Normally, I would not think it important to write a post on three words, but these words were rather jolting as I looked under the heading of the Public Healthcare sector, in the DHS Daily Infrastructure Report, an area of jurisdiction for the Department of Homeland Security. The global news media is ablaze with following the rapid spread of Ebola, not to mention the Sunday edition focus by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution with the arriving Ebola patients a couple of weeks ago. Wouldn't the Department of Homeland Security have something to say about it this week?
The strange omission by the Department of Homeland Security seems odd especially given their office of the Chief Medical Officer who should certainly be involved, even if DHS does not have the federal government lead on the issue. The Department of Health and Human Services in the early turf battles over biodefense, won the "lead" on public health matters, but why would DHS be left completely out of the looming threat of Ebola to the global community, including the U.S.?
Having spent a substantial amount of time in the White House and other Executive Branch offices, I understand the turf wars, but to leave DHS completely out of this issue seems counterproductive to any organized domestic response to a potential biothreat. If there is a plan out there for the U.S. to address the potential arrival or spread of Ebola in the U.S. could someone please comment and post it here?
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