USAID leads the government's efforts to combat the spread of infectious diseases before they land on American soil. Some experts claim Musk broke it.

Don Beyer of Virginia wasted no time taking aim at Musk for his chuckling comment about an often fatal virus that has devastating effects on the communities that experience an outbreak. “An average person who did something as incompetent as ‘accidentally cancelling Ebola prevention’ wouldn’t be applauded,

Elon Musk admitted to President Trump's cabinet members that it was a "mistake" for the DOGE to have canceled the USAID's Ebola prevention initiative, and he said the program immediately "restored," but some current and former officials deny his "restoration" claim.