OK, so I made up the headline but really??? A private business would quickly become a bankrupt business if it operated this way..but hey, whose counting? It's just taxpayer money right?
Given the current outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, tensions are high, and Americans are questioning whether or not the virus will spread to the United States.
Following a recent audit, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released afederal report, which showed that if a potential pandemic were to occur, the United States would be “ill-prepared.”
The report stated that, in 2006, Congress “appropriated $47 million in supplemental funding to DHS for necessary expenses to plan, train, and prepare for a potential pandemic.”
The DHS reported that it spent this funding on “personal protective equipment, pandemic research, exercises, and medical counter measures.”
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Given the current outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, tensions are high, and Americans are questioning whether or not the virus will spread to the United States.
Following a recent audit, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released afederal report, which showed that if a potential pandemic were to occur, the United States would be “ill-prepared.”
The report stated that, in 2006, Congress “appropriated $47 million in supplemental funding to DHS for necessary expenses to plan, train, and prepare for a potential pandemic.”
The DHS reported that it spent this funding on “personal protective equipment, pandemic research, exercises, and medical counter measures.”
Read the rest here...
http://bit.ly/1AHdEHL
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