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Elon Musk clarifies DOGE's role in funding, criticizes USAID

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Elon Musk clarified that Dogecoin (DOGE) was not involved in stopping legitimate medical funding, stating that only recipient contact information was needed to verify the funding's authenticity. He asserted that any funding deemed legitimate and life-saving continued under the administration of the State Department. Musk also criticized USAID's funding of the Wuhan Virology Institute, linking it to global deaths and the conflict in Ukraine. AI

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Elon Musk clarifies DOGE's role in funding, criticizes USAID

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    All DOGE required was contact information of the recipients to confirm that funding was not fraudulent. No validated medical funding was stopped.

    All DOGE required was contact information of the recipients to confirm that funding was not fraudulent. No validated medical funding was stopped. Anything that appeared to be legitimate lifesaving funding continued and is now administered by the State Department. If anyone had

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