{"text":"@lnxw48a1 Do you want a really scary thought?\n\nWhat if something like this happened next year in (pick any large US city) while the below is going on.\n\n\nAmid coronavirus outbreak, Trump proposes slashing CDC budget Ars Technica\nhttps:\/\/nu.federati.net\/url\/262887\n\n\n>Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. Trump proposes cutting roughly $427 million in funding for the chronic disease category\u2014a roughly 34.5 percent drop from enacted 2020 spending.\n\n>\n\n>The budget also cuts funding for infectious-disease responses, including a 13 percent cut to programs under the category of \u201cemerging and zoonotic infectious diseases.\u201d (Zoonotic infectious diseases are those that spread from animals to people, of which the novel coronavirus is one.) This category includes cuts to programs addressing antibiotic-resistant infections, food safety, and healthcare-associated infections.\n\n>\n\n>Additionally, Trump proposes a 10 percent cut to \u201cpublic health scientific services,\u201d which includes funding for health statistics, surveillance, epidemiology, and informatics activities. There\u2019s also a 3 percent cut to \u201cpublic health preparedness and response\u201d programs and a nearly 7 percent cut to global health programs.","truncated":false,"created_at":"Fri Feb 14 20:33:23 +0000 2020","in_reply_to_status_id":"3270032","uri":"tag:nu.federati.net,2020-02-14:noticeId=3270077:objectType=note","source":"web","source_link":null,"id":3270077,"in_reply_to_user_id":2,"in_reply_to_screen_name":"lnxw48a1","geo":null,"attachments":[{"url":"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2020\/02\/amid-coronavirus-outbreak-trump-proposes-slashing-cdc-budget\/","mimetype":"text\/html; charset=UTF-8","size":null}],"user":{"id":16,"name":"GeniusMusing","screen_name":"geniusmusing","location":"Pacific Northwest","description":"AKA Wile E. Coyote, Inventor, Maker, Programmer, Writer and Super Genius.","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/16-48-20231020001658.png","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/16-48-20231020001658.png","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/16-96-20231020000904.png","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/16-300-20231020000904.png","groups_count":4,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":null,"protected":false,"followers_count":43,"friends_count":21,"created_at":"Tue Jan 10 05:20:26 +0000 2017","utc_offset":"-25200","time_zone":"America\/Los_Angeles","statuses_count":2344,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/geniusmusing","favourites_count":2901},"statusnet_html":"@lnxw48a1<\/a> Do you want a really scary thought?
\nWhat if something like this happened next year in (pick any large US city) while the below is going on.
\nAmid coronavirus outbreak, Trump proposes slashing CDC budget Ars Technica
https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/url\/262887<\/a>
\n>Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. Trump proposes cutting roughly $427 million in funding for the chronic disease category\u2014a roughly 34.5 percent drop from enacted 2020 spending.
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\n>The budget also cuts funding for infectious-disease responses, including a 13 percent cut to programs under the category of \u201cemerging and zoonotic infectious diseases.\u201d (Zoonotic infectious diseases are those that spread from animals to people, of which the novel coronavirus is one.) This category includes cuts to programs addressing antibiotic-resistant infections, food safety, and healthcare-associated infections.
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\n>Additionally, Trump proposes a 10 percent cut to \u201cpublic health scientific services,\u201d which includes funding for health statistics, surveillance, epidemiology, and informatics activities. There\u2019s also a 3 percent cut to \u201cpublic health preparedness and response\u201d programs and a nearly 7 percent cut to global health programs.","statusnet_conversation_id":2473298,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}