[PghBaldy]

The Democrats, besides lying about the GOP, are being dishonest on another front - chances are we would not have had a vaccine before because there was no pressing need. There is now, while Obama is POTUS.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

You're right - it wasn't an NIH priority because it wasn't a US health problem. Funding for this could have been targeted in a different manner, and in fact the CDCs budget for emerging infectious diseases was apparently increased by our current Congress. Apparently the CDC budget that Congress approved was more than what the White House asked for.

Republicans need to always be armed with the facts, because the left will politicize anything - and their approach is always to point fingers at others to avoid the blame that they deserve.