Okay, even if the CDC was shown to be wrong, why SHOULD they lose funding? We NEED scientists researching viruses and analyzing data. We NEED researchers tracking viral hotspots around the planet. We NEED technicians going out into the field and retrieving samples. We NEED coordinators coming up with contingency plans in the event of a outbreak.
IMO, what SHOULD happen IF the CDC was found to have covered something up, is that the Administrators who made that decision should be FIRED, rather than defund the entire CDC organization.
My facetious response to your post was to highlight the “cutting ones nose off to spite your face“ aspect of defunding the CDC.
Defunding the CDC is NOT going to make our future better. Viruses will still exist, and we will still need to study them and plan accordingly.