Ebola Task Force Director: "This is the New Normal"
Texas needs to be better prepared to respond to emerging infectious diseases like Ebola, the director of a new state task force on such diseases said Thursday.
"This is the new normal," Brett Giroir, director of the Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response, said at the conclusion of a nearly four-hour state Capitol hearing.
It was the task force's first public meeting since being formed by Gov. Rick Perry in early October in the wake of the country's first diagnosis of Ebola, which occurred in Dallas. The virus proved fatal for the initial patient, Thomas ...
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Gary Scitern via Texas Tribune on Facebook
someone buddy got a new job.
Hany Elmksud via Texas Tribune on Facebook
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Donna R. Crosby via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Just do what you always do blame the federal guvmint.
Bonnie Preston via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ya think?
Sam Davis via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Nothing more reassuring than a group of old white guys looking out for GOP interests.
Tom Sweazea via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Well....Gov. Perry just needs to pray harder. He's now having to do double duty what with praying for the cure to the drought and now having to pray away EBOLA !!! He is though saving on that Presidential bid...you know the one he wanted to succeed from...as HE DOESN'T STAND A PRAYER THERE....
Egbeigwe Ilouno via Texas Tribune on Facebook
TEXAS NEEDS WENDY DAVIS.
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i thought some one said that were didnt the Feds? and wasnt the original problem here that a hospital sent patient 0 home with a few antibiotics? only to see them return? and wasnt that same hospital's nurses that ended with Ebola?
John Foddrill Sr via Texas Tribune on Facebook
DPS Director McCraw, Emergency Management Czar Nim Kidd and others have helped the City of San Antonio TX cover up the theft and misuse of tens of millions of 911 and other public safety dollars when 23.6% of 911 calls failed with no money left to fix the failing system...Lives were put at risk while they helped hide the ongoing criminal conspiracy.....How can we trust them now to protect us from Ebola.....Liars one and all......see castrogate.net for details
Dianna Puente Colbert via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Texas needs to be better prepared for all infections not just Ebola. What about MRSA
Joe Meller via Texas Tribune on Facebook
This should not be "the new normal". Fix it and keep Texans safe,... It's your job
David DeLong via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I guess that means we''ll need tax dollars to invest in public health rather than throwing them away with defending unconstitutional laws or crony capitalism for the governor's buddies.
Egbeigwe Ilouno via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The sheep come out at night. Damn.