Fri Mar 10, 2023 – 5:41 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — As the origin of the COVID-19 outbreak appears increasingly likely to be traceable to a Chinese lab leak, and the justifications for mandated lockdowns, masking, and jabs increasingly fall apart as further data emerges, U.S. President Joe Biden is requesting almost $11 billion in taxpayer cash to address “global health and health security challenges,” including more than a billion to combat the next disease epidemic.
The Biden administration’s proposed budget for the 2024 fiscal year would allocate $10.9 billion to “reinforce U.S. leadership in addressing global health and health security challenges,” representing an increase of $370 million compared with 2023 funding.
According to the proposal, the nearly $11 billion would include “over $1.2 billion to prepare for, prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks — including by expanding U.S. bilateral partnerships with countries to improve health security capacity.”
Half a billion dollars would go directly toward the World Bank’s “Pandemic Fund” to scale up outbreak response capabilities globally.
The budget would also direct funds to support Biden’s “National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan and provide resources for the recommendations from DOD’s Biodefense Posture
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