Military Preps Quick-Strike Team For Ebola Response In United States -- CNN
(CNN) -- The U.S. military is forming a 30-person "quick-strike team" equipped to provide direct treatment to Ebola patients inside the United States, a Defense Department official told CNN's Barbara Starr on Sunday.
A Pentagon spokesman later confirmed portions of the official's information.
The team will be under orders to deploy within 72 hours at any time over the next month, the official said.
The Department of Health and Human Services requested the military team, and the Pentagon has given verbal approval, the official said.
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1 comment:
The military?
We have FEMA and the CDC why?
Frieden I understand did good work in NYC combating multi-drug resistant TB and brought the numbers down significantly. This is how he rose to prominence.
If this is true and not like how some cities bring down their homicide statistics, it was good work.
I am not impressed with everything else Frieden has done.
We have the CDC why?
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