We never knew how the story would end. We never had a con man—aided by Russian deception—grift his way into our highest office.
We knew it wouldn’t end well but it didnt have to go like this.
The GOP mantra under Trump:
“Save Money, Die Sooner”
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/m… @guardian
We knew it wouldn’t end well but it didnt have to go like this.
The GOP mantra under Trump:
“Save Money, Die Sooner”
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/m… @guardian
1/ “@ChrisCSellers, an expert in the envt and health at Stony Brook University and a lead author of the report, said Trump administration’s actions slowed down the response to the virus and probably affected the preparedness of hospitals and various government agencies”-@guardian
2/ “The administration has repeatedly and systematically corroded critical parts of the CDC,” Sellers said. “This was just begging for an epidemic to hit us. It was a perfect storm of lack of preparation.”-@guardian
3/ @ChrisCSellers added: “It’s kind of incredible they are now trying to rewrite history to say we have plenty of resources when they’ve systematically targeted them. They should be held responsible by the American people.”-@guardian
4/ “Over past three years, the Trump administration has drastically reduced a team working in China to identify global health threats like Covid-19..The initiative’s 11 CDC staffers have been cut to 3, while 39 workers classed as “local employees” have been cut to 11.”-@guardian
5/ The CDC has still undergone an “erosion of budget and staff under Trump” but without Congress’s defiance “thousands more Americans would likely die over the next few months because of even more reduced capacity at the CDC”, according to the report, compiled by the @EnviroDGI.
6/ “If we cannot draw lessons here for our future, then the risks Americans face both from emerging and chronic diseases will become truly incalculable,” the @EnviroDGI report warns.-@guardian @olliemilman
