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what to make of this Inova mention?

LinkedIn: William Walters, Managing Director at U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C.
Experience:
Emergency Medicine Physician
Inova Health System
May 2010 – Present
https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-walters-01bb9024

18 April 2017: AP: Feds practice Ebola evacuations despite past Trump criticism
By MATTHEW LEE
The State Department and Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday they led an unprecedented inter-agency drill last week to test their preparedness to deal with a new outbreak of Ebola or another deadly, highly infectious disease. In the drill, 11 simulated patients were flown in specially designed bio-containment containers on a pair of 747s and three smaller Gulfstream jets from Sierra Leone to Washington’s Dulles International Airport...
“The scope of this exercise is unprecedented and a testament to the lessons learned and then changes made in the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak,” said Dr. William Walters, the managing director for operational medicine at the State Department, which coordinates the evacuations until patients clear U.S. customs and immigration. He said the U.S. was “largely unprepared” for the Ebola crisis three years ago...

As a private citizen, Trump scathingly criticized Obama for his response to the Ebola outbreak, even though health experts credited U.S. efforts for helping resolve the crisis. On Twitter and in numerous interviews, Trump called Obama “incompetent” and “nuts” and demanded that evacuations be halted, saying they were dangerous and a threat to public health in America.
Trump also called numerous times for a ban on flights to the U.S. from Ebola-infected nations, and a visa ban on citizens of those countries
https://apnews.com/19e03ab908584ed2995efcb2c255f4e6