Which is exactly what he did, and brilliantly. The day after he was appointed, every news outlet in America, if not the world, stopped reporting on Ebola. Someone should give him a raise.
Meanwhile, the public is woefully unaware, misinformed -- actually disinformed-- of the dangers of Ebola. But what are a few lives when you have bright shiny political subterfuge to protect?
He probably threatened everyone with IRS audits.