Funding Challenges in Infectious Disease Research

This chapter explores the difficulties surrounding research funding for infectious diseases, emphasizing the consequences of proposals to deprioritize funding in favor of other health issues. It reveals the negative impacts of funding cuts on critical studies related to Long COVID and chronic conditions like ME/CFS, leading to personnel losses and disrupted research efforts. The speakers express concern over the detrimental attitudes towards public health initiatives and the long-term repercussions of reduced investment in pandemic preparedness and global health.