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Updated: September 6, 2025 @ 5:27 am
Editor,
Without urgent policy measures, COVID-19 will destroy all public health gains that have been made in low- and middle-income countries, resulting in a staggering 4.8 million deaths. This is double the current deaths from tuberculosis, AIDS and malaria.
COVID-19 has inhibited many prevention and treatment programs from occurring, resulting in more severe disease progression and death. In areas with little access to health care prior to COVID-19, many have seen their closest clinics, hospitals and other humanitarian resources close. Additionally, resources have been shifted to fighting COVID-19, while in many countries, AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria remain the primary killers.
This is why funding in the number of $20 billion is needed to support the global COVID-19 response, specifically allocating $4 billion to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, as well as $5 billion in emergency relief for low- and middle-income countries. This aid will prevent millions from dying preventable deaths.
It is imperative that we do what is possible to provide relief to the people whose suffering is easily preventable. Join me in calling upon U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla to urge leadership to include $20 billion in foreign assistance to help prevent AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria deaths.
Taylor Glatt
Burlingame
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Taylor - along with other developed countries, we have been sending billions of dollars overseas to prevent those epidemics. Most of that funding ended up in Swiss bank accounts. Your proposal is the definition of insanity.
Sorry Taylor, but these funds are needed to support the wave of people crossing the southern border and to build more cages for kids. Maybe you could petition for Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and their friends to help out the Global Fund. These billionaires are in a much better position, financially, than the USA.
The US ranks No. 1 on the list of the top 30 countries donating foreign aid. In my view, that is a source of pride for Americans. I wonder if we can build a more effective coalition with other countries to work toward helping developing countries in fighting the ravages of COVID-19? And I think it's also fair to ask... what's the World Health Organization's role in eradicating COVID-19?
Hello Ray,
I know you don't like to go back when there is so much to do going forward but can you admit that Trump's policy of "America first" and who cares about S%%% hole countries and pulling out of pacts or treaties with other countries means we have some ground to make up. I thought that helping others was a hallmark of America until 2016.
Are there any other world leaders who don't put their own countries first?
Joe Biden says his primary job is to keep Americans safe... wouldn't you need an "America first" mindset to accomplish that goal? So, how is an open border keeping Americans safe?
Well, he wants to ban ghost guns... I don't disagree with getting rid of guns that may appeal to criminals. And he claims gun violence in America is an embarrassment to the world. Whoa, JoJo! For 2019... in the ranking of the top 50 cities worldwide based on homicides per 100,000 population... St. Louis, Baltimore, San Juan PR and Detroit ranked 9th, 11th, 16th and 34th, respectively. The top five cities are in Mexico. Oh, yeah, the open border again...
You're correct... I would rather stay in the here and now. While Jethro Tull was fond of "Living in the Past" if we really want to go there... the list from 2009 through 2017 is a long one.
Oops... I forgot. I have been in some of those countries unfairly and publicly described as $#!+ holes. In another LTE posting today, I mentioned the US's leading role in donating foreign aid... lending a hand to developing countries is a good thing. We agree on this one.
Ray,
Yes we agree on helping others. I have been to some of those countries also. No problem with taking care of "America first", IMO Trump's America first was isolationist and the heck with the rest.
On the politically incorrect side, I have a post about the vaccines in Alabama that is in the news section rather than the opinion section.
Tafhdyd
Shame on you... you're wicked. Funny, but wicked. I didn't see that article earlier... very interesting.
I said earlier this week that Trump should have been going along with guidelines, e.g. masks, a year ago. But the curious thing is now that Trump has recommended the vaccine, folks in places like NW Alabama are still not getting vaccinated.
The one local who essentially said if it's your time to go then it's your time to go was a little too cavalier. Yes, it says in Matthew 6:25-34 not to worry... but it didn't say you should skip vaccinations.
Wicked... didn't you just recently watch "The Ten Commandants"?
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