Yes and no. I think the current Ebola outbreak would not be happening if the US was still committed to global health.

The Ebola virus is not simply a health issue but a cultural and eudcational "problem" too. There is a reason people eat bushmeat because 1, it's their culture 2, they would otherwise have nothing to eat especially not meat protein.

NSFL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XasTcDsDfMg

	▲	ceejayoz 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		USAID was, among many other things, working on educating folks about this. Education, cultural sensitivity, etc. are health issues.

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amazingamazing an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The world should be more independent and self sufficient. It will be better in the long run.

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somenameforme an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You mean the 17th ebola outbreak in the DRC?

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OrvalWintermute an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	ceejayoz an hour ago \| parent [-]
		https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/27/g-s1-... Musk: “So, for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was Ebola prevention.” “As of early February, the U.S. was not providing funding to support testing and port screenings in Uganda because of Trump's freeze on almost all U.S. foreign assistance.” “Within USAID's Global Health Bureau there was a team of people that specialized in high risk outbreaks, like Ebola. "Virtually all of those people have been pushed out of the agency, and they have not been brought back. Only a very small handful — like low single digits — remain from what had been something like a 30 person team," says Jeremy Konyndyk, who oversaw USAID's response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak.” “As for the role of the CDC, Spencer says what its officials can do is limited by Trump's order that the CDC not communicate with WHO.”