Jaw-drop. The @WhiteHouse plans to move the entire #COVID19 #pandemic response into the @StateDept , putting #DeborahBirx in charge, and creating a pseudo-#WHO alternative. It's to be dubbed the President's Response to Outbreaks, or PRO.

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The scheme would undermine @USAID and make decisions about who in world gets access to US-made medical & vaccine supplies. Under it, Preparedness Initiative for #pandemics & Emergency Response, or PIPER, “a central fund to focus bilateral, multilateral, & private-"
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— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 23, 2020