Trump administration ended pandemic early-warning program to detect coronaviruses ... The name of the program was "PREDICT"
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Now before y'all get too worked up... as if that ever happens... this was an act of omission not commission, meaning in this instance y'alls' boy simply did not renew a grant as two prior administrations had done. So y'all got that going for you...
But what it does show is a short-sighted, lack of understanding of what it takes to keep us safe.
It's a pattern.
It's another piece of the puzzle.
One added note...
In March of this year some funding was found to put our scientists back into Labs they were in last year... including the one in Wuhan.
Just another instance of this Administration closing the barn door after the horses had all run away... sad...
Trump administration ended pandemic early-warning program to detect coronaviruses
April 2, 2020 4:35 PMTwo months before the novel coronavirus is thought to have begun its deadly advance in Wuhan, China, the Trump administration ended a $200-million pandemic early-warning program aimed at training scientists in China and other countries to detect and respond to such a threat.
The project, launched by the U.S. Agency for International Development in 2009, identified 1,200 different viruses that had the potential to erupt into pandemics, including more than 160 novel coronaviruses. The initiative, called PREDICT, also trained and supported staff in 60 foreign laboratories — including the Wuhan lab that identified SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Field work ceased when the funding ran out in September, and organizations that worked on the PREDICT program laid off dozens of scientists and analysts, said Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, a key player in the program.
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For someone who was born and raised in Parma, you sure sound like a southerner.
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