Defunded the CDC? So the CDC doesn't exist anymore?
Let's see here, it looks like less than a month ago 3 MD's and a DVM from the CDC gave a presentation and interim guidance to clinicians all across the U.S. in regards to the Coronavirus. Just two days before that an MD and Epidemiologist from the CDC gave a mid flu season interim guidance update to clinicians across the country, Just before the holidays an update from the CDC on Ebola and on and on and on . .
Let's see CDC Covid Incident Management System established on 1/7/2020, unprecedented steps in restriction of travel and testing off boarding travelers from infected locations started on 2/2/20, level 3 travel guidance issued by the CDC for China, South Korea, Japan, Iran, Italy, Hong Kong. Interim Health Guidance alert issued on 2/1 to all state and local healthcare agencies. Management of people at risk of exposure alert and update issued on 2/3 by the CDC. Numerous multi-disciplinary CDC teams dispatched to various locales across the country to assist local and state officials. CDC has Gene Sequenced all the known cases in the U.S. and uploaded to the GeneBank. CDC has cultured the virus and sent to the NIH BFI lab and made available to the entirety of the medical community across the globe . . .