Posted on 12/03/2001 4:03:57 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
Monday December 3 6:06 PM ET
Surgeon General: CDC Labs a 'National Disgrace' SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Health) - US Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher said that the United States should be ``ashamed of the condition of the laboratories at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.'' The labs are out-of-date and poorly equipped, he said, ``and these are laboratories that are relied upon around the world.''
Satcher, who held an impromptu press briefing at the American Medical Association House of Delegates meeting here, said ``the laboratories had no power for 15 hours during the early days'' of the anthrax bioterrrorism attacks.
Satcher, who previously served as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said the whole US public health system needs an infusion of cash. ``I support the proposal by Senators Frist and Kennedy to boost the public budget by $3.2 billion.'' The Bush administration is asking for an increase of $1.5 billion.
Beyond problems at CDC headquarters, Satcher said that all public health labs--state and local--need to be re-tooled and updated. ``There are local public health labs that don't have fax machines, that have no computers so they cannot receive e-mail updates,'' he said.
Moreover, Satcher said, ``We need to train more epidemiologists. It's my understanding that there are 10 states that have no trained epidemiologists in their health departments.''
Satcher, who is a member of the AMA House of Delegates, was a featured speaker during a session on bioterrorism.
All I can say is, case in point. If that doesn't buttress my comments I don't know what would.
Sheesh, who can remember everything that was wacky with clintoon and his goons?! There were so many. I'm still wondering how this country survived eight years of that scum. Despite forgetting you still got it right!
Well, once again we are left with but one question of a Clinton administration appointee: WHY DIDN'T YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT WHEN *YOU* WERE IN CHARGE??????
Democrats don't work for a living. It hurts their self-esteem.
It's one of only two location in the world storing smallpox samples (the other being Russia). It's also storing Ebola samples and who know what else.
The building is located right next to the street with no fence around it.
I drove by a week after 9/11 and saw only one police car in front of the CDC. I went by a few weeks later and three police cars were in front of it. Now cement barriers have been added.
The CDC needs to move out of Atlanta, somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
In that case, they should be named the William Jefferson Clinton Labs.
By the way, regarding Dr. Elders, she was from Arkansas and had worked with Virginia Kelly, Clinton's mother, when Kelly had a patiient die due to her neglect. Somehow, after that, she kept getting these amazing political appointments in Arkansas state government, and then of course she was the FIRST one Clinton thought of when he needed a Surgeon General.
I am just full of this information. Glad I could find a place to use it.
"Alex, I'll take Clinton scandals for $500!"
What is this third-rate political hack doing in such an important post, when public health should be prepared to deal with serious threats. A fat lot of good this condom-pusher would do if smallpox got loose in one of our cities.
Our surgeon general is a national disgrace.
It's called politics!
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