So long GerberDINK

[Morgan]

YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Hope she doesn't let the door hit her in the butt too hard on the way out..

CDC director faces ouster under new administration

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CDC director faces ouster under new administration


By Craig Schneider
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, November 23, 2008
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/...11/23/cdc.html

Dr. Julie Gerberding’s controversial tenure as director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could end as early as January, as a new Obama administration puts its stamp on federal agencies, several public health experts said.


During Gerberding’s six years at the CDC, critics lambasted her for sacrificing science for politics —- for carrying the Bush agenda on global warming and other issues into the world of scientific research.


Her defenders counter that she expanded the mission of the agency to include bioterrorism research, combating AIDS globally and responding to national health threats.


But fans and detractors alike say her leaving would not be a surprise.

Gerberding, an infectious disease expert, was appointed CDC director in 2002 under the Bush administration. She has led the CDC —- the country’s premier public health lab —- into the post-9/11 world.


But along the way, her reorganization of the center’s staff, her edited testimony before a congressional hearing and the removal of a few respected CDC leaders have created a firestorm of criticism.

“I am very certain that the new administration will look for a new director of the CDC and will not keep Dr. Gerberding in that role,” said Dr. Nils Daulaire, president of the Global Health Council, a Washington-based organization of several thousand health professionals and groups.


President-elect Barack Obama is quickly changing the guard. It was widely reported last week, for example, that Obama has chosen former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as secretary of health and human services. The secretary appoints the CDC director.


Obama transition officials declined to comment on the CDC post, though transition team members have visited the CDC, federal officials said.

Even if Gerberding is replaced, her supporters say that may be no reflection on her performance, that new leaders often want to bring in their own players.

And the director’s departure is by no means a foregone conclusion, said Debra Lappin, a health consultant on the advisory board to the CDC director. Gerberding could provide continuity for the new administration, she said.

“Her commitment to science cuts across the aisle,” she said.

Gerberding’s perceived alignment with the Bush administration, however, could work against her remaining in the job, said Russ Toal, a distinguished fellow in health policy at Georgia State University.

The Bush administration “was an extremely political administration that reached down into the lower levels of government,” Toal said.


Gerberding was criticized last year after allegations emerged that she allowed the White House to censor her congressional testimony on climate change.

A deleted section of the testimony included the statement that “catastrophic weather events such as heat waves and hurricanes are expected to become more frequent, severe and costly.”

Gerberding said at the time that the White House review process was customary, and she said she spoke openly and without constraint.


Dr. David Sencer, who led the CDC from 1966 to 1977, believes Gerberding would find it difficult to adapt to a new administration. He has raised objections about the direction of the agency.


“Sometimes CDC was putting politics ahead of science,” he said.

Sencer was among five former CDC directors who wrote to Gerberding in 2006 to express concern that her reorganization of the agency prompted morale problems and an exodus of key leaders and scientists.

Gerberding responded that some morale issues were expected during the reorganization, and she stressed that the agency continued to perform well through the transition.

In July of this year, Gerberding came under fire from business leaders, labor unions and lawmakers who alleged that she played politics by refusing to reappoint the respected leader of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Gerberding responded that the agency was taking a new direction to enhance occupational health.

Gerberding, 53, lives in Atlanta with her husband, David Rose, who is a software engineer.

She is also a clinical professor of medicine at Emory University.


Asked whether she would like to remain in the CDC post, Gerberding issued a statement Thursday saying, “CDC is at the forefront when it comes to protecting our nation’s health, and I want to do everything in my power, in whatever capacity, to champion the agency’s cause.”

Her supporters hope she will remain in the position.

“I personally think she’s been a can-do person. … She did difficult things at difficult times,” said U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.).

Isakson praised her leadership during the anthrax attacks, the agency’s commitment to battling AIDS and its progress on building new labs.
Still, Isakson said, he would not be surprised if the Obama administration replaced her.
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Morgan

[Jo]

Thanks Morgan,

I recognise that name from a year ago - I'm not sure she's all bad cuz she blabbed when Bush took out some emerging disease pages from the 2007 report.

CDC Morgellons TeleBriefing - Wednesday 16th Jan 2008

At that level, I reckon they are just pawns in a game really.

Cant believe that telebriefing was nearly a year ago

Jo xxx

[carla]

I can't see anything changing there.
The New Guy Tom Daschle was another Iraq War Supporter.
How can a man concerned with the health of a nation think
that launching missles at innocent families is the right thing to do.

[Sadsack]

He was also one of the victims of the anthrax mailings in 2001. I, for one, am going to start writing letters to him about Morgellons...can't hurt, hey?
SS

[Kritters]

Yes, it is all a game at that highest level. Let's see what else our new Prez does for us. I'm a-hoping.

There is a fine line he has to walk. He's educated. I'm sure he's read about the Illuminati. My hope is that he can make some difference with his limited allowance.

Kritts

[Sadsack]

Kritts -
I know how pessimistic this may sound, but short of being Christ incarnate, I can't imagine any single man being able effectively deal with the huge problems facing this country (and the world).
Just when you think, "Oh, my God", something else heats up to steal the headlines.
Now the Israeli-Gaza escalation. On top of everything else.
Then throw in the mix the dynamics that have been developing under the mainline media radar- bee dieoff, GMO threats, unregulated proliferation of nanotechnology, Lyme disease epidemic, the "do it yourself" genetic engineering that people are doing at home, climate changes, global warming and weather anomolies.
I think it is a very frightening time in this world, unlike any other.
It's like the gates for the Four Horses of the Apocolypse have been opened.
SS

[Morgan]

You Tube

Morgan

[Sadsack]

Darn it! That video was no longer available!
SS

[Kritters]

AWESOME! I LOVE THAT MOVIE.... alwaaaiz look on the broit side of life...do do dodododododo.....thanks Morgan

I double clicked on it and got that movie. Hope it's the right one! LOLOL

Kritts (SS....I hear ya....scary world right now xo)

[Baraka Obam#2]

I think this is a blessed time, it used to be people would come to the door ask for your first born boy, you had to hand him over and they killed him. Why is it always the men that gotta go, why can't it be the women, I know, I know sugar and spice and everything nice, and right up untill they changed the ingrediants with fake sugar they were fine,LOL.