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Trump fired America's pandemic response team. Demand he reassemble it to confront the coronavirus pandemic immediately! Sign Now Dear friends, The number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. has now reached 91, including 2 deaths. While health officials across the planet have been ringing alarm bells for weeks and months about the likelihood of a full-blown, global pandemic, President Trump has been egregiously blasé about the crisis, predicting — without evidence — that by April the whole thing "is going to go away" on account of warmer weather and whatnot. Over the past three years, the Trump administration has systematically dismantled much of our nation's defenses for responding to just such a pandemic, slashing staff and "disease-fighting operational budgets" at various critical agencies including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services, (HHS), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In a particularly damning report, Foreign Policy noted, "The global health section of the CDC was so drastically cut in 2018 that much of its staff was laid off and the number of countries it was working in was reduced from 49 to merely 10." Making matters far worse? Trump-cheerleaders like Rush Limbaugh are telling legions of followers that the coronavirus is nothing more than a "common cold." Now, Trump's even placed Vice President Mike Pence, an avowed science denier who made Indiana's AIDS outbreak worse by denying reality, at the head of the government's response to this looming public health threat. The United States should be leading the charge in combating the coronavirus and coordinating a global response plan. Instead, complacency, negligence, ineptitude, and obfuscation — all hallmarks of the Trump era — are working in tandem to undermine American security and public health. Demand President Trump reconstitute the pandemic response team he needlessly disbanded and commit the necessary resources to fight the coming pandemic head on. Thank you,   Lauren W. The Care2 Petitions Team P.S. With the coronavirus at America's doorstep, Trump's impetuousness is a matter of life or death. Please sign the petition.