Too bad that article doesn't have any evidence that the alleged cuts have had any impact on the cyclospora response.
Do you think that cutting funding to a lab would improve or hinder its ability to react to an outbreak like this one?
You think an agency with less people can more capably do its job? Come on now.
what would make you think that a downsized lab can do the same amount of work
It's in the subheading:
> “Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.