Did DT eliminate a lot of professionals at the CDC? Sorry, there have been so many people he

[napi21]

eliminated I cant remember The reason I ask is that I've heard several complaints that the CDC isn't doing it's job in the ccarnovirius situation. A Rep. from Calif. is on "The Last Word now saying the CDC hasn't provided the necessary test kits and won't let Calif. utilize the Caif labs to do the testing themselves. It all sounds like Trump like incompetence to me.

[onecaliberal]

1. Yes

[Lars39]

2. Yes....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213010552

[napi21]

4. Thank you. Somehow I knew because I always felt we could trust the CDC even when I thought they

were being too cautious in some things. Well, it looks like all his personell & budget cuts are finally going to get him. The tragic results of the US being so unprepared for this most recent virus emergency can't be blamed on anyone or anything else. He cant control what's happening or what's being said. The market's reacting poorly & we just might be getting help getting him to lose the election in Nov. No amount of lies and ass ki**ing can save him.

[hlthe2b]

3. Yes. Please read the following. It isn't CDC that isn't doing its job though hands tied...

Nearly 700 vacancies at CDC because of Trump administration’s hiring freeze
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/05/19/nearly-700-vacancies-at-cdc-because-of-trump-administration-hiring-freeze/


https://fortune.com/2020/02/26/coronavirus-covid-19-cdc-budget-cuts-us-trump/
That same year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was forced to slash its efforts to prevent global disease outbreak by 80% as its funding for the program began to run out. The agency, at the time, opted to focus on 10 priority countries and scale back in others, including China.

Also cut was the Complex Crises Fund, a $30 million emergency response pool that was at the secretary of state’s disposal to deploy disease experts and others in the event of a crisis. (The fund was created by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.)

Overall in 2018, Trump called for $15 billion in reduced health spending that had previously been approved, as he looked at increasing budget deficits, cutting the global disease-fighting budgets of the CDC, National Security Council (NSC), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Health and Human Services (HHS) in the process.

The effects of those cuts are being felt today. While the CDC announced plans to test people with flu-like symptoms for COVID-19, those have been delayed and only three of the country’s 100 public-health labs have been able to test for coronavirus. The administration’s request for additional funding came roughly two weeks after officials said HHS was almost out of funding for its response to the virus.