Thread by @Laurie_Garrett, Jaw-drop. The @WhiteHouse plans to move the entire #COVID19 #pandemic response into [...]

Jaw-drop. The @WhiteHouse plans to move the entire #COVID19 #pandemic response into the @StateDept , putting #DeborahBirx in charge, and creating a pseudo- #WHO alternative. It's to be dubbed the President's Response to Outbreaks, or PRO.

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Trump administration might consolidate pandemic response at State Department

The proposal could establish an alternative mechanism to some of the work done by the World Health Organization, which Trump has criticized.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/22/trump-coronavirus-state-department-275139?cid=apn

2/ "PRO"
The scheme would undermine @USAID and make decisions about who in world gets access to US-made medical & vaccine supplies. Under it, Preparedness Initiative for #pandemics & Emergency Response, or PIPER, “a central fund to focus bilateral, multilateral, & private-"
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3/ "PRO"
"...sector funds to fight #pandemics.”
Dox say “private sector-oriented solutions are inherently more innovative, scalable & impactful,” so it's a “multi-donor incentive fund to devel & deploy detection, tracking & resp solutions around the world” https://www.devex.com/news/exclusive-state-department-makes-bid-for-us-global-pandemic-response-powers-97315

Exclusive: State Department makes bid for US global pandemic response powers

The President’s Response to Outbreaks would be led by a new coordinator at the State Department, and it would establish a new central fund for global health security.

https://www.devex.com/news/exclusive-state-department-makes-bid-for-us-global-pandemic-response-powers-97315

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