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Originally Posted by CFrance
I have stated my feeling about this. As Madelaine Amee has stated, and I agree with her, the world is flat. Banning flights from those countries is not going to stop ebola from entering the country. People can enter the country in many different ways.
Stemming this epidemic at the source is what is going to stop ebola from entering this country, in my opinion.
You may have military experts who can oversee the broad field in a military operation (but I doubt that one, too) and business leaders who can see the whole picture of an ailing company, etc. etc. But as for a medical person being able to bring several agencies together and force them to communicate in an effective way? I doubt that. That's a communication problem, which has bee admitted, and it needs an expert in the field of communication. No one doctor has broad knowledge over all of this. The different fields need to come together to work on the problem--medical, military, public health, disease control.
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No one said banning travel from the affected countries is going to stop Ebola 100%. But, it will obviously *reduce* it. It’s not about one perfect solution … it’s about a basket of common sense solutions that, take together, actually work. That’s why essentially every African country has banned travel. Senegal did it ASAP (I know because my son was there at the time) and so far it seems to have worked.
The argument that we need to stop Ebola at its source is fine, and I agree, but you seem to feel that we can only take one action, not multiple actions which makes no sense. I’m not trying to be insulting, but your argument is illogical.
I also fully agree that multiple fields need to come together to solve the problem … but that’s a given and true of any significant problem which crosses organization boundaries. But that premise by no means then leads to, ergo “…put a political operative in charge.”
Let me ask you, why is Secretary Burwell not “in charge?” She runs Health and Human Services, has 77,000 employees, has a trillion dollar budget and we pay her $200,000 per year. She can cross boundaries, butt heads if needed and get it done. Give her whatever help she needs. Leadership is what’s required, which includes communications skills etc. We do not need nor want politics. If she can’t display the needed leadership, fire her and get a new Secretary HHS. But right now, the Czar solution is not serious and, as I said, is obviously political in nature with an eye to diverting the credulous most especially before the election. This guy didn’t even show up for work until today and missed key meetings over the weekend.