Ebola: World Needs to Prepare
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Ebola Crisis: Obama Says World Needs to Better Prepare for OutbreaksPresident Barack Obama on Friday said the world has to better coordinate and respond to outbreaks of diseases, noting that Ebola isn't the first deadly virus to cross borders and threaten global health and security.
"Each time, the world scrambles to coordinate a response," Mr. Obama said at the Global Health Security Summit in Washington, D.C. "Each time, it's been harder than it should be to share information and to contain the outbreak. As a result, diseases have spread faster and farther than they should have, which means lives are...
From the Right
Obama blocks deportation for thousands of Liberian illegals, citing Ebola crisisPresident Obama deferred deportation Friday for thousands of Liberians living in the U.S., allowing them to remain in America for two more years rather than return to their Ebola-stricken homeland.
In a presidential order, Mr. Obama extended the grant of “deferred enforced departure” for Liberians who have enjoyed safe haven status in the U.S. as far back as 1991, when their country was in the midst of a civil war.
Mr. Obama said there are “compelling foreign policy reasons” for his action; Liberia is one of three West African nations...
From the Left
Obama tells global health officials: After Ebola, 'we have to do better.'President Obama Addressed Health officials from Dozens of countries who HAD Gathered Friday at the White House to Determine Ways the International Community CAN Strengthen defenses Against Future Epidemics , SUCH as the Ebola Outbreak Now Raging in West Africa.
Administration officials HAD Launched a global Health Security Initiative in February to help develop Other Nations Basic disease detection and Monitoring Systems to CONTAIN the spread of Deadly Illnesses. The push to develop a long-Term Strategy GAINED Added Impetus in the Wake of the Ebola epidemic.
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