It is fine for the media to seek perfection and perfection is possible, but, there is no basis to point fingers at the Director of the CDC or otherwise.
The Surgeon General in DC is suppose to entertain the POSSIBILITIES of disease in the USA. It is the Surgeon General that dictates policy when the "Possibility becomes the Reality."
When this disease broke out in Dallas there should have been a policy to implement and there wasn't.
The current candidate incorporates the danger of guns in the country in the possibilities of this country. THAT is a valid subject for the US Surgeon General.
What would happen if the Arizona militia were turned loose and there were vigilantes killing people? What would the hospitals and otherwise be expected to do when such patients presented at the ER?
A US Surgeon General is suppose to protect the people of this country from all possibilities not simply exclude 'bad news from cronies.'
I don't want to hear how anyone is responsible for this outcome in Dallas. Dallas has performed exceptionally well incurring the first cases of Ebola without any help OR backup. Judge Clay Jenkins had to turn to "faith friends" in order to secure a living arrangement for the family of Mr. Jenkins. All that should have been in place already, but, wasn't because there is no national policy or national authorities to provide assistance in a meaningful way.
I applaud Judge Clay Jenkins and his political clout among his 'faith friends.' This is the second time he has turned to these friends to achieve compassion and effectiveness of government. The first I have heard of was with the children crossing the border. That is government effective because of a man's moral connections, not the preparedness of any agency of the government. It is dangerous. What would have happened if Judge Jenkin's faith friends said no. Where would Dallas be then? There is a reason a federal government exists.
This challenge should not even exist. There should be policy in place so this would not be a problem.
October 13, 2014
The items should be incinerated and then the ashes buried in a sealed landfill that is exclusive to any reentry of future needs. The incinerator has to be a closed system such as a crematory where there is little to no venting to the outside air. In other words, the burning facility should have a facility that achieves a certain temperature that would allow very fast burning without the escape of ash or possible microbes. What goes in doesn't come out in anyway. An open fire has to be outlawed and isn't.
October 10, 2014
DO NOT POLITICIZE THIS DISEASE.
DO NOT!
Anyone who does is open for social ridicule.
There are far to many moving pieces in handling an infectious disease.
Currently, when this disease is presented to President Obama, he is talking to an empty chair in his Cabinet.
I've been following the fear mongering and it is completely false.
The people brought back from West Africa were meticulously handled to not infect anyone along the way. There has not been a care giver on the jets contracting Ebola. In addition, the people brought back to the states were Americans, they have a right to be here. Their families are here. The State Department was correct in facilitating their return.
Mr. Duncan has a fiancee in Dallas. End of discussion.
Amazingly there is not one family member from his apartment that has contracted this disease yet. They must be tuned to the disease in West Africa differently than most.
The Surgeon General in DC is suppose to entertain the POSSIBILITIES of disease in the USA. It is the Surgeon General that dictates policy when the "Possibility becomes the Reality."
When this disease broke out in Dallas there should have been a policy to implement and there wasn't.
The current candidate incorporates the danger of guns in the country in the possibilities of this country. THAT is a valid subject for the US Surgeon General.
What would happen if the Arizona militia were turned loose and there were vigilantes killing people? What would the hospitals and otherwise be expected to do when such patients presented at the ER?
A US Surgeon General is suppose to protect the people of this country from all possibilities not simply exclude 'bad news from cronies.'
I don't want to hear how anyone is responsible for this outcome in Dallas. Dallas has performed exceptionally well incurring the first cases of Ebola without any help OR backup. Judge Clay Jenkins had to turn to "faith friends" in order to secure a living arrangement for the family of Mr. Jenkins. All that should have been in place already, but, wasn't because there is no national policy or national authorities to provide assistance in a meaningful way.
I applaud Judge Clay Jenkins and his political clout among his 'faith friends.' This is the second time he has turned to these friends to achieve compassion and effectiveness of government. The first I have heard of was with the children crossing the border. That is government effective because of a man's moral connections, not the preparedness of any agency of the government. It is dangerous. What would have happened if Judge Jenkin's faith friends said no. Where would Dallas be then? There is a reason a federal government exists.
This challenge should not even exist. There should be policy in place so this would not be a problem.
October 13, 2014
Louisiana judge (click here) temporarily blocked the transport of burned items linked to a Texas Ebola victim who died last week.
District Judge Bob Downing issued the injunction Monday afternoon after state Atty. Gen. Buddy Caldwell requested a temporary order to keep the incinerated items out of Louisiana....
The items should be incinerated and then the ashes buried in a sealed landfill that is exclusive to any reentry of future needs. The incinerator has to be a closed system such as a crematory where there is little to no venting to the outside air. In other words, the burning facility should have a facility that achieves a certain temperature that would allow very fast burning without the escape of ash or possible microbes. What goes in doesn't come out in anyway. An open fire has to be outlawed and isn't.
October 10, 2014
State Rep. Joe Deshotel today asked Veolia Environmental Services officials for a briefing on how the Port Arthur-based industrial disposal company came to be in contact with the state about incinerating material that might have been contaminated by the Ebola virus from a Dallas apartment.
Six trucks bearing 27 containers of household goods, cleaning material and cut-up furniture were to be delivered either last night or early today to the Veolia incinerator on Texas 73.
The items were from the Dallas apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan fell mortally ill with Ebola virus he contracted in Liberia earlier this month....
DO NOT POLITICIZE THIS DISEASE.
DO NOT!
Anyone who does is open for social ridicule.
There are far to many moving pieces in handling an infectious disease.
Currently, when this disease is presented to President Obama, he is talking to an empty chair in his Cabinet.
I've been following the fear mongering and it is completely false.
The fear mongering goes like this, "If President Obama didn't allow those workers from West Africa into the country Duncan wouldn't come here looking for a cure."
Mr. Duncan has a fiancee in Dallas. End of discussion.
Amazingly there is not one family member from his apartment that has contracted this disease yet. They must be tuned to the disease in West Africa differently than most.
