Trump Admin Removed CDC Epidemiologist in China Just Months Before COVID-19 Outbreak π¨
Discover how the Trump administration's decision to cut a crucial CDC position in China months before the pandemic may have impacted early COVID-19 response efforts, raising questions about preparedness and transparency.
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Months before the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing.<br /><br />According to Reuters, the job of Dr. Linda Quick was to help detect disease outbreaks in China.<br /><br />The American disease expert was a medical epidemiologist embedded in Chinaβs disease control agency.<br /><br />Sources say she left her post in July. The first cases of the new coronavirus may have emerged as early as November.
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