Secretary Rubio refused to acknowledge the truth: Trump’s reckless cuts to global health programs, including infectious disease early detection systems, outbreak prevention, and emergency response, is making it harder to respond to this Ebola outbreak—factually, not hypothetically. These programs existed to stop outbreaks before they occur and ensure rapid response when needed.
We are now less prepared than we were before, and this Administration cannot keep denying reality when lives are at stake. We need to restore American global health leadership now.