[Terr_]

No, I'm asking what particular "rapid response" you would expect at this moment from a typical HHS secretary.

A declaration or official determination? Dispatching some kind of team? A press conference to assure the American public that they are aware and monitoring the situation closely?

[kmos17]

An announcement about the importance of vaccination duh! oh wait..

[Terr_]

I'll grant that is unlikely to happen with the kooks and crooks who just took office, but you've got to admit that--even in the best of times--a generic "reminder of the importance of" would be a timid and not-very-newsworthy type of "rapid response".

The the majority of the blame here lies on years of behavior by people and officials within Texas.