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« SAF files against Illinois yet again.... | Main | An unusual case of self-defense »

More on anti-NRA ebola nonsense

Posted by David Hardy · 25 October 2014 04:30 PM

A while back I posted on MSNBC's poppycock claim that NRA was somehow responsible for Ebola's menace, since NRA had blocked the nomination of an anti-gun Surgeon General and that somehow impaired our response.

When an agency has no top dog, an "acting" head is appointed, often the deputy top dog. Yep, there is an acting Surgeon General. It gets better. Many small agencies are organized along these lines: (1) the chief is a political appointee, given the post as a political payback; his or her job consists of traveling around the country and giving speeches. (2) The deputy chief is a careerist who knows the agency, and actually runs the place. Some checking showed the Surgeon General's Office appears to be organized on these lines.

The result is that the deputy Surgeon General, now acting Surgeon General, is Boris Lushniak, MD. He started his medical career 31 years ago as a med student with the Public Health Service, and rose through the ranks. He's served with the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service, and with the FDA, as Chief Medical Officer of the Office of Counterterrorism. It doesn't look like the absence of a confirmed Surgeon General is hurting us.

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2 Comments | Leave a comment

Rich | October 26, 2014 4:28 PM | Reply

Actually we are probably better off with the deputy than an actual head

eye5600 | October 27, 2014 9:58 AM | Reply

It's not the Surgeon General's job to prepare the country for threats like Ebola. That's what the CDC is for. An SG might be helpful in a public information campaign, but that's about it.

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