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Obama says considering appointing an Ebola 'czar' to lead U.S. effort
Reuters ^ | October 16, 2014

Posted on 10/16/2014 4:57:34 PM PDT by maggief

WASHINGTON Oct 16 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he is considering appointing an Ebola "czar" as the lead U.S. coordinator in the effort to contain the virus and that he remains opposed to a ban on travel from West Africa.

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KEYWORDS: ebola; obama
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To: maggief

Yep. Another czar. That’ll fix it.


41 posted on 10/16/2014 5:43:29 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: maggief
Obama says considering appointing an Ebola 'czar' to lead U.S. effort

President Narrows Field Down To Top Three Candidates


42 posted on 10/16/2014 5:46:50 PM PDT by Iron Munro (We can make it work with only one square per restroom visit -- Sheryl Crow)
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To: Paladin2

Shep says their are no worries. Be happy.


43 posted on 10/16/2014 5:48:20 PM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: RedMDer

Doctor Death...

http://www.today.com/news/simone-biles-bee-incident-i-just-freaked-out-2D80220583

Emanuel spoke to TODAY’s Matt Lauer after news emerged about a Dallas nurse who tested positive for the Ebola virus after caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, who died last week following a battle with the disease. The nurse is the first known transmission of the virus within in the United States.

Emanuel also spoke about the influence that Ebola has had on:

Crews disinfecting the sidewalk of the infected nurse’s home: Emanuel stressed he is not a decontamination expert, but that “the sidewalk does not seem to be the right place” to emphasize. “A lot of that is about fears. Checking temperatures when people come into the country is probably not going to be our best use, but it does reassure people.”
The hospitals being used to treat patients: “It’s not the facility, it’s the training — and it’s not anything special about the rooms.”
The training health care workers must receive before working with patients: “It’s really about how the health care workers gown, de-gown. It’s about the standard processes of care. “
On whether there is a need to set up regional facilities to handle cases: “Given the fact that we’re not going to have a big outbreak here, that these are going to be isolated cases, the idea of specializing in a few places is right.”


44 posted on 10/16/2014 5:49:34 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

They might want to consider Dr. Tom Frieden. I think he will be seeking new professional challenges soon.


45 posted on 10/16/2014 5:51:28 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Put lipstick on a Communist and call it a Progressive, but it's still a Communist with lipstick.)
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To: maggief

Obama’s culture of death friends.


46 posted on 10/16/2014 5:53:48 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: maggief

Obama needs to appoint a President Czar to lead the country.


47 posted on 10/16/2014 5:54:41 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: maggief

They don’t realize that this just makes them look that much more feckless.


48 posted on 10/16/2014 5:54:53 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ( Impeach. Remove. Rinse. Repeat.)
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To: raybbr

Wrong. There is a Surgeon General although his current status is “Acting”. The “Acting” status allows him to draw a huge salary, wear a snappy uniform worthy of a president of Uganda or Libya, and hide out in his office, avoid responsibility and whine that he has not been confirmed.

(Rear Admiral (RADM) Boris D. Lushniak, M.D., M.P.H., is the Acting United States Surgeon General)


49 posted on 10/16/2014 5:57:31 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Put lipstick on a Communist and call it a Progressive, but it's still a Communist with lipstick.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

wiki:

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Lushniak is of Ukrainian ancestry, went to St. Ignatius College Prep and is a graduate of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and Harvard School of Public Health.

Career[edit]
Lushniak spent 16 years with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While there, he worked on assignments in Russia, Kosovo and Bangladesh. He also worked at the World Trade Center site and with the CDC anthrax team. Lushniak joined the Food and Drug Administration in 2004. He served as the Chief Medical Officer, Office of Counter-terrorism Policy and Planning in the Office of the Commissioner before being named FDA Assistant Commissioner, Counterterrorism Policy and Director of the Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats within the Office of the Commissioner, the following year. He was promoted to Rear Admiral (Upper Half) and named Deputy Surgeon General in 2010.[2]


50 posted on 10/16/2014 6:02:06 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Jarhead9297

Never said it was fake, nor do I believe it’s fake.

Hyped beyond its true danger en masse, yes.


51 posted on 10/16/2014 6:02:32 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Like I said, there is no Surgeon General.


52 posted on 10/16/2014 6:03:36 PM PDT by raybbr (Obamacare needs a death panel.)
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To: maggief
The Czar will see you now

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53 posted on 10/16/2014 6:05:45 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: maggief

What a mind boggling dimwit.


54 posted on 10/16/2014 6:18:12 PM PDT by rlmorel (The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
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To: maggief

Great! Czars to order us around are why our forebearers fought the American Revolution!


55 posted on 10/16/2014 6:25:56 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..) u)
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To: maggief; All

Obama needs to make ebola-related decisions now imo, regardless if such decisions are based on perceived federal government powers.

Considering an ebola czar not only gives the PC appearance of official action imo, but I suspect that what Obama also has in mind is an ebola scapegoat.


56 posted on 10/16/2014 6:51:13 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Ingtar

Correct. Perhaps the trouble is too many bureaucratic layers? We need an anti-Czar. The free market and a return to our republic.


57 posted on 10/16/2014 6:53:51 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: maggief

Paging Jocelyn Elders.....


58 posted on 10/16/2014 7:19:47 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Politicians and diapers must be changed often for the same reason)
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To: maggief

Our Ebola czar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anILOkZWf0I


59 posted on 10/16/2014 8:15:11 PM PDT by familyop
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To: maggief

The Gov. is getting more like Ebola.


60 posted on 10/16/2014 8:15:48 PM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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