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Atul Gawande: USAID shutdown has killed 600,000 people

Public health finding circulates on social media with criticism of U.S. decision

Gawande's reporting on USAID shutdown consequences spreads across Bluesky and Mastodon, with social media users expressing outrage at the human toll and characterizing the policy outcome.

Public health finding circulates on social media with criticism of U.S. decision
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“has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children”

Brooke Nichols, Boston University epidemiologist · bluesky ↗

Atul Gawande Former USAID global health official; Harvard public health researcherBrooke Nichols Boston University epidemiologistTrump administration Executive authorityDr. Sila Monthe Clinic chief medical officer in Kenyan refugee camp

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