Fla Surg General to BO admin

Discussion in 'West Mall' started by Horn6721, Jul 18, 2014.

  1. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    The Link
    "July 18, 2014

    Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20201

    Craig Fugate, Administrator Federal Emergency Management Agency U.S. Department of Homeland Security 500 C Street SW Washington, DC 20472

    Secretary Burwell and Administrator Fugate:

    The Florida Department of Health has received unconfirmed reports that the federal government is bringing unaccompanied minors from the border to Florida today. On July 17, we received unconfirmed information that dozens of children were being brought by plane into Miami on Friday. This same day, ABC news reported that "the federal government is so overwhelmed by the current tide of migrants crossing the border it cannot provide basic medical screening to all of these children before transporting them, often by air, to longer-term holding facilities across the country.” (Feds Struggling to Cope with Medical 'Breakdown' at the Border, ABC News, July 17, 2014.)

    Specifically, ABC News reported that your Health and Human Services Department's Director of Refugee Health said you, "identified a breakdown of the medical screening processes.” This breakdown was described in the news report as "a systemic failure of the handoff of these children between Customs Border Protection (CBP) and Health and Human Services (HHS).”

    If these reports are accurate, this "systemic failure” in the federal system is extremely worrisome. In order to fulfill my duties as Florida's State Surgeon General, I am asking you to immediately provide the below information. This information is urgently needed to guard the health and safety of Florida communities across our state and is vital to the well-being of those children from the border who may have come through the flawed federal system.

    • Will you notify the Florida Department of Health immediately of any current or future unaccompanied minors coming to, or placed in, Florida, including their current location?

    • Are you conducting health screenings both at the border and again at the time the children are placed in shelters?

    • What medical services, if any, were provided to any children placed in Florida?

    • Do you have any records of infectious diseases associated with the children currently in federal care in Florida?

    • Have any of the children been hospitalized in Florida with fevers accompanying their illnesses? If so, where are they being treated?

    Because of the urgency of this request, this letter is being immediately emailed and faxed to you. I expect a prompt response to my request for information on existing unaccompanied minors in Florida and would like to stress the importance of future timely communications.

    Sincerely,

    John H. Armstrong, MD, FACS State Surgeon General and Secretary Florida Department of Health"


    Obviously this MD and Florida surgeon General gets his information from right wing blogger who is just making stuff up.
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  2. chango

    chango 2,500+ Posts


     
  3. Michtex

    Michtex 1,000+ Posts

    Perhaps the unconfirmed minors should make a similar video and the right wingers will embrace them.

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  4. Uninformed

    Uninformed 5,000+ Posts

    Remember when democrats thought it was important to return illegal immigrants to their parents.


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  5. Michtex

    Michtex 1,000+ Posts


     
  6. Uninformed

    Uninformed 5,000+ Posts

    According to Castro... And according to Obama, all the kids coming to America never want to be seen by their parents again. Its funny how time keeps changing but the puppets remain the same.
     
  7. Crockett

    Crockett 5,000+ Posts

    The sad thing about figuring out the best course of action with these children is that it's like figuring out how to handle women. You have to do it one at a time.
     
  8. zork

    zork 2,500+ Posts

    It's easy. Each child should receive a book of 5 flight vouchers to anywhere in the world, $50,000 cash, and a voucher for another $50,000 per month till they find out what they really want to do in life. That, and free underwear.
     
  9. dillohorn

    dillohorn Guest

    Simple. Send em back immediately.
     
  10. AustinBat

    AustinBat 2,500+ Posts

    Zork, that would be cheaper and wouldn't cost the 4 Billion dollars Obama wants.
     

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