Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid
Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid
The impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid off
Summary
Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAID has triggered a global humanitarian crisis, blocking life-saving medical supplies, halting food aid, and forcing aid organizations to close.
Experts predict thousands of deaths, especially among women and children, as famine and disease spread.
Trump’s 90-day aid freeze has disrupted critical programs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, affecting millions.
Critics call the move an “extinction-level event” for humanitarian aid.
The cruelty is the point. It’s ridiculous. How can people be so driven by hate and greed to do such a thing?
You don't become a millionaire or this high in public office without being a sociopath
So without Space Karen lives would be saved
So they are mass murderers. Good thing they didn’t rob a convenience store or they’d be in jail for life.
He's gotta find that $2 trillion in savings somewhere.
And then turn around and pay out to his own companies or defense contractors
They were investigating Starlink in Ukraine... No wonder why he shut it down so quickly.
An article about where - statistically - USAID funds were going in financial year 2023.
https://www.statista.com/chart/17610/countries-receiving-us-foreign-aid/
The biggest receiver of USAID in 2023 was Ukraine, where war is ongoing and very intense. All the top aid-receiving areas were either affected by war, or countries next to war zones where refugees are being accommodated by the million (e.g. Jordan accommodates lots of refugees from the Syrian civil war).
In short - yes. People will suffer. Preventable deaths will occur in considerable numbers. A small number may even occur in Ukraine (example: kids who miss vaccination and catch some illness) despite its considerably greater medical capability and having other sources of assistance. But most of preventable deaths will occur in remote land-locked places with limited connections and limited local capability - imagine for example South Sudan.