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※ 引述《demitri (forever)》之銘言：
: ※ 引述《chunboy0812 (夜色野貓)》之銘言：
: : 但我不懂得是為何美國醫療可以貴到這種地步?
: 因為美國現在防禦還是很低標  官僚動作很慢
: 甚至連檢驗試劑都不太容易取得  還要從某地專程寄出去
: 所以沒驗幾個人 英國驗了好幾千人 美國大概才幾百人而已
: 這代表美國檢疫能量還是很低 至於他們是不是刻意在壓人數

之前在推文有看到川普砍公衛預算的推文，試著google了一下

https://fortune.com/2020/02/26/coronavirus-covid-19-cdc-budget-cuts-us-trump/

Trump administration budget cuts could become a major problem as coronavirus
spreads
川普政府預算刪除可能變成冠狀病毒擴散時的大問題

BY
CHRIS MORRIS
February 27, 2020 1:45 AM EST

CDC: It’s likely that this virus will cause a pandemic
"The immediate risk to the general American public remains low. But as we
have warned, that has the potential to change quickly."

美國疾管中心: 這病毒可能將會變成大流行，對美國大眾的立即性風險仍然不高，但如同
我們已經示警的，這可能很快的發生變化

The Trump administration recently requested $2.5 billion in emergency funds
to prepare the U.S. for a possible widespread outbreak of coronavirus.
Critics, though, are pointing out that money might not be necessary if the
administration hadn’t spent the past two years largely dismantling
government units that were designed to protect against pandemics.

川普政府最近請求25億美金緊急基金用於美國防備冠狀病毒可能的大規模爆發，
然而，評論家指出，如果政府沒有在過去兩年大量拆解功能為預防瘟疫的政府單位，
這筆錢也許不是那麼必要

The cuts started in 2018, as the White House focused on eliminating funding
to Obama-era disease security programs. In March of that year, Rear Adm.
Timothy Ziemer, whose job it was to lead the U.S. response in the event of a
pandemic, abruptly left the administration and his global health security
team was disbanded.



That same year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was
forced to slash its efforts to prevent global disease outbreak by 80% as its
funding for the program began to run out. The agency, at the time, opted to
focus on 10 priority countries and scale back in others, including China.



Also cut was the Complex Crises Fund, a $30 million emergency response pool

that was at the secretary of state’s disposal to deploy disease experts and
others in the event of a crisis. (The fund was created by former Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton.)

複雜危機基金也被刪減了緊急反應準備金的3000萬美金，此為國務院用於危機時派遣
疾病及其他專家。(該基金為前國務卿希拉蕊克林頓所設立)

Overall in 2018, Trump called for $15 billion in reduced health spending that
had previously been approved, as he looked at increasing budget deficits,
cutting the global disease-fighting budgets of the CDC, National Security
Council (NSC), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Health and Human
Services (HHS) in the process.

2018整年，川普刪減了原本已被核准的150億美金健康支出，視其為預算赤字，刪除了
疾病管制局、國土安全部、衛生及公共服務部用於全球疾病打擊的預算

The effects of those cuts are being felt today. While the CDC announced plans
to test people with flu-like symptoms for COVID-19, those have been delayed
and only three of the country’s 100 public-health labs have been able to
test for coronavirus. The administration’s request for additional funding
came roughly two weeks after officials said HHS was almost out of funding for
its response to the virus.



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心得，加了預算，預算要轉化成防疫能量也還要時間，美國也不太妙


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