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Craig Spencer MD MPH
@Craig_A_Spencer
Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it. They did it for PEPFAR. Now Ebola. I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
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Aaron Rupar
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Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
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Craig Spencer MD MPH
@Craig_A_Spencer
On January 29, Uganda reported an Ebola outbreak. Normally the U.S. would've very quickly sent one of our Ebola experts to help the response. But this time, we didn't. Because we couldn't. Because this administration wouldn't let them go right when this outbreak was declared.
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Craig Spencer MD MPH
@Craig_A_Spencer
And normally the U.S. would've helped set up border screening and other measures on the ground. But this time, we didn't. Normally, we would've spoke with the WHO about helping end the outbreak. But this time, we didn't. Because CDC staff weren't even allowed to talk to them.
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Craig Spencer MD MPH
@Craig_A_Spencer
I've been told by a colleague that Uganda tried calling the White House to notify them of the outbreak for 2 days...but no one answered the phone. Two months ago we had amazing experts working on global health security there. Now there appears to be no one to pick up a phone.
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Craig Spencer MD MPH
@Craig_A_Spencer
You know who does 'Ebola prevention' here in the U.S.? The CDC. Hundreds of these frontline experts lost their jobs last week as part of indiscriminate 'cost saving' firings. More cuts are expected. USAID has long supported Ebola response efforts overseas. Not no more.
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Craig Spencer MD MPH
@Craig_A_Spencer
So, it's NOT true to say 'one of things we accidentally cancelled very briefly was Ebola prevention' and that it was quickly restored... Because you've hobbled or directly dismantled the response structures needed to end Ebola outbreaks abroad and protect us here in the U.S.
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LMT ⚡️
@Limitless_LT
Thanks for sharing, Craig. I guess I should be shocked, but this is just another day with Fatman and Robin.
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#Ray
@chykeray
I am an African decent but I feel you guys should stop giving African people fishes all the time but teach them how to fish also so that they can be givers in the future . Uganda is rich in natural resources, including: 1.Minerals – Gold, copper, tin, tungsten, cobalt, limestone,
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hollarb
@rocktstl
It has been asserted that if spending keeps up we will just be paying interest on the debt…then we will not have $ for anything. This IS painful, but I don’t think the public realizes how dire our financial situation is. Yes Elon will screw up from time to time, but he is trying
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Karen V
@KarenV35692848
Saving $4 billion a day every day till September to get to a trillion dollar cut in the deficit if that doesn’t show the enormity of our financial situation what does?
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Eli Gaultney
@eligaultney
This feels like quite a dishonest take. They're talking about a USAID program in the clip. Elon was not responsible for the CDC being trimmed.
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Matthias Götzke
@mgoetzke
But isnt that an argument that can be used to justify almost no change ever anywhere? Its tragic what happened, but its also tragic that countries rely so much on the US (btw why did they not also call other countries like in Europe). America can help and should , but they are
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Slowly Boiled Frog 🏳️‍🌈
@davidcaryhart
Fire. Ready. Aim. EM fails to appreciate the difference between managing a private company, where mistakes are the manager's to bear, and managing a government department where mistakes might harm millions of people. These mistakes are preventable if he would simply adhere to
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Paul WCZ 🐍⌚️📚
@WczPaul
Excuse me, just a single question, can’t Uganda afford to pay those experts without having to ask the White House ?
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John Devlin
@Devlinside123
So there’s a giant dumpster filled with poisonous snakes…I’m going to take a flame thrower to it…then you tell me. Wait! There’s a few helpful animals mixed in with all the snakes… Too bad, I’m turning the whole thing into briquettes bc I have a suspicion that was part of the
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Scott LaMotte
@lamotte_sc7568
It was fixed and there was no disruption in any supplies. You know how vaccines work I assume. You know that most vaccines only have a certain amount of time to be used and it’s usually a last minute ordering process so none will be wasted until you have enough people to use it.
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The Conservative Viking
@Kevins_Right
When you have a garbage can full of crap...you take it to the curb...you don't sort through it to find something you meant to keep. When you find out you tossed it, you get a new one quickly....that's all that was. Elon is doing what he's supposed to do....he's human and things
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╰☆☆ ร𝓸𝐧Ƴ𝒶 ☆☆╮
@SonyaSmith
It's really sad that the rest of the world can't seem to solve any problems with out the US bankrolling them. There are 195 nations on this planet. The US is ONE of them, so 194 other nations and not a single one of them have an expert in infections diseases?? 194 other
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RG
@mr_rickyg
In the end nothing good will come of this administrations actions. America will not be great We will not save any money or lower the deficit. The world will be more damaged. This administration needs to go.
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Ivana Krumi
@IvanaKrumi
Fun fact: when Ebola hit Africa hard in 2010s, they all campaigned on NOT locking down and closing borders, because that’s no way to live
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Pieter-Jan Van Os
@p_jvanos
Why would that be false. At least he ADMITS it was a mistake... Do you know a lot of people in power that ADMIT their mistakes? It's the way he works... with Tesla, with spaceX... Mistakes are possible, you admit them, repair it, and go on!
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JW
@THE_youVyou
That’s a lot of words just to deflect from the obvious questions.. Why are my tax dollars being used for sex changes, condoms, DEI shit, etc. IN OTHER COUNTRIES
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@Rosieposeypood
The real evil is the way the politicians wrap these essential services in a bunch of really crooked awful fraud. That way when people try to stop the fraud, they get annihilated. It’s worked for years. Until now.
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Travis Boyd
@TravisBoydMD
Seems like the experts on Ebola should probably just live in the countries that commonly have Ebola outbreaks. Political funding stuff aside…the country that has had the second highest number of outbreaks should probably have some idea of how to manage them without needing
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Kevin Bass PhD MS
@kevinnbass
He's talking about a specific USAID program. He's saying it was canceled and restored. Which is true. He's not saying that all public health infrastructure is the same. So what you said and what he said could both be true. So either you're stupid or dishonest, I'm not sure which.
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Looky_hear
@Looky_Hear
Why is it the US that has to act fast and not the WHO? Seems like there is some missing information here. Ebola has been breaking out for a long time. Why hasn’t an Ugandan team been trained to handle it?
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Broken Arrow
@RCharlesCreates
It’s becoming exhausting dealing with people like Craig Spencer offering his “two cents” related to topics they only offer half truths on. The CDC has been involved since this was first reported along with WHO and the local Ugandan government. An emergency response plan was
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Rads
@MacoyRads
At least they can admit it unlike the Biden administration that released 45,000 Americans personal Social Security details and then it came out it was more like 10 to 20 times that amount and they lied about it and swept it under the carpet for as long as they could... your
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Madbaby
@awardingdarwins
Now, do the covid vaccination. You know the 100% effective one? Remind me of the acknowledgement of the mistake. I will wait
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Travis Killian
@traviskillian_
Tell me: How would you reduce 2b a day in the government for 30 days in a row and make no mistake in cutting funding for a program that was useful or not firing someone that did something useful?
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RC
@R0b22y
Cleaning up means fixing what’s broken, and mistakes are a natural part of that process. The key difference is that mistakes can be corrected, but letting long-standing issues persist unchecked is a much bigger failure. Yet, instead of acknowledging the deeper problems that have
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Mike Young 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱🟧
@micyoung75
This administration’s reckless cuts to global health funding—slashing CDC and USAID resources while Ebola rages in Uganda—are a betrayal of American leadership and human decency. This isn’t efficiency; it’s abandonment. History will judge this as cowardice masked as policy.
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Johannes Kepler
@keplerpunk
Cry harder bitch, the most incompetent people I ever met were the first and loudest critics on admitted and embraced mistakes. They were the first who laughed, but ask them to do things and watch them miserably fail like the most incompetent losers.
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Darwin's Money
@EverydayFinance
There’s an Ebola vaccine. Why is the US managing their outbreak from afar? Can’t Africa manage this? Where’s WHO? Gates foundation and all the NGOs?
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ADA
@Ucheyyy2
Was Ebola not contained? Why did they need to disburse funds for a virus that was contained and didn’t spread in their city. Only 3 cases recorded in the US after which it died down
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Scherat
@smacherat
If you read his biography you will enderstand that Elon Musk’s approach to cutting waste—whether in processes or personnel—is simple but ruthless. As outlined in his biography, he follows a method of reducing resources until the system starts to break. Only then does he add back
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Slubo🏳️‍🌈
@TheSlubo
craig, do you ever get tired of being a shill? your entire thread is pure myopic deulsion and fantasy. not just fantasy about how it is, but also about how it WAS. you are not an honest person. and you are LYING to create mass panic for political reasons. evil.
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Baby
@TraderBaby007
Are you saying that africa cannot handle this themselves and needs the white man to come save them?
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Rowen
@TheMrBeans
So all the locals in that region that work on this just disappeared and an Ebola outbreak of two days went wild? This was the first time it happened so the local agencies didn’t know how to respond? They needed an expert? Carry on with your sensationalism, it’s 🔥🔥🔥
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Lone StaRN 🎖️🇺🇸
@sixty3tbird
We support Ebola prevention with ONE PERSON?! OMG, this has been a problem on the African continent since forever and they can’t manage it themselves, yet?
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Country Girl
@subyrn
And why is Ebola a problem for US? I understand the aid, but when will governments take care of their own
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Betty Otts
@Brand_Otterson
These agencies are not trustworthy or credible. Maybe they do more good than harm. We don’t know it’s a a state secret. Sit down shut your yapper and wait for the big boys to sort out the mess.
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Iztar Survivor
@IztarSurvivor
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The Observer
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The Federalist
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Exclusive: USAID Blew Hundreds Of Thousands In Taxpayer Slush Funds On Ukrainian ‘Pickle Maker,’ Pet Accessories thefederalist.com/2025/02/26/exc
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Lily Rose, #TRUTH
@GenX_ftw
Maybe if people like YOU did not support people like FAUCI funding bioweapons that got loose we would not have had to take draconian measures, yet here we are.
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Sheree Wilson
@sheree44445858
So this begs the question.....what exactly does the WHO do? Why is it always the USA that rushes in to other countries when we pay exorbitant fees to that feckless organization! Good grief! Glad we aren't funding it anymore.
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James Anthony
@jamesanthony_us
Voluntary charities work faster, far more efficiently, and better. Follow the Constitution, and USA people will add far more value and will help people far more. And voluntarily, not under threat of force.
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Kevin Walker
@quevinhualquer
You don’t understand. The American people don’t give a shit about mistakes made along the way. The imperative is to make drastic cuts to balance the budget, because both parties have been negligent for years and kicking the deficit can down the road.
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KevinSD
@Best_ManX
A genuine question: For people like you, I really wonder when the Fed’s debt levels become a problem?
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Ky
@ky__lawrence
Why does the usa have to respond to things in Africa?.... Ands this "outbreak" is it really an outbreak?
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Winter Storm
@AShoutOutfromMN
🎶Memories🎶of the GOP's staunch against Ebola during Pres. Obama's term. Oh, HOW they change their stand for their current King
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Winter Storm
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Almost the same players led by Chuck Grassley, along w/ sen Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee, Jeff Sessions, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham & John Cornyn, wrote, “the Ebola epidemic is a national security issue, and a threat to global security. grassley.senate.gov/news/news-rele
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Nick Someone
@Nick_Someone
Musk did this with the team responsible for organising the supercharger rollout a bit ago. It's a formula thing he does. Within ~6 months number of employees always goes back up and even higher, but this is in the context of a growing company. Gwynne Shotwell etc moderate him.
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Andrew Jones
@AndrewJ31680521
USA thinks it gives the most foreign aid. But as a percentage of GVA it is 20th out of 28 nations. So, yes in capital value but only because of its size. Apart from that, rather poor really
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