the lives of every single person in the world.
- jeremyjh 3mo agoWe were responsible for providing notice and a transition period when we stopped paying for it. We didn't have to pay for it, and they didn't have to die. But we have an administration that can't plan a pool party.