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Re:Africa declared free of wild polio by dan-robertson on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @09:09PM (#24278031)
Their mandate changed. They are not the centre for disease control and prevention and they act in accordance with their mandate as a public health agency
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Re:Africa declared free of wild polio by Naracion on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:33PM (#24278830)
I know this is a typo, but it reverses the meaning so clarifying for future readers in case it's confusing:

They are _now_ the centre for disease control and prevention

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Re:Africa declared free of wild polio by blnqr on Thursday August 27, 2020 @08:36PM (#24300273)
Yes, I know. I have friends there who are fantastic, smart, committed civil servants working within their mandate and structure. I have a Master's in Public Policy from the Kennedy School, I'm not anti-government. But mission creep has hurt the CDC more than helped the nation. Public health is far too big a remit for any one agency.
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