A former doctor of the White House has warned that Donald Trump's 'black -out' could allow one of the deadly diseases in the world to enter the US.
One of Trump's first acts as president was to give a 90-day break about travel, foreign help and some external communication at the CDC, FDA and NIH, while the new administration is preparing for the agencies.
The CDC was also told to stop working with the World Health Organization 'Immediately'.
Dr. Stephanie Psaki-Die Also The sister is from Joe Biden's former press secretary Jen Psaki-Zei that these movements could lay the ground for dangerous pathogens to come to America, such as Marburg Virus, an ebola-like disease that up to 88 percent of 88 percent of Death is people infects it.
There is currently an outbreak of Marburg in Tanzania, where eight of the nine well -known Marburg patients have died and more cases could arise.
There is no vaccine or treatment for the virus, which bleeds from openings such as the eyes, ears and mouth, and the only hope to protect Americans is to stop it at the source, “Dr. Pskai.
The former health adviser of Bidd van Biden in an editorial article in an editorial article, said that there should be CDC experts on site to combat the virus and collaborate with public health partners to coordinate the available resources to protect Americans.
She said that Trump's break makes the US less prepared to tackle 'unknown pathogens' – just like how the Covid pandemie started.
Dr. Stephanie Psaki raised an alarm about an outbreak of the Marburg virus in Tanzania
Dr. Psaki continued: “While I see that the Trump government announces a series of actions that undermine and react biological threats to detect and respond … I wonder: who protects the American people against Marburg?”
The Marburg virus is one of the deadliest diseases that are known, in which patients start with headache, fever and vomiting, before they bleed from openings – such as the eyes, nose and ears.
The disease can spread between people through contact with physical liquids such as blood and droppings. Health workers who try to help patients are often infected.
Outbreaks of the disease and Ebola are often linked to exposure to infected bats.
But although there were 11 cases of and two deaths from Ebola in the US in 2014, civil servants say that their protocol for responding to and dealing with viral outbreaks is an important reason why the Marburg virus was never detected in the US.
Written for Stat Nieuws Dr. PSAKI – The former American coordinator for Global Health Security of the National Security Council – at the Trump administration to follow the 'Playbook' that she and her team left for handling this kind of outbreaks.
Dr. Psaki said: 'The outbreak of Marburg has continued to evolve since the transition last week, but we have little visibility in what happens.
“Scientific experts in the US government have lost access to many of the tools they would normally use to protect Americans.”
The WHO warned her team from the Marburg outbreak in Tanzania on January 11, with reference to 'reliable reports of sources in the country' and said that six people were sick, five of which had died.
By the morning after that, her team had carried out a risk assessment – who discovered that the risk was considerable.
Marburg has a death rate of up to 88 percent. There are currently no vaccines or treatments approved to treat the virus
Above is a medical worker who assists with an outbreak of a Marburg virus in 2014 in Kenya
And by Tuesday, the CDC had a reaction team ready while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had issued guidance to Americans who traveled to Tanzania who warned the outbreak and told them to be aware of Marburg's symptoms.
The WHO had also carried out a risk assessment of the situation and discovered that the risk of international transmission was 'low'.
Dr. Psaki added: 'Now it is not the time to demolish our well -oiled machine [for preventing outbreaks].
'Instead, the United States must do what it does best – stimulate an effective and efficient reaction to stop outbreaks at their source. Because that is the best way to save lives around the world and also protect our home country. '
In a whole series of executive orders on January 20, Trump announced that he would withdraw from the WHO, the American global health security strategy for 2024 and would place a 90-day break about foreign help.
He also paused the CDC and the FDA to make public announcements and block the National Institutes of Health by financing new research.
Dr. Psaki warned that these movements break the ties with critical organizations that help to limit and stop the outbreaks of diseases before they touch the US.
She also warned that the US was 'locked' of warning systems, such as the WHOs 'Event Information Site' – that warns of new outbreaks.
Moreover, she said that the US had prepared less to tackle 'unknown pathogens' – such as Covid – after they have emerged, because it will probably be much less lucky to obtain information from the country that registers the outbreak than the WHO.
The previous administration followed a strategy of monitoring and responding to biological threats for the US abroad to prevent them from reaching the country.
Dr. Psaki said: “That was our plan to keep Americans safe. It has worked for the past four years, and it is our best gamble to keep Americans safe for the next four. '
