Who's to bless and who's to blame

Now that a third Ebola diagnosis has been confirmed in Texas, a couple of thoughts:

• While republicans are moving forward with their usual bullshit (It's Obama's fault! Government sucks!) doesn't anyone else wonder exactly how much responsibility Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital bears?  Are they, like most corporations anymore, understaffed in order to cut costs?  Are their staff members, again, like most corporations anymore, trying to do jobs that once were done by two and three people?  Why isn't a plan for responding to infectious diseases already in place?  Was it deemed to be not cost effective?  I mean for Christ's sake, a hospital's main function is supposed to be the health and well being of its patients and staff, and it sure seems like it really wasn't at this hospital.
• For all the whining about the response of the White House and the CDC, am I the only one who isn't surprised this happened in a state that is openly hostile to the federal government?  Maybe it gets botched in California or New York, too, but one has to wonder how open to suggestion or quick to seek guidance the powers that be in Texas are.  

All of which is not to say that the White House and the CDC couldn't have done better, but we're getting the standard media laziness which all too often allows Corporate America and the republican party/tea party escape blame for  problems they likely caused.

Peace,
emaycee