More than four hours after the news emerged, the C.D.C. issued its first public statement about the outbreak, saying, “We are working closely with our international partners to provide technical assistance and guidance to mitigate risk.” It did not mention the Americans who were back in the country or efforts to monitor them.
It was only a day earlier, on Tuesday, that the agency had set up a team to respond to the outbreak, nearly a month after the first patient had died.
To some public health experts, the alarming thing about this situation is not the hantavirus, which they note spreads among people rarely, and only with close contact over a period of time rather than casual interactions. It is that the administration’s sluggish response and lack of communication suggest the United States is ill prepared for a larger health crisis, such as another pandemic.
An entire country is stuck in an abusive relationship with an authoritarian psycho who is relying on weaponized incompetence to help him strategically draw out his grip on power for as long as possible.
That feeling of dread any time there’s even the remote possibility of disease outbreak bc you 100% know he would view “failing” to prevent another pandemic as a golden opportunity allowing him to make more money while further tightening his grip, even if he “accidentally” ends up killing everybody in the process.
ok, but post 2020 we are back to not washing shit off our hands and licking toilet seats while SARS/COV2 is the number 5 killer in America 2025.
I’m sure Trump will say, “It’s going away. It’ll go away. Things go away. No question in my mind that it will go away”, again.
Agent orange will probably suggest drinking more Fanta. Specifically Orange flavored. DONCHYA WANTA FANTA, DONCHYA DONCHYA WANTA FANTA?
Brought to you by Coca-Cola.
“It was just one guy in Ghina”
“It will go away once it warms up”
He’d probably sign an EO to ban the tests. That will make it go away!
He’ll ask the Supreme Court to rule that viruses are illegal aliens in need of deportation by ICE.
Good thing nothing like this has ever happened before while this chode was president… Oh wait
TBH we’re lucky it’s taken this long for something to happen linked to their cuts. But I’m sure someone more clever can point out earlier links that don’t come to mind.
It would be more surprising if Trump didn’t make things worse
