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A former White House doctor has warned that Donald Trump's 'blackout' at the CDC could allow one of the world's deadliest diseases to enter the US.
One of Trump's first acts as president was to put 90-day pause on travel, foreign assistance and some external communications at the CDC, FDA and NIH while the new administration prepares to overhaul the agencies.
The CDC has also been told to stop working with the World Health Organization 'immediately'.
Dr Stephanie Psaki — who is also the sister of Joe Biden's former press secretary Jen Psaki — said these moves could lay the ground for dangerous pathogens to come to America, such as Marburg virus, an Ebola-like illness that kills up to 88 percent of people it infects.
There is currently an outbreak of Marburg in Tanzania, where eight of the nine known Marburg patients have died and more cases may emerge.
There is no vaccine or treatment for the virus, which causes bleeding from orifices like the eyes, ears and mouth, and the only hope of protecting Americans 'is to stop it at its source,' said Dr Pskai.
Writing in an editorial today, the former health and 'gender equity' advisor to Biden said there should be CDC experts on the ground to fight the virus and working with public health partners to coordinate resources available to protect Americans.
She said Trump's pause leaves the US less prepared to tackle 'unknown pathogens' — much like how the Covid pandemic began.
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