McHenry Questions DOD on Ebola Preparedness

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[Nachum]

Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), the Chief Deputy Whip, questions witnesses on how prepared the Department of Defense is should a member of the American military be stricken with Ebola while in Africa.

[Nachum]

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[tumblindice]

Where’s that fat dyke when the Dems really need her, ol’ double ugly Nappy Sunshine “The system works!” Whatsherface.

This administration needs more false confidence as it staggers to its last lame duck death spiral—like the old days, before these people were proven to be both transparently incompetent and (remarkably, at the same time) malicious.

[ansel12]

The DOD better be prepared, so far it seems that after 50 years of this and billions of dollars and countless drills, everyone else was faking us out about preparedness for NBC.

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

[SkyPilot]

The military was cut by Billions before the 2013 Sequestration cuts, which required the DoD to "pay for" almost 50% of all cuts required by the Budget Control Act.

The Pentagon was cut by Obama in 2010, again in 2012, and then came Sequestration in 2013.

The cuts were so rapid and so deep that they US military didn't even the money to pay its nurses and doctors salaries, purchase fuel for the Air Force, or train Army Combat Brigades. This year, the DoD is giving pink slips to soldiers in combat zones.

Entitlements, however, were left unscathed, and are growing exponentially.

How can ANYONE in Congress of the government criticize the US military for being "unprepared" when they have gutted the institution beyond all recognition?

[BwanaNdege]

The DOD better be prepared, so far it seems that after 50 years of this and billions of dollars and countless drills, everyone else was faking us out about preparedness for NBC.

"NBC" = "No Body Cares"

I assume that NBC received better attention during and after the Iraq wars, but back in the 1970's, it truly was a Nobody Cares situation. My viewpoint is that of a former squadron NBC officer.

Example 1 - Filters for the small building sized ventilation unit were "Depot Level" replacement, i.e. at Albany, Ga. However, with an attack with VX, these filters needed to be changed every 5 hours.

Example 2 - The gas mask issued for use by helicopter pilots distorted vision so much that depth perception was severely degraded. The head straps & buckles dug into the scalp. I mentioned these problems to the CO and asked him for permission to have one pilot (two pilot helo) on each launch wear the mask for at least 30 minutes, then complete an evaluation form.

"Great idea! Have the XO do the first test", was his reply. When the XO returned to the ready room from his evaluation flight he was cussing up a blue streak and threw the gas mask all the way across the ready room.

"Thank you, Sir! Would you please put that in writing?"

"#%$&@ I will!"

NBC = "I will worry about that tomorrow."

[BwanaNdege]

Thanks for posting! He's our congressman. I'll be going down to his local office in the morning to try to pass along an idea for a safer way to care for Ebola patients.

[exDemMom]

Eventually, entitlement spending will grow to the point where no government agency will have the funding to operate.

Of the tax revenues coming in, a huge amount is shifted over to entitlement spending. There are fewer workers than takers. And to buy political power, politicians keep funneling more money to the takers, even while decreasing funding for the agencies that actually do needed work (like CDC, FDA, DoD, etc.).

Look at the link in my tag. It is very sobering.

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The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

[SkyPilot]

Eventually, entitlement spending will grow to the point where no government agency will have the funding to operate. Of the tax revenues coming in, a huge amount is shifted over to entitlement spending. There are fewer workers than takers.

You are one of the few who get this.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!