The article highlights the detrimental impact of the Trump administration's cuts to scientific research and disease monitoring on public health. Virologist Dr. Angela Rasmussen warns that the current condition of hospitals treating both regular and bird flu patients increases the risk of mutating bird flu strains transmitting among humans. The article suggests that the reduced capacity for public health surveillance and response could allow a bird flu outbreak to spiral out of control, resulting in a public health crisis exacerbated by insufficient vaccine stockpiles and potential regulatory barriers to timely responses.
This is the stuff of nightmares, virologist Dr. Angela Rasmussen told me earlier this week.
With DOGE-mandated cuts destroying vital public health systems, we've disabled our monitoring.
It'll be like one day everything's fine and the next day it's a bird flu pandemic.
Each Trump appointee heading a different aspect of the federal system has their own destructive potential.
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