{"id":9247,"date":"2025-02-27T19:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/contrary-to-musks-claim-ebola-containment-efforts-were-slowed-then-stopped-former-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T19:45:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:45:01","slug":"contrary-to-musks-claim-ebola-containment-efforts-were-slowed-then-stopped-former-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/contrary-to-musks-claim-ebola-containment-efforts-were-slowed-then-stopped-former-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Contrary to Musk\u2019s Claim, Ebola Containment Efforts Were Slowed Then Stopped, Former Officials Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hours after Elon Musk reassured Cabinet members on Wednesday that efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Uganda had only been \u201caccidentally canceled very briefly,\u201d the Trump administration terminated at least four of the five contracts for Ebola-related work in that country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The four canceled contracts were a tiny fraction of the 10,000 contracts and grants at the United States Agency for International Development and the State Department that the Trump administration ended on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But they were important: Since January, Uganda has experienced a serious Ebola outbreak, from which the country is only just emerging. The contracts funded Ebola screening at airports and protective equipment for health workers, and helped prevent transmission by survivors of the disease, according to a former U.S.A.I.D. official.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1894793659809144864\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told cabinet members<\/a> that the administration had \u201crestored the Ebola prevention immediately, and there was no interruption.\u201d But his statement was inaccurate, according to two former U.S.A.I.D. officials with knowledge of the situation in Uganda. (The officials asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In theory, waivers allowed for some work to continue on containing pathogens like Ebola, Marburg and mpox, as well as preparedness for bird flu. But very little money had actually been delivered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Few organizations providing those services had the financial reserves to continue, and even fewer trusted that they would be reimbursed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Their fears may have been justified. On Wednesday night, the Supreme Court\u2019s chief justice, John G. Roberts Jr., <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/26\/us\/politics\/trump-usaid-foreign-aid.html\" title=\"\">ruled that U.S.A.I.D. and the State Department<\/a> did not need to immediately pay for more than $1.5 billion for work that had been already completed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The work underway without those payments was interrupted, contrary to Mr. Musk\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the airport in Entebbe, Uganda, screening for Ebola was on pause for more than two weeks, according to a former U.S.A.I.D. official with knowledge of the situation. The organization doing it decided a few days ago to resume work with its own funds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The group\u2019s contract was terminated on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The White House declined to clarify Mr. Musk&#8217;s comments and directed inquiries to the man himself. Mr. Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There were other gaps. The first Ebola patient in the current outbreak had gone to six facilities before he died and was diagnosed, prompting the Ugandan government to request protective gear for exposed health workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U.S.A.I.D. stockpiles such gear at a warehouse in Nairobi. But the facility was managed by the World Health Organization, and U.S.A.I.D. employees were not allowed to communicate with the W.H.O., let alone pay it to release the gear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After more than a week awaiting permission to contact the W.H.O., officials were abruptly ordered to come up with another solution. They eventually paid about $100,000 to procure the protective equipment elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cSo much for cost-effectiveness,\u201d said a former official with knowledge of the events. The contract with the alternate provider, too, has now ended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even the waiver process was riddled with confusion. The Trump administration asked for specifics on how many lives each intervention would save, and U.S.A.I.D. staff struggled to link minor resources like hand sanitizer or risk communication messages to a specific number of lives saved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The staff purge at U.S.A.I.D. has left few people in place. The agency had more than 50 people dedicated to outbreak responses, the result of a congressional push to beef up pandemic preparedness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That number was initially cut by half, including some from the core Ebola team, and then on Sunday to just six. Those fired included the organization\u2019s leading expert in lab diagnostics, and the manager of the Ebola response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI have no idea how six people are going to run four outbreak responses,\u201d said one official who was let go. \u201cIt\u2019s complicated at the best of times when you\u2019re fully staffed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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