Honorable President Barack Obama July 28, 2016
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Re: “Zika Response Appropriations Act” and “Zika Vector
Control Act”
Dear President Obama,
Thank you for all that you do for the great country we live
in and the support you provide to our Veterans, I really appreciate it!
My communication
today has its origins in tonight’s evening news which noted the arrival of the Zika
virus in South Florida not related to human travel therefore freezing
distribution of human blood inventories void of Zika virus testing in some
areas.
In combination with a
letter from the Honorable Darrell Issa, Member of Congress, which I received
last night requesting my support for encouraging you as The President to
rescind your veto threat concerning the “Zika Response Appropriations Act” and
the “Zika Vector Control Act” now held from the Senate due to veto threat, a
$1.1 billion investment in education and strategies to control the spread of
the Vika virus here in the U.S.A.
My advocacy for the
prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections in our Veteran’s hospitals has
given me personal insight as to power and responsibility of your office
concerning public health as well as the responsibility of citizens to call for
your attention to threats to public health. My request is void of partisans
political considerations and any non-Zika virus issues contained in the
proposed legislation should be removed immediately in my humble opinion.
Regardless of outcome
thank you for all that you have done to help others and hopefully, with the
information put forth today about the organic arrival of the Zika virus in the
U.S.A. you will reconsider your current position and join in the fight to
defeat the Zika virus.
Respectfully,
Michael Slavinski
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Honorable United Stated Senator Dianne Feinstein
Honorable Member of Congress Darrelle E. Issa
Honorable Governor Edmond G. Brown Jr.
Honorable California Senator Ed Hernandez
Chair, California Senate Health Committee
Honorable California State Senator Patricia Bates
Honorable California Assemblymember William W. Monning
Chair, Committee on Health Care
Honorable California Assemblymember Katcho Achadjian
Honorable California Assemblymember Rocky Chavez
California Department of Public Health
Karen Smith, MD, MPH, Director and Public Health Officer
California Federation of Republican Women, Escondido, CA
Connie Gunther, Legislative Chair
California Nurses Association
Deborah Burger, R.N. Co-President
SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West
Dave Regan, President
Sharon Schultz, MSN, RN, MPH, NE-BC
Chief Nurse Executive/Senior VP
Tri-City Medical Center
Pam Kehaly,
CEO Anthem West Region
Anthem Blue Cross
