AuntSusie🇺🇸

USAID led the 2014 West Africa Ebola response as the US civilian coordinator via DART/OFDA, funding PPE, treatment units, logistics, burial teams and awareness that helped contain the largest outbreak (28k+ cases, 11k deaths) alongside CDC, DoD and partners. The current DRC Bundibugyo outbreak (May 2026 onward) is the second-largest ever, with over 10,700 confirmed cases and ~5,200 deaths as of early November. Detection was delayed in conflict zones. DOGE's 2025 USAID dismantling terminated most programs and expertise. Musk noted an accidental Ebola prevention cut that was restored; State has since pledged hundreds of millions and claims a faster response. Critics, including 2014 responders, link lost surveillance capacity to wider early spread.