USAID is experiencing a significant operational crisis as its website was taken down, symbolizing a larger attempt to dismantle the agency without clear justification. Various experts, including former officials, have voiced concerns about the implications of this shutdown, indicating that it threatens vital health initiatives designed to prevent epidemics. Democratic lawmakers have condemned these actions, referring to them as illegal and detrimental to both national and global health efforts. The lack of transparency during this process has raised alarms within the agency and among those reliant on its services.
"They have announced no plan and given no rationale - they're just taking everything down," Konyndyk said. "They're trying to do it behind the scenes rather than openly."
"USAID has become the place where the administration is demonstrating and developing its playbook for eviscerating other targeted agencies," said Dr. Atul Gawande.
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