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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · May 30

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · May 30

The best metric of Elon's time in Washington. @impactcounter.bsky.social

Mathias Hong @hongmathias.bsky.social · May 20

Estimated deaths caused by Funding Discontinuation in the U.S. (until now)

90.377
Adult Deaths

188.584
Child Deaths

Deaths Per Hour
103

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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · May 29

Many of the health systems that might have collected mortality data in LMICs were funded by the same US programs that got cut, explains @brookeenichols.bsky.social (@busph.bsky.social). Platforms like her @impactcounter.bsky.social help fill these data gaps.
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http://spr.ly/63327NNIEd

Marco Rubio said no one has died due to U.S. aid cuts. This mom disagrees

Mariam Mohammed says her younger son died when she could not get treatment for him at a U.S.-funded clinic that had temporarily closed. Researchers say there are many thousands of cases like his.

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Mathias Hong @hongmathias.bsky.social · May 20

Estimated deaths caused by Funding Discontinuation in the U.S. (until now)

90.377
Adult Deaths

188.584
Child Deaths

Deaths Per Hour
103

1/2

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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · May 2

According to CEID-funded @impactcounter.bsky.social, roughly one person dies from HIV every three minutes following US foreign aid cuts. Read more in @nature.com: http://spr.ly/633242aTXs

Trump blew up the global fight against AIDS. Can it recover?

Nature - An ambitious plan to stop the global threat of AIDS has been derailed. But many are hopeful that progress can be salvaged.

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IAS - the International AIDS Society @iasociety.bsky.social · Apr 14

"The attacks on #HIV research are just the beginning of unraveling decades of progress" via @theatlantic.com

Trump’s Revenge on Public Health

The attacks on HIV research are just the beginning of unraveling decades of progress.

www.theatlantic.com

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Apr 14

Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

More than 180,000 and counting.

#FundingCutsCostLives

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Apr 14

The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com

#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Apr 14

The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

PEPFAR.impactcounter.com

#HIV #FundingCutsCostLives #USAID

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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · Apr 7

On BU Giving Day, this Wednesday, please consider making a gift of any amount to CEID. Your support helps fund our work such as @impactcounter.bsky.social developed by @brookeenichols.bsky.social to quantify lives lost due to cuts to PEPFAR.
Donate directly to CEID at give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 31

Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

More than 150,000 and counting.

#FundingCutsCostLives

impactcounter.com/dashboard

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 31

The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com

#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 31

The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

PEPFAR.impactcounter.com

#HIV #FundingCutsCostLives #USAID

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 25

Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the combined human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

#FundingCutsCostLives

impactcounter.com/dashboard

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 25

The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

PEPFAR.impactcounter.com

#HIV #FundingCutsCostLives

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 25

The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com
#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives

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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · Mar 21

Her calculations estimate that hundreds of thousands of lives will be lost to infectious diseases like malaria, TB, & HIV due to cuts to USAID, PEPFAR, & Medicaid. View real-time updates at her @impactcounter.bsky.social
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter

Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.

www.impactcounter.com

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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · Mar 24

CEID faculty Dr. Brooke Nichols (@busph.bsky.social) developed @impactcounter.bsky.social to serve as a tool to quantify, both for government officials and general public, the toll that cuts to foreign aid will have on real lives.
www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...

Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts

Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...

www.bu.edu

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 24

Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

#FundingCutsCostLives

impactcounter.com/dashboard

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 24

The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com
#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 24

The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

PEPFAR.impactcounter.com

#HIV #FundingCutsCostLives

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 17

Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

#FundingCutsCostLives

impactcounter.com/dashboard

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 17

The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com
#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 17

The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

PEPFAR.impactcounter.com

#HIV #FundingCutsCostLives

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