With the recent events over Ebola, it calls into question if the
Center for Disease Control (CDC) is still up to the task of fighting potential
outbreaks of deadly diseases. As such, perhaps it is time to dissolve the
CDC and give their duties over to a more trusted group of individuals who have
the discipline and the wherewithal to act on what is right, The National Guard.
Time to discuss.
CDC to National Guard: While the CDC has served us well in
the past, they seem to have botched up due to politics. They no longer,
it appears, care for safety of people in the country if it means them looking
bad politically (such as the suspending of flights from African Countries).
However, the National Guard has no such problem. They are there to
protect us and even have training to deal with threats like Ebola (whether they
have specialized divisions I do not know). However, they are tasked with
defending the people and thus can make these kinds of decisions without
political approval. They can even suspend traffic going in and out of a
particular State in the nation if they feel it is no longer safe and have the
resources to pull it off on their own. Together with the CDC's old
resources they can actually give people a plan to protect themselves from
things like Ebola and customize each State's response in the United States.
This ability to customize per State an action plan to stop the spread of
infection is useful and if the CDC was around they would be doing this
particular task regardless. Thus it eliminates another level of
bureaucracy that may inhibit a quick and needed response.
Conclusion: The CDC was once one of the most trusted
institutions in America's political system. Now they pretty much are
deemed a political hack. They traded trust for million dollar offices and
other waste over protecting the nation from an outbreak that potentially could
have killed thousands. With the National Guard however, we have a ready
rapid reaction force ready to stop the spread of the infection by shutting down
air traffic, land traffic and river/ocean traffic before the disease spreads
further. They will also have the equipment, and capability to aid doctors
in fighting the infection by setting up emergency hospitals at strategic points
on a moment’s notice. Essentially, we get the military precision and
discipline to get the job done. This is an option to fix a potentially
growing problem within the federal government, not a cure.
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