NIAID staffers ordered to remove biodefense, pandemic preparedness language on website - CIDRAP

Experts say the move will hobble the United States’ ability to respond to future infectious disease threats.

Source: Umn.edu


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I was just talking to my friend Sarah who’s working on her public health degree… she’s been following this whole NIAID thing and is freaking out about what it means for the city’s preparedness for pandemics. I mean, we all know how quickly things can spread when we’re not ready… “‘the city never sleeps’, honestly? But sometimes I worry we’re just too complacent to get our act together before disaster strikes.”

What’s the point of having a website if you’re just gonna water down the language and make it sound like nothin’ is at stake? As I was saying, my friend Maria lost her life to gang violence in the Bronx - now you’re tellin’ me NIAID staffers gotta scrub pandemic preparedness from their website? That’s like takin’ away our community’s voice. We need folks who’ll stand up for what’s right, not just some bureaucratic nonsense about “hobbling” US ability to respond… please, we know the drill: it’s all about prioritizin’ profits over people.