Posted on 10/30/2014 11:22:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Barack Obama's commander in the fight against Ebola was expected to operate below the public radar. But did that mean invisible?
Ron Klain has barely been seen, and a week before midterm elections, Obama is pressing to dispel criticism that the government can't manage the Ebola crisis.
The White House's behind-the-scenes coordination of the Ebola response is being severely tested, while the Pentagon and states like New York and New Jersey take public steps that are far firmer than federal guidelines. That's creating the appearance of a crazy quilt of Ebola measures.
"The CDC is behind on this," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday. "Governors ultimately have responsibility to protect the public health of people within their borders."
Some public health law experts say the government could have anticipated differences in approaches and acted sooner to establish federal guidelines for states to follow.
"What happened is the case showed up in New York and New Jersey, those two governors respond, knee jerk reaction, ... then you see the federal government catch up to that a little bit," said James G. Hodge Jr., a professor of public health law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. "It would have been more beneficial if CDC's guidance had come out, gosh, maybe a week or so ago."
White House officials say Klain was brought in for his management skills and ability to coordinate the work of agencies that range from the Pentagon to the Department of Health and Human Services, leaving most of the talking to the public health doctors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health.
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The Ebola Czar is busy coordinating voter fraud for the Democrats. Doesn’t matter what his title is, he can hide behind one that has NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HE’S REALLY DOING.
He managed to get that nurse to flaunt her disregard for public safety in accordance with CDC Director Friedan and Obama’s position on healthcare worker quarantines.
So what if Obama named Claude Rains (The Invisible Man) as the Ebola Czar. The One promised us transparency.
The czar is doing his job. He’s keeping Obama out of the story. That’s what his job is. Any other expectations people may have are simply mistaken.
He’s busily coordinating Kaka Hickox’s press conferences.
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