America Slow to Respond to Hantavirus after Trump Quit World Health Organization Say Experts.
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The episode discusses the slow U.S. response to the hantavirus outbreak and the implications for public health infrastructure.
The hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius isn’t another Covid — but it exposed something deeply alarming about America’s public health system. As the WHO led the global response, the CDC appeared slow, understaffed, and politically constrained after years of cuts, attacks on public health expertise, and the U.S. withdrawal from international cooperation. This video examines how the gutting of the CDC and HHS left the United States dangerously unprepared for the next major outbreak — and why the real crisis may be institutional collapse, not just the virus itself. Independent media has never been more important. Please support this channel by subscribing here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g?sub_confirmation=1 Join this channel with a membership for exclusive early access and bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g/join Five Minute News is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequality, health and climate - delivering independent, unbiased and essential news for the US and across the world. Visit us online at http://www.fiveminute.news Follow us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/fiveminutenews.bsky.social Follow…
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