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We did, Musk has sentenced hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to death by dismantling USAID.
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Considering his family history and his weird eugenic tirades, perhaps that was the intended effect to complete his fantasy cosplaying as a Roman general.
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He’s a lovely individual really, just a boon to humanity all around.
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> Musk has sentenced hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to death by dismantling USAID.

Why haven't other countries stepped up to address this pressing need? I'm sure every other western nation could easily chip in collectively to cover the roughly $34B budget USAID had. Or do they just not care about these millions of people apparently sentenced to death?

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France and England are trying.

The problem is money doesn't build supply lines overnight. Nor does it hire experts both locally and globally and get them there. Much of the data collected on patients by USAID can't just be handed over to another government for a myriad of privacy issues. Patients then have to know that their old clinic no longer exists and they have to go to a new one (is it in the same village anymore?). In the meantime viral counts go up, people get sick, infect their partners or newborn children. You can't just "pick it up later" without causing real harm.

> or do they not care

Do we not? Why can't we care, why is it now someone else's problem because Musk is still mad Mandela was let off of Robin Island?

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