Feds conduct large scale Ebola drills

[MindWars]

Donald Trump railed against President Barack Obama’s decision to bring patients with Ebola to the United States for treatment in 2014. Now that Trump is president, his administration is preparing for similar, and possibly larger-scale, evacuations. The State Department and Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday they led an unprecedented inter-agency drill last week to test their preparedness to deal with a new outbreak of Ebola or another deadly, highly infectious disease. In the drill, 11 simulated patients were flown in specially designed bio-containment


Feds Conduct Large Scale Ebola Drills
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When they do this it is because the stakes are higher it can or will happen. When it nears a danger zone they being to prep for issues.
Just like a grid down
Just like the practiced nuke drill without actually launching a nuke
Just like a zombie virus etc...........and yes the CDC did create a similar scenario as well as used it in pamphlet of some sort

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[ScienceRocks]

I think it is a great idea that our federal government is concern with a very real threat....

Of course, you'd like to have them stop and defund all research so we'd be caught off guard! Of course, I am the stupid one in your little fantasy joke world. But, your ideas could end up killing tens of millions of people.

 

[ABikerSailor]

I think it is a great idea that our federal government is concern with a very real threat....

Of course, you'd like to have them stop and defund all research so we'd be caught off guard! Of course, I am the stupid one in your little fantasy joke world. But, your ideas could end up killing tens of millions of people.

Actually, cutting the budget for CDC (Centers for Disease Control), is already on Trump's to do list.

New Republican health care plan would cut $1 billion for preventing disease

The CDC uses it to help states deliver vaccines, watch for infectious diseases, keep an eye out for lead in water, promote breastfeeding in hospitals, prevent suicide and watch out for hospital-associated infections. It totals $931 million for 2017.


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"It really is a core activity," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, the CDC's acting director.


Not only would the proposed American Health Care Act explicitly cut the fund, but President Donald Trump has said his 2018 budget would chop domestic spending and funnel more cash to the Defense Department.


It worries federal, state and local health officials, who have seen their budgets steadily cut over the past 15 years.


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"These funds are used to prevent diseases such as hypertension, cancer and diabetes, which are drivers of the major causes of death in the United States," said Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore's health commissioner.


"They also help ensure that our nation is prepared against emerging threats such as bioterrorism and Ebola and other infectious diseases. Cutting these funds will hurt patients' health in the short term and compromise national security in the long term."