The big beautiful bill strangled these programs. To cut them further continues to kneecap us and take us out of the race. So we might as well just hand over the reins. Many of my colleagues have left. They've moved their research to Europe. They're not here in the US Anymore. We are quickly becoming not the leaders because of the Trump administration. Yeah, well, states get roughly half their public health funding from the federal government through the CDC. (05:22–05:26)
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