Dr. Christine Eady MannVerified account

First of all, no one has asserted that the President has defunded the CDC. But what @JudgeCarter fails to mention is that the President *did* dismantle the US Pandemic Response team to save money. That is the applicable issue here. 2/8

Pandemic response teams are *necessary* on an on-going basis to address issues like Ebola, pandemic flu seasons, and in our current case, #Coronavirus. 3/8

These teams spend time between pandemics creating statistical models, best-case/worst-case scenarios, and algorithms necessary to immediately address pandemics when they occur. This between-pandemic work is *critical* to readiness when a pandemic appears. 4/8

They keep track of outbreaks around the world of infectious diseases that you may not even know exist, monitoring local/state/federal response capability and medical system capacity so that resources can be mobilized and shifted immediately. 5/8