He called President Barack Obama a ‘dope’ and ‘incompetent’ and railed against the evidence-based response our administration put in place,” Biden wrote. As the midterm elections approached in fall 2014, Trump and numerous GOP leaders faulted Obama for his response to Ebola. The other three recovered, and Obama declared a qualified victory in early 2015 during an event at the White House with public health professionals. ADSome global health security experts said that a more senior White House official should be in charge of the Trump administration’s response given that Azar has little authority over other agencies. “They don’t need an Ebola czar the way the Obama administration needed one.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2020 00:28 UTC