cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/36033796

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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    23 days ago

    The USA is simultaneously broadcasting to militaries around the world that America is going to ignore the Geneva convention/greenlight warcrimes, and they’re dismantling the infrastructure that would’ve been used to defend themselves against biological weapons.

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      23 days ago

      What does the Geneva convention say about war crimes committed against a nation that also commits war crimes?

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        23 days ago

        Article 7, Section 2: “I’m rubber and you’re glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you”.

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        Or bovine ebola, to devastate the USA’s beef supply. I imagine that an America that suddenly has no burgers would sober up fairly quick. The massive super farms / agriculture concentration areas make it an easy target.