White House: Reported resistance to doctor with Ebola's return 'absolutely false'
Key takeaways
- The idea that the White House was concerned that bringing a sick American back home to receive the best standard of care would somehow be poor optics is not only false, but nonsensical, he added.
- The Washington Post reported a day earlier that U.S. health experts advocated for Peter Stafford to be evacuated to the U.S.
- The president and his people did not want him back in the United States, one individual told the newspaper.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
President Trump has consistently taken great risks to ensure Americans exposed to deadly and contagious diseases are safely brought back home, from quickly evacuating diplomats from China at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic to more recently repatriating the Americans who were exposed to the recent Andes virus outbreak, spokesperson Kush Desai told The Hill s sister network NewsNation.
The idea that the White House was concerned that bringing a sick American back home to receive the best standard of care would somehow be poor optics is not only false, but nonsensical, he added.
The Washington Post reported a day earlier that U.S. health experts advocated for Peter Stafford to be evacuated to the U.S. from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after testing positive for the Bundibugyo strain of the virus for treatment, but were met with opposition from the Trump administration, citing individuals familiar with the response.