Musk’s reckless Ebola cuts could lead to deadly pandemics

Elon Musk , the unelected billionaire running a blitzkrieg against the US government, acknowledged that he had made a mistake.

Musk claimed the error was quickly fixed and there was no interruption in service.

Former and current USAID staff quickly told the Washington Post that Musk was wrong.

Musk 's assertion that his slash-and-burn assault on USAID had no negative impact on combating Ebola.

U.S. aid capacity has been severely cut, if not abolished, in response to Ebola outbreak.

US aid capacity was largely created at the behest of—and under pressure from—the US government after Ebola in 2014 .

The risk is that if we persist on this path, it’s going to take decades to rebuild what we’re about to lose.