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@schoonertomsaylor.bsky.social
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These unanticipated, abrupt & cruel funding cuts will cost lives

Ebola outbreaks demand diligent & meticulous tracking of transmission chains

Even small lapses can allow spread to escalate dramatically & become hidden in ways that can take months to regain a grip on
March 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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A Kafkaesque tale unfolding in this @stephanienolen.bsky.social story of tuberculosis programs in the wake of aid cuts (all the more the case given Kafka died of TB).
In Kenya parents who took their sick children to get tested for TB the day before Trump was inaugurated are still waiting to hear if their children are infected. People with drug-resistant TB are not being treated. A global health risk, delivered by the aid freeze www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...
Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally (Gift Article)
The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Tom Saylor at the small fishing community of White Point on Cape Breton Island
December 31, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Sailing out of my home port on Cape Breton Island
December 14, 2024 at 9:58 PM
December 13, 2024 at 1:10 AM