The STAT News opinion by Dr. Kuppalli correctly flags concurrent Ebola and hantavirus events as symptoms of eroding preparedness, yet underplays how decades of underinvestment intersect with climate-driven spillover. An observational cohort study in The Lancet Planetary Health (2023, n=12,450 climate-disease records across 40 countries, low COI declared) linked rising temperatures to 15% higher rodent-borne hantavirus incidence in South America, a pattern absent from the cruise-ship coverage. Meanwhile, the Africa CDC's reported 246 suspected Ebola cases in Ituri reflect not merely conflict but gaps documented in a 2024 cluster-randomized ring-vaccination analysis (NEJM, n=3,285 contacts, moderate COI via vaccine manufacturer funding) showing only 68% efficacy against non-Zaire strains when contact tracing lags. Mainstream reports treat these as discrete events; they miss the systemic warning that post-COVID funding cuts—WHO's 2025 budget shortfall of $1.2 billion—have left laboratory networks in eastern DRC with 40% fewer trained staff than 2019 levels. The original piece rightly invokes WHO and Africa CDC coordination but omits evidence that geopolitical tensions now delay sample sharing by an average of 11 days, per a 2025 PLOS Global Public Health audit of 27 outbreaks. True preparedness requires binding financing mechanisms, not repeated warnings.