Staff Reports
The Biden administration has once again demonstrated its talent for exacting funds from the public treasury with the finesse of a toddler swiping snacks from the pantry. A staggering $306 million is now being earmarked for a so-called response to H5N1, a bird flu strain that most Americans can barely spell much less worry about. This comes on the heels of previous millions spent on bird flu “vaccines” that aren’t even approved for commercial use yet—because why not throw good money at a “solution” that doesn’t exist?
Despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) assessment that the overall risk of avian influenza to the general public remains low, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seems to be preparing for the worst. They’re planning to shower funds on grants intended for an avalanche of testing and monitoring. A mere $111 million will go to jurisdictions for what is essentially a glorified neighborhood watch program for poultry. Translating that into policy-speak, they’re gearing up to keep a close eye on individuals who might have been close to infected animals while pouring additional funds into manufacturing tests designed, ironically, for detecting the very flu that isn’t a pressing concern.
URGENT!
Big Pharma is doing everything they can to jam a bloated spending package through Congress before the New Year!
Big Pharma wants to use Biden for one last bailout before President Trump and RFK Jr. can hold them accountable!
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— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) December 16, 2024
This lavish spending spree includes an $8 million investment in diagnostic test kits aimed at monitoring situations that, tragically, seem more fictional than factual. No one has demonstrated the necessary human-to-human transmission that would trigger anything remotely resembling a public health crisis. However, it seems that the administration is more invested in theatrics than in science, as it is more concerned with creating a sense of urgency to justify its expenditures rather than addressing actual public health needs.
The only thing more alarming than the misallocation of taxpayer funds is the aura of panic that these efforts are likely to stir up among the public. For a virus that doesn’t even have a case where it has “jumped” from birds to humans, this response reeks of overkill. One can only wonder if the folks at HHS are simply playing a game of house with public health funding or if they are privy to some clandestine information that the rest of the country is blissfully unaware of—perhaps the dreaded fear that they possess some lab-grown strain just waiting for the opportune moment to cause chaos.
In the end, the only certainty that comes from this debacle is the knowledge that the bureaucratic machine will continue to consume taxpayer dollars at a ravenous rate. As the clock ticks down to January 20th, when a new administration may take the reins, one can only hope that RFK Jr. and his crew can restore sanity to a conversation that has spiraled into paranoia, all the while holding accountable those who are eagerly spinning up fear through unfounded “emergencies.” With a hefty price tag attached to flapping wings and empty threats, conservative Americans are left wondering which bird flu joke comes next.
