"Mr. Trump had no explanation for why his White House shut down the Directorate for Global Health Security...established...in 2016 by President Barack Obama after the 2014 Ebola outbreak, stammering to suggest the coronavirus had been a surprise."
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Dr. Jonathan Reiner: “When the story is finally written, we’ll come to understand that tens of thousands of lives were placed at risk because of a political decision made by the president.”/2
The White House global security health directorate set up by Obama lasted until May 2018 when it was "folded into other parts of the National Security Council. Had it still been around, it would have been charged with preparing for exactly the situation now facing the country."/3
