Top WH official tasked w/ pandemic response left in 2018, Bolton axed NSA position shortly after

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Remember that the top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response to a pandemic left in 2018. He wasn’t replaced. John Bolton, still the national security adviser then, immediately disbanded the official’s global health security team.

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By Lena H. Sun

May 10, 2018 at 4:32 p.m. EDT

The top White House official responsible for leading the U.S. response in the event of a deadly pandemic has left the administration, and the global health security team he oversaw has been disbanded under a reorganization by national security adviser John Bolton.

The abrupt departure of Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer from the National Security Council means no senior administration official is now focused solely on global health security. Ziemer’s departure, along with the breakup of his team, comes at a time when many experts say the country is already underprepared for the increasing risks of a pandemic or bioterrorism attack.

Ziemer’s last day was Tuesday, the same day a new Ebola outbreak was declared in Congo. He is not being replaced.

Pandemic preparedness and global health security are issues that require government-wide responses, experts say, as well as the leadership of a high-ranking official within the White House who is assigned only this role.

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[Scotch-Irish]

1. Leadership has NEVER been a republican strong point.

Never.
They are a cult. They follow talking points.

[PatSeg]

6. And yet they constantly criticized

Obama for his lack of leadership. The GOP talking point was he "leads from behind". They talk about "bold leadership", but they are actually a bunch of spineless sheep.

[ecstatic]

2. Also, we don't have universal healthcare. What could possibly go

wrong?

[flor-de-jasmim]

3. Why isn't NEGLECT of duty seen as an abuse of power - we need more impeachment articles.

[Turbineguy]

4. Response requires leadership

From a trump appointee? The best people?

[crickets]

5. Anything and everything that might serve the public at large

is always fair game for destruction when Republicans are involved. It's sociopathic.

[Blue_Tires]

7. kick

[Vinca]

8. That's okay. I'm sure Dear Leader is the world expert on corona viruses.

[Dennis Donovan]

9. He thinks it originated in Queens...