That makes sense, I hadn't thought of it that way. I guess the degree to which people donate to such agencies without restriction is related to how much trust

That makes sense, I hadn't thought of it that way. I guess the degree to which people donate to such agencies without restriction is related to how much trust is involved for that agency. Thank you for sharing the link with the podcast. To be honest, I hadn't realized that the CDC had a foundation until I saw this today and had been wondering about how to be able to direct funds to them specifically (I did definitely know about other relief agencies, such as Doctors without Borders). I had been specifically wondering about the interplay of the newer crowdfunding models (like Kickstarter or even Watsi) and traditional donation models here, and whether there were new/different opportunities for rapid response methods to approach this kind of challenge (and how one might go about it).