How will the Trump admin handle #coronavirus? "I would rather see CDC and the Health and Human Services Dept handle this from a public health perspective, a scientific perspective, rather than mucking it up w/ politics,” @LawrenceGostin told @statnews:http://bit.ly/2vpQFe9
Unfortunately, Trump gutted the CDC budget -- practically halved it. CDC needs a budget and workforce that can tackle complex disasters and humanitarian emergencies. We need to be as prepared for global pandemics as we are for war.