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In reply to the discussion: Flu virus with 'pandemic potential' found in China [View all]TomCADem
(17,382 posts)28. Trump ended program to detect potential pandemic-causing viruses before they spread
Well that is too bad that scientists found a flu virus before it spread, because Trump ended the program designed to help detect new viruses and develop vaccines before they become pandemics.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/491004-trump-ended-program-to-detect-potential-pandemic-causing-viruses-before-they
The Trump administration cut a $200 million program that trains scientists in China and other foreign countries to detect viruses that could become pandemics two months before the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Wuhan, China, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The program was launched by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2009 and reportedly supported staff in the Chinese lab that eventually identified the new coronavirus. The initiative, dubbed Predict, was launched in response to the 2005 bird flu outbreak.
According to the Times, USAID on Wednesday gave a $2.26 million grant to help labs around the world control the virus.
Look at the name: Our efforts were to predict this before it happens. Thats the part of the program that was exciting and thats the part Im worried about, Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, a key player in the program, told the Times.
The program was launched by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2009 and reportedly supported staff in the Chinese lab that eventually identified the new coronavirus. The initiative, dubbed Predict, was launched in response to the 2005 bird flu outbreak.
According to the Times, USAID on Wednesday gave a $2.26 million grant to help labs around the world control the virus.
Look at the name: Our efforts were to predict this before it happens. Thats the part of the program that was exciting and thats the part Im worried about, Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, a key player in the program, told the Times.
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Trump ended program to detect potential pandemic-causing viruses before they spread
TomCADem
Jun 2020
#28
I wonder what would happen it they started giving the animals the drugs like they do over here?
LiberalArkie
Jun 2020
#2
We go through the flu every year that starts from the animals. There is a reason a long time ago
LiberalArkie
Jun 2020
#14
It used to be that calves were given antibiotics because they made them grow faster
csziggy
Jun 2020
#26
I've been expecting a RW mantra, "this is a once in 100 years event" to head off big changes
brewens
Jun 2020
#3
1789 in France is an example of what can potentially happen to the 1% if they keep
cstanleytech
Jun 2020
#9
Covid 19, new swine flu and regular flu. I'll be in my basement, see you in May.
dem4decades
Jun 2020
#4
Assuming people continue to travel less than they used to internationally due to the current
cstanleytech
Jun 2020
#8
Hopefully the extra precautions taken for COVID 19 will make the flu season less
yellowdogintexas
Jun 2020
#23