The Biden administration prepared hundreds of pages of plans. The Trump administration is opting for its own strategy
During the early days of President Trump’s second term in the Oval Office, many government employees crucial to pandemic preparedness resigned and key initiatives ceased.Jacquelyn Martin/AP
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WASHINGTON — In January 2025, with the Covid-19 pandemic still top of mind, the Biden administration left behind extensive plans for how the federal bureaucracy should work to stop future disease outbreaks.
The plans were hundreds of pages long and addressed dozens of specific issues, including the government response to diseases like Ebola and how to move Americans from outbreak zones back to the U.S. for care.
