Couple of corrections: The Pentagon doesn't work with the CDC at all. There is a military liason at the CDC called "Commissioned Corps" that are made up mostly of medical and research doctors.
Those facts out of the way, on to opinion: The 'Ebola Czar' is a total political hack, and as one person put it: "I believe Klain is there to "strong arm" the Democrats. To make sure they all stick to the same story and to make sure no disgruntled Democrat makes a public stink. I don't think he really has anything to do with ebola. His job is to control the story and add another buffer for Obama."
******* What I see here is a violation of posse comitatus laws which are always cited as to why we will not station US troops to guard the Mexican border
||||||||||The Pentagon is fielding a 30-person expeditionary medical support team to provide immediate assistance to civilian health professionals in the U.S. if additional Ebola cases arise, the Defense Department said Sunday.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered his Northern Command Commander, Gen. Chuck Jacoby, to assemble a 30-person team that will spend a week undergoing specialized training in infection control and personal protective equipment at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. The training is expected to begin within the next week and will be provided by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement.
The team will include 20 critical care nurses, five doctors trained in infectious disease and five trainers in infectious disease protocols. After training is finished, team members will remain in a “prepare to deploy” status for 30 days. They will not be dispatched overseas. |||||||||||||
I would agree with that. I think Obama has yet to treat Ebola as a public health crisis. For Obama, it’s a political matter, and it might have an impact on the Nov elections, and he’s working that aspect as best he can, putting political operatives in position to limit the damage to the Democrats.