Ok I’m going to attempt a thread that brings together all the reporting on things Trump did prior to the virus which set us up for failure. 1/
Pandemic team on the NDC dissolved in 2018 https://apnews.com/ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a">https://apnews.com/ce014d94b...
2018: CDC to cut by 80 percent efforts to prevent global disease outbreak - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/02/01/cdc-to-cut-by-80-percent-efforts-to-prevent-global-disease-outbreak/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-y...
Nearly 700 vacancies at CDC because of Trump administration’s hiring freeze - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/05/19/nearly-700-vacancies-at-cdc-because-of-trump-administration-hiring-freeze/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-y...
Obama-era pandemic playbook & #39;was thrown onto a shelf& #39; https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/obama-era-pandemic-playbook-was-thrown-shelf-n1170276">https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-ma...
Added zero supplies to national stockpile during term. Let existing stockpile expire. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/desperate-for-medical-equipment-states-encounter-a-beleaguered-national-stockpile/2020/03/28/1f4f9a0a-6f82-11ea-aa80-c2470c6b2034_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/...
Given full walkthrough exercise https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/488069-obama-officials-walked-trump-aides-through-global-pandemic-exercise-in-2017">https://thehill.com/policy/he...
Contagion exercise in 2019 revealed massive deficiencies #page=1">https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6824-2019-10-key-findings-and-after/05bd797500ea55be0724/optimized/full.pdf #page=1">https://int.nyt.com/data/docu...
Trump administration ended coronavirus detection program - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-04-02/coronavirus-trump-pandemic-program-viruses-detection">https://www.latimes.com/science/s...
Axed expert on the ground in China https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv-idUSKBN21910S">https://www.reuters.com/article/u...