Dem Rep. Stephen Lynch: Government ‘Happy Talk’ on Ebola Makes Me Worry

Dem Rep: Government ‘Happy Talk’ on Ebola Makes Me Worry (National Review Online)

Massachusetts representative Stephen Lynch expressed extreme skepticism of the government’s confidence in their ability to control a U.S. Ebola outbreak, claiming the feds’ “happy talk” on the virus makes him very nervous. 

The Democratic lawmaker spoke Friday at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Ebola, where he questioned the government panelists’ rosy assessment of the health system’s preparations for further Ebola cases. He was particularly concerned over surveys showing that the vast majority of American nurses believe neither they nor their facilities are ready for an outbreak. 

“Now I understand we don’t want to panic people,” he said. “But we also don’t need happy talk, in terms of what we’re dealing with. And maybe it’s just me, but lately when a government agency comes before this committee, especially, and tells me ‘There’s nothing to worry about, we got this’ — that’s when I start to worry.”