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Re:Pentagon Knew of Possible Coronavirus Threat for Years by tomschlick on Monday April 06, 2020 @12:29PM (#22795100)
> He single handedly dismantled the CDC when he became president.

From what I can tell, that was a 2021 budget proposal (done before this all started) that hasn't been approved or taken effect.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-cut-cdc-budget/

Based on this chart (and the article you posted) he has proposed cuts to their non-infection disease related programs but congress has kept the funding intact.

https://envirodatagov.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-...

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Re:Pentagon Knew of Possible Coronavirus Threat for Years by decebalus1 on Monday April 06, 2020 @12:33PM (#22795139)
I think people are confusing the CDC with the Pandemic Response Team: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/
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Re:Pentagon Knew of Possible Coronavirus Threat for Years by jacobolus on Monday April 06, 2020 @02:05PM (#22796158)
You are right, the biggest funding cuts came when the “Tea Party” led GOP came into control of congress, during the previous administration.

See e.g. https://www.propublica.org/article/us-emergency-medical-stoc...

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