Virus monitoring, the budgets to investigate E. coli outbreaks, and much, much more could be on the chopping block.

Last month, an E. coli outbreak swept through McDonald’s restaurants in 13 states, killing one person and sickening 89 others, including 27 people who needed to be hospitalized. Within days, an investigation led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified the culprit—fresh, slivered onions often served on Quarter Pounders—and they were able to halt the outbreak.

Under a second Trump administration, it’s not clear that public health officials would be able to act so quickly. In the wake of Trump’s victory, conservative commentators, including right-wing podcaster Matt Walsh and former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, emphasized that Project 2025, which calls for splitting up the CDC and erasing protections on health care, “is the agenda.” Meanwhile, close Trump ally Robert Kennedy Jr., who claims Trump promised him control of health and agriculture agencies, told MSNBC last week he plans to empty entire departments at agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which regulates the food and drug supply. Read more at The New Republic.