Many of the headlines support the President’s remarks on Ebola this week, but he did seem to skip over some of the other news that might indicate a larger risk:
- NYPD dump potentially infected PPE in city trash can;
- Mandatory quarantines for travelers from West Africa;
- NYC Doctor with Ebola takes subway, goes bowling before checking into the hospital for diagnosis.
My guess is that the President would say, “mistakes will be made,” in response to these details, and brush them off. I get the purpose of the whole calming tone & rosy message, but blowing sweet smelling smoke up the public’s butt doesn’t really help anyone work to prepare and build their own self-reliance – which would strengthen America from the bottom-up.
Instead his message is geared toward reassuring folk that the government has this handled – no need to panic, precautions, or preparation… the government will take care of everyone. That’s what’s wrong with the whole centralist mindset, you can’t just lead from the center, you have to empower to building of diverse robustness from the bottom-up. When everyone is empowered to take care of themselves the entire decentralized system is stronger – albeit at the cost of some loss in productivity and profit at the center.