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CDC Foundation, CDC, Powerful Partners, Congress, Gates Grants and conflict of interest?
CDC Foundation
"The CDC Foundation is an independent nonprofit and the sole entity created by Congress to mobilize philanthropic and private-sector resources to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s critical health protection work."
https://www.cdcfoundation.org/our-story
The CDC Foundation has 3 very, very long list of partners (foundations, corporations and organizations). You'll recognize many of the names on those lists; 3M, General Motors, Facebook, Disney Worldwide, Cisco Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, Starbucks Corporation, Google, Turner Broadcasting System, IBM, Hilton Hotels, Verizon, UPS, Walmart, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Mayo, Merck, Pepsico Foundation, Open Society Istitute, Foundation to Promote Open Society, Rockefeller Foundation, Rothschild Revocable Living Trust and the lists go on and on. There are also many partners who are from other countries. Other partners include health insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies.
Maybe this Anon simply fails to understand the word partner the same way that the CDC and its partners understand it but something doesn't smell right . After scanning the lists of partners, one can only wonder if the people at the CDC think they work for the same people that we the people think they work for. Is there conflict of interest here? Congress really set this up?
See the 3 lists of partners at the sauce below. There are too many to post screencaps.
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CDC Foundation - Our Partners: Foundations
https://www.cdcfoundation.org/partner-list/foundations
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CDC Foundation - Our Partners: Corporations
https://www.cdcfoundation.org/partner-list/corporations
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CDC Foundation - Our Partners: Organizations
https://www.cdcfoundation.org/partner-list/organizations