Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Kicks in $25 Million for Ebola
Source: NBC
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife announced Tuesday they are donating $25 million to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control foundation to fight the Ebola crisis that has killed more than 4,440 people in west Africa.
"We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn't spread further and become a long term global health crisis that we end up fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or polio," Zuckerberg, who is worth $32 billion, said in a Facebook post. "We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the experts in this field to prevent this outcome."
The health agency has hundreds of staffers working on Ebola and has sent more than 100 experts to the virus zone Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. The CDC foundation collects funds for supplies, such as personal protective equipment, ready-to-eat meals, generators, vehicles and motorcycles, and thermal scanners to detect fever.
U.S. health officials have stressed that the most effective way to prevent an Ebola outbreak in the U.S. is to control the virus at its source. There have been two people diagnosed in the U.S. a Liberian national who contracted Ebola at home and then died of it in Dallas, and a nurse who helped care for him.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/facebook-founder-mark-zuckerberg-kicks-25-million-ebola-n225381
The relevant government institutions such as the CDC should have funding restored but in the meantime "Like".
mountain grammy
(26,663 posts)is underfunded is because his tax bill is stupid and ridiculously low so he can amass a fortune and fucking "donate" to whatever government agency he so chooses. Ahhh, the rule by the oligarchs is complete!
flamingdem
(39,333 posts)but sadly it's very much needed in this Republican stripped down government era.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Doing good for others. Of course naysayers will criticize as always. But he has improved our country so much over the years.
LiberalArkie
(15,731 posts)if they have to be worried about everyone and everything around them.
riverbendviewgal
(4,254 posts)now if the other millionaire and billionaires like Mitt Romney, the Koch Brothers, Adelson, Limbaugh ,O'Reilly, Trump, et al...can give a similar donation...they seem to avoid taxes too so giving to this cause will give them some good PR for a change..
Mz Pip
(27,454 posts)Instead of hoarding their money and making life difficult for the peasants who make them their money let's see them dig deep and do something of value for a change.
riverbendviewgal
(4,254 posts)and knew I forgot these biggies...my mind was saying and there are the other big name. Definately them.
valerief
(53,235 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)mountain grammy
(26,663 posts)Agree 100%!
Little Star
(17,055 posts)If we want to tax them more, that's a different issue. So, good for him and anyone else who donates.
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Considering that Facebook has gotten millions in tax rebates even on years they paid no tax
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)But of course they wouldn't unless it went to traitors.
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)What a cheap fucking bastard.