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I look forward to the rapid response of the new Health and Human Services secretary on this crisis.

by basementcat 2y ago

Terr_ 2y ago
Would HHS--a federal organization--normally be involved for something of this nature in a single state?
- basementcat 2y ago
  Are you implying the CDC (part of PHS and itself part of HHS) has no authority to track and provide technical resources to combat measles outbreaks within individual states? https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_...
  - Terr_ 2y ago
    No, I'm asking what particular "rapid response" you would expect at this moment from a typical HHS secretary. A declaration or official determination? Dispatching some kind of team? A press conference to assure the American public that they are aware and monitoring the situation closely?
    - kmos17 2y ago
      An announcement about the importance of vaccination duh! oh wait..
      - Terr_ 2y ago
        I'll grant that is unlikely to happen with the kooks and crooks who just took office, but you've got to admit that--even in the best of times--a generic "reminder of the importance of" would be a timid and not-very-newsworthy type of "rapid response". The the majority of the blame here lies on years of behavior by people and officials within Texas.
- kccoder 2y ago
  Various federal organizations get involved in single-state issues in their purview all the time, including the CDC. A single state outbreak can quickly become a multi-state outbtreak, then a nationwide outbreak. Measles, being one of the most contagious diseases in existence, is no joke, so even a small outbreak can be cause for serious concern. Measles has a r0 between 12 and 18, covid has an r0 between 1.4 and 2.4; when extrapolated exponentially, things get gnarly at an alarming rate.

I look forward to the rapid response of the new Health and Human Services secretary on this crisis.

Terr_ 2y ago

Would HHS--a federal organization--normally be involved for something of this nature in a single state?

basementcat 2y ago
Are you implying the CDC (part of PHS and itself part of HHS) has no authority to track and provide technical resources to combat measles outbreaks within individual states? https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_...
- Terr_ 2y ago
  No, I'm asking what particular "rapid response" you would expect at this moment from a typical HHS secretary. A declaration or official determination? Dispatching some kind of team? A press conference to assure the American public that they are aware and monitoring the situation closely?
  - kmos17 2y ago
    An announcement about the importance of vaccination duh! oh wait..
    - Terr_ 2y ago
      I'll grant that is unlikely to happen with the kooks and crooks who just took office, but you've got to admit that--even in the best of times--a generic "reminder of the importance of" would be a timid and not-very-newsworthy type of "rapid response". The the majority of the blame here lies on years of behavior by people and officials within Texas.
kccoder 2y ago
Various federal organizations get involved in single-state issues in their purview all the time, including the CDC. A single state outbreak can quickly become a multi-state outbtreak, then a nationwide outbreak. Measles, being one of the most contagious diseases in existence, is no joke, so even a small outbreak can be cause for serious concern. Measles has a r0 between 12 and 18, covid has an r0 between 1.4 and 2.4; when extrapolated exponentially, things get gnarly at an alarming rate.