The Ebola Czar

 

 

"When all else fails, appoint a 'blue ribbon' panel or another bureaucrat from academia..."

I was hoping that maybe we might have fixed at least part of the problem. Yesterday, the formidable Dr. Tom Frieden was in front of a Congressional committee trying to answer some tough questions. It was quite the show to say the least. What did we learn? Nothing. What was resolved? Nothing. However, later in the day the President did some out and make a statement. And what did he say? Well for one thing, he is not going to stop flights from coming in from the Ebola "hot zones".

It has been proven that countries in Africa who have voluntarily imposed travel restrictions have shown positive results in slowing the disease. That does not matter to us. However, we are thinking about appointing a "Ebola Czar". Will that person be the same kind of uninformed bureaucrat that is running the CDC? Odds are it will be.

So what is our strategy right now in keeping this dreaded disease out of our country? I really don't know. Since I had to spend a lot of time in my truck yesterday, I listened to quite a bit of the Frieden hearings. The Administration must be very proud of him. He has learned the art of the non-answer. He gives a lot of information, but not the information requested.

When he was asked why he did not support travel restrictions from Ebola "hot zones", he gave a classic non-answer. He said was worried about hurting the "fledgling economies in some African countries". Huh? News flash to Dr. Frieden - your job is to keep the people in THIS country safe! He should have resigned or been fired yesterday.

We are however, sending more of our fighting troops over to Africa. We do this as ISIL continues to massacre innocents in Syria and Iraq. Kobane is inches from falling into enemy hands. ISIL has threatened to behead another American. Do we send members of our elite 101st Airborne over to restore peace and order? Nope. No boots on the ground, remember? Instead we are sending members of this highly trained war fighting unit over to Africa to treat Ebola. Go figure.

We will have to wait and see what happens today. We will see if a czar is appointed, or if that decision also needs to be weighed on the 15th hole. Meanwhile, hundreds of people who may have been exposed to this disease, wait on pins and needles. Of all the things this Administration has bungled in the past six years, this is by far the worst. Now we wait - and hope against hope our luck has not run out.