If you think we are prepared for a pandemic, think again.

We are in one of the worst flu seasons in recent decades with thousands of Americans dying every week and the Trump Administration is proposing huge cuts to health care access, spending and public health. 

Indeed, Republican efforts to cut access to healthcare -- affordable healthcare -- for every American put us on the path to a deadly global pandemic. 

AS reported by Futurism, The Director of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom explained: 

The threat of a global pandemic comes from our apathy, from our staunch refusal to act to save ourselves — a refusal that finds its heart in our indifference and our greed.
“Universal health coverage is the greatest threat to global health,” Tedros proclaimed. As the audience shifted in their seats uncomfortably, he noted that, despite the fact that universal health coverage is “within reach” for almost every nation in the world, 3.5 billion people still lack access to essential health services. Almost 100 million are pushed into extreme poverty because of the cost of paying for care out of their own pockets.
The result? People don’t go to the doctor. They don’t seek treatment. They get sicker. They die. And thus, as Tedros explained, “the earliest signals of an outbreak are missed.”