@musicman @strypey For what it’s worth, I work for the US government and I wasn’t even aware that there ever was a Pandemic Response Team until 3-4 weeks ago, despite $EMPLOYER having a minor role in the response to the 2009 Influenza A H1N1 pandemic response. From what I’ve read, PRT was always too underfunded to be an effective response.

Though I disagree with abolishing them, if they were never going to have the resources to mount an effective response if and when needed, keeping them makes no sense.