Oh Goody, a Trump Official Once Called Ebola a “Scam” – Mother Jones

Tim Meisburger, who was then the head of USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, Enrich testified, “specifically noted that Ebola was a ‘scam’ because there had only been ‘one death.’” Enrich attempted to “explain that Ebola was still in an incubation period, and that we should see the response through,” but to no avail. Instead, he continued, his superiors decided to “deprioritize activities related to neglected tropical diseases, MPox, Polio, Ebola, and any monitoring and surveillance activities.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/oh-goody-a-trump-official-once-called-ebola-a-scam/