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Friday, February 20, 2026

After pulling out of the World Health Organization, the Trump administration is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the global disease surveillance and outbreak functions the United States once helped build and accessed at a fraction of the cost, according to three administration officials briefed on the proposal.

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After pulling out of the World Health Organization, the Trump admin is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the global disease surveillance and outbreak functions the U.S. once helped build and accessed at a fraction of the cost, according to three officials briefed on the proposal.

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-- Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) Feb 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM

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"Spending two to three times the cost to create what we already had access to makes absolutely no sense in terms of fiscal stewardship,"

"We're not going to get the same quality or breadth of information we would have by being in the WHO, or have anywhere the influence we had."

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#1 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-02-19 09:48 PM | Reply

About what you'd expect from a grifting conman bith-nithman who managed to go bankrupt running casinos...

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2026-02-20 10:32 AM | Reply

My first question would be along the lines of ...

How might Trump Inc benefit from the proposed alternative?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-21 12:05 AM | Reply

Has it occurred to any MAGAs still posting here that the Trump administration is packed with people whose only required qualification is blimd support for the cult leaser and it goes beyond partisan differences all the way to; most of them are just stupid people who don't know how to do their jobs? It costs billions of dollars unnecessarily yet provides inferior results. It made sense for epedemics to be studied and tracked by a worldwide organization because viruses do not respect national borders; ask the President of Mezico where measles coming from mostly MAGAs who oppose vaccinations in the United States. Yes, your ignorance can cause disease and death om the other side of our southern border. The next time we have Presidential debates question #1 should be: "Do you believe in science?"

#4 | Posted by danni at 2026-02-21 07:43 AM | Reply

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