Carolyn Reynolds
creynoldsdc.bsky.social
Carolyn Reynolds
@creynoldsdc.bsky.social
Proud mama of two fierce girls and a feisty doodle. Co-founder, Pandemic Action Network, CSIS Fellow, and resolute advocate for global health and development. Politics, news, and NYT Games junkie. Opinions my own.
This is a sad story - and it also a case for why we need to invest in expert and adequate staffing to do oversight of our funds - the rapid slash and burn cuts to USAID and international assistance have made it more likely that funds could be misspent, as they have decimated those capacities.
May 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🙏@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com for your segment just now on the stunning cruelty of the demolition of USAID and U.S. foreign assistance programs and how it is killing millions. We need more air time on this story and how much hurt it is causing to poor people around the 🌎 AND to America!
May 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thank you @billgates.com for everything you've done to save + improve the lives and opportunities for the world's poorest people over the past 25 years and what you will do with your wealth over the next 20. We need others to follow your lead, and to build the political will through advocacy.
May 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
taking their knowledge to other countries (including China!) that will greet them with open arms to challenge US supremacy in science.

The losers? Americans.

Congress can stop this by doing its job. Share this article widely. Urge people to tell Congress to stop the hemorrhaging.
April 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
dangerous health guidance being promoted over scientifically proven medical countermeasures; and bright minds leaving or never entering the public health or biomedical research fields,

And/or...
April 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Rather, we will see millions more will die in the coming years because of: outbreaks for which we were not prepared and did not stop; cutting edge research that didn’t happen; federal, state and local public health agencies that are broken;
April 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
RFK Jr, Elon Musk, DOGE, and their minions and ideologues are racing to erase the talent, know-how, and govt capacity that enabled us to develop highly effective COVID vaccines in record time that saved millions of lives.
April 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM