Trump Administration Makes The Conscious Choice To Make America Less Prepared For The Next Pandemic

Way back in the ancient days of the year 2020, the world went through this pandemic thing called COVID-19. For those of you not old enough to remember such ancient history, it was a fairly signific…

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THREAT MODEL: COVID
for Feb. 19th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #CovidCautious Olympian wins Gold and breaks record

- #NIAID staffers ordered to remove #biodefense, #pandemic preparedness language on website

- The musicians making concerts safer with Covid precautions ( #Deerhoof! )

- #FDA reverses stance to review Moderna #mRNA flu shot application

- Study: Covid in 39% of hospital air samples during outbreaks

- France sees its first court case over death from Covid caught in hospital

- Footballer #JariLitmanen on battling #LongCovid

- It’s time to take Long Covid pacing seriously

- Tucson pilot wins Long Covid fight against #FAA

- The long US surge continues

...and much more.

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The complaints were filed by Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who until the end of March had directed the National Institute of #Allergy & #InfectiousDiseases [#NIAID], the institute previously run by Dr. Anthony S. #Fauci; & Dr. Kathleen Neuzil, who until mid-April had directed the #NIH Fogarty International Center, which supports global #health #research.

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the head of the #FDA’s Office of New #Drugs, the head of the National Institute of #Allergy & #InfectiousDiseases [#NIAID], the director of the #CDC’s National Center for #HIV, Viral #Hepatitis, #STD, & #TB Prevention, the head of the CDC’s Center for Forecasting & #Outbreak Analytics,

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Timing of #NIH's announcement that Jay Bhattacharya has started as the new director is ... not exactly opportune. Bloodletting today at NIH & its sister agencies, #CDC & #FDA. Many NIH center directors, including Jeanne Marrazzo of #NIAID, have been put on admin leave. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/jay-bhattacharya-begins-tenure-18th-director-national-institutes-health
Jay Bhattacharya Begins Tenure as 18th Director of the National Institutes of Health

President Trump nominated Dr. Bhattacharya for the position on Nov. 26, 2024, and he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 25, 2025.

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What Was the 1918 Influenza Pandemic?

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In the USA, #NIAID's Visual & Medical Arts Unit & NIAID Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (#BCBB) have created a library of #biomedical & #scientific #icons for use in figures, presentations, websites, & print. Images are #free to use and in the #PublicDomain. https://bioart.niaid.nih.gov/ H/T to @enniscath.bsky.social for pointing it out.
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