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Trump seeks to cut Ebola funding the same day Ebola breaks out in the Congo


The Op still doesn't prove anything. Seeing as its more speculation and banter then actual evidence against what is being done.

I suggest you try next time. If you really want to make your case that is.

If the people of the world really wanted this money to stay where it is. I invite them to prove that it needs to stay, instead of just sitting there and not being used like its been doing almost everyday since it was sat there.
They should do that, because it works better at making a point then pointing, beating their heads against their desk and screeching that Trump is making the wrong choice. This is exactly what lost democrats the presidency. They didn't hand offer relevant evidence for their claims and decided to continue whining.

This was a good choice and even if there is an outbreak. Money can be diverted to help deal with that problem as well. Just like we have done in the past. These people are just looking for something to cry about at this point.
 
The Op still doesn't prove anything.

Neither does making assertions without a thing to back them up...

Project much?

Why is it guys on the Right can't get within an AU of reality? When you have an emergency, you don't want to wait months or years for Congress to actually do something.

The program already exists, it's funded. The person that wants change (you) needs to make the case that it's a good idea.

Problem is, the CDC has some of the best scientists in the world. They worked up a good program. With a plague like Ebola, you need to move fast, and this program does.

What you are proposing is nuts.
 
Ebola is dangerous, so much so that we have a program that helps countries at risk get ready to contain it when it breaks out. That's cheaper, safer, and way better than trying to deal with it when it gets here.

So naturally the Trump crowd wants to stop doing it.

As luck would have it, that same day, there was a new outbreak of Ebola in the Congo, the DRC.

"That timing couldn’t be worse.

“The entire global health community would agree that cutting funding is a bad idea,” Rebecca Katz, an associate professor and co-director of Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security, told The Daily Beast. “An outbreak anywhere can be everywhere within a matter of days. Viruses do not respect political boundaries, which means we have a collective risk and a collective responsibility to prevent, detect, and respond.”

This is a wake up call, people. You don't have a president, what you have is Russian Roulette. Which is more than a little ironic, all things considered.




https://www.thedailybeast.com/ebolas-backand-it-could-be-worse-thanks-to-trump?ref=wrap

This is especially distressing now that there is an actual vaccine that can be used in patients who may have been exposed.

The way to stop epidemic diseases is to prevent them from becoming epidemics in the first place!

This ‘lucky mistake’ from a Winnipeg lab is saving people from Ebola in the Congo | Globalnews.ca
 
That money is there so we can deal with crisis quickly.

You quoted that in your previous post, but didn't understand it.

And if needed in the future, that money can be put back into the pot just as quickly.
 
And if needed in the future, that money can be put back into the pot just as quickly.

Sure.

Because when I think of a body that can pass legislation quickly and efficiently, especially when it involves a theoretical threat that isn’t happening in the US... I think of the US Congress. :roll:
 
Neither does making assertions without a thing to back them up...

Project much?

Why is it guys on the Right can't get within an AU of reality? When you have an emergency, you don't want to wait months or years for Congress to actually do something.

The program already exists, it's funded. The person that wants change (you) needs to make the case that it's a good idea.

Problem is, the CDC has some of the best scientists in the world. They worked up a good program. With a plague like Ebola, you need to move fast, and this program does.

What you are proposing is nuts.

You know that there is still going to be funding right? Because this isn't taking all of the money.

Or do you think Trump is going to try and make off with the whole bank. Like some kind of half-assed team rocket scheme?
 
Because life isn't a bake sale selling pot brownies.

Though your posts are. (To comply with the 'strict accuracy' rule it must be noted that your attempt to make the President of the United States personally responsible for every event in Africa is half baked).
 
Though your posts are. (To comply with the 'strict accuracy' rule it must be noted that your attempt to make the President of the United States personally responsible for every event in Africa is half baked).

Not really.

Cheney had tied the CDC into knots. It took a lot of work for Obama to get it working again.

You see? It's a stylistic convention, everyone does it, and everyone knows it's a shorthand for the Obama administration.

Trump screwed up, life being what it is, on the same day an outbreak of the deadly Ebola plague broke out.

For anyone that does anything beyond making excuses, that says all you need to know.
 
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