Posted on 10/06/2014 2:25:57 PM PDT by bestintxas
With close to 4,000 documented cases of Ebola worldwide recorded as of this weekend, according to the CDC, American officials are working to isolate and prevent the disease from spreading in the U.S.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry – whose state is currently handling the only confirmed case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States – announced a new task force Monday to handle the current Ebola outbreak and other infectious diseases in the future. Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian resident, is receiving treatment for the disease in Dallas.
“Today, I issued an executive order creating the Texas task force on infectious disease and response,” Perry said, adding that it will “enhance our ability to quickly and effectively halt the spread of infectious disease.”
Perry, who is openly contemplating a presidential run in 2016, thanked the federal government for its resources and support. But he also criticized the federal government for allowing the case in the U.S. and suggested that better screening precautions be implemented at airports.
“There’s only so much that a state can do and many of the circumstances that lead to this,” he said. “Washington needs to take immediate steps to minimize” the risks of Ebola.
Perry argued for screening procedures at border crossing areas for people traveling to the U.S. from Ebola hot spots. He also suggested taking passengers’ temperatures to “prevent contagions from entering the country.”
In Washington, President Obama will meet his national security team and senior staff to discuss the Ebola outbreak and the government response this afternoon, as his surrogates fend off critics like Perry about how the government is handling the crisis.
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Perry talks a good game, but what has he done to stop the illegals?
Proactive governor’s action...ping!
Thanks AAC!
I see the Perry haters came right out of the gate.
Gee lets lay down for Obama.
Perry is doing hos best within the law to thumb the Fed in the eye.
Just heard the report on Fox News. At least he is TRYING to get something done, unlike bummer. He is the bull nettle in bummer’s shorts.
Hey governor -
we are a union of STATES!!
You have not just the right but the responsibility to protect your state!
He sent the TXARNG to the border to keep the cartels out. What has your governor done? Probably the same as 0 bummer.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Doesn’t take ‘em long, does it! If he does SOMEthing, it’s more than our FEDS have done in 7 years!
I trust him. I do NOT trust DC!
Exactly right! He is doing all he can without any help from the Feds! We are called a “rich” state, but there is still just so much money allocated to each problem that he is trying to control. IMHO......
Perry has been HUGELY successful as a Gov.
He could retire tomorrow and plenty here would continue to give him more **** than Obama.
I know. Gripers have to gripe. :)
Hmmm? Perry? Obama?
Hmmm? Perry? Obama?
Well color me confused. /s
I know huh.
No comparison AT ALL!!
Thanks for the ping!
Thanks for the ping, LUV.
I’d really like to see Perry man up and show some real backbone in this situation.
I want to see him use every power he has, as the Governor of a sovereign state, to mitigate this menace within our midst. I’m not too heartened, though, after his failure to stop the invasion at our southern border.
Me, too. So far, though, he’s 100% more man than what we have in DC.
You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!
Has he really? Are the kids and other illegals still streaming in? My republican governor is weak, so I’ll give you that.
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