"Congress has enacted legislation allocating at least $5.5 billion in taxpayer funding to finance pandemic and outbreak preparedness in fiscal year 2026—despite no declared pandemic and no formal emergency authorization....A review of the bill text shows Congress appropriated billions of dollars across multiple federal accounts for pandemic preparedness, outbreak response, medical countermeasures, emerging and zoonotic disease surveillance, and public health emergencies...."
Trump Finances the Next Pandemic with $5.5 Billion Tax Dollars, Signs HR 7148 Into Law
Influenza is only named pandemic virus—the same pathogen at the center of U.S. gain-of-function experiments and vaccine development.