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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Obama: 'Extremely low' odds of U.S. Ebola outbreak
2014-10-07
h/t Instapundit
President Barack Obama plans to heap "a lot of pressure" on foreign leaders to do more to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, he said Monday.

After meeting with health and national security aides, Obama told reporters the White House is developing protocols to screen airline passengers "both at the source and here in the United States," an indication that tougher restrictions on those who have visited West Africa are coming after an infected Dallas man entered the country on a commercial flight.

Obama downplayed the chances of Ebola spreading within the United States, calling the odds of an epidemic here "extremely low."
Lets look at the record
The man has been wrong on every single frickin' policy point he's made. If he says "extremely low" it's time to go prepper.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#16  Still loose ends & more possibilities of stumble-bum behavior.
From the CDC definition list:
Quarantine and Isolation

Isolation and quarantine help protect the public by preventing exposure to people who have or may have a contagious disease.

Isolation separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick.

Quarantine separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick.

Twenty U.S. Quarantine Stations, located at ports of entry and land border crossings, use these public health practices as part of a comprehensive Quarantine System that serves to limit the introduction of infectious diseases into the United States and to prevent their spread.

However, the website concerning the existing airport quarantining stations:

Authority and Scope
CDC has the legal authority to detain any person who may have an infectious disease that is specified by Executive Order to be quarantinable. If necessary, CDC can deny ill persons with these diseases entry to the United States. CDC also can have them admitted to a hospital or confined to a home for a certain amount of time to prevent the spread of disease.


Nothing on that page refers to "separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick." The stations are mis-named, they are only for anyone appearing sick on entry, not for a Patient Zero, or Zero+n, etc.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2014-10-07 19:03  

#15  A tale of two narratives:

Obama: 'Extremely low' odds of U.S. Ebola outbreak

VS

Ebola outbreak: Spread of deadly disease across Europe is 'unavoidable', warns WHO chief
Posted by: mossomo   2014-10-07 18:55  

#14  meantime enterovirus 68 has already killed half a dozen and is on the upswing and we will likely lose 5 to 15 thousand from seasonal influenza this winter
Posted by: lord garth   2014-10-07 17:42  

#13  "I'm actually getting pretty excited about this Eboli outbreak. Imagine! Pasta, interesting Italians all over the place!"
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-10-07 16:05  

#12  Dallas school officials try to cover for Judge Jenkins:
The Highland Park school district sent a note Monday to parents of Armstrong Elementary School students, assuring them that their children aren’t at risk of contracting Ebola through the daughter of Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Jenkins’ daughter attends Armstrong. Because the county judge has met with people who came into contact with Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, a few parents had expressed concerns.
The note to parents said Jenkins “has asked us to pass along the assurance of public health officials that he and his family are not at risk for exposure to Ebola as a result of his work on the case.”
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2014-10-07 15:35  

#11   A televised interview from Dallas with (I believe) the same woman I mentioned previously, from last week. Her story as quoted in the interview is slightly different from the DailyMail's, in that she didn't actually ride in the ambulance with Patient Zero, but went by private car & took the contaminated blanket into the ER on her own.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2014-10-07 15:28  

#10  Jessee Jackson is now in Texas to make certain people are informed about ebola. He is now The Ebrola.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2014-10-07 12:45  

#9  Next Job after the WH:
Obe heads to Las Vegas - Is he the new Jimmy the Greek ?

Ebolaoutbreak: Spread of deadly disease across Europe is 'unavoidable', warns WHO chief
Posted by: Large Elmetle3509   2014-10-07 12:38  

#8  I used to know a woman who was really nuts. She would lie about anything and say anything. Stuff just came out of her mouth without anything in between. If given the option of telling the truth or lying, she usually opted to lie. Why? I don't have a clue. You just organized your own life so her lies didn't spill over into your life. It became kind of interesting after awhile. It is different when you have such a person as President of the U.S. for two terms. You can't do a great deal to insulate yourself from such a nutjob.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-10-07 12:15  

#7  Obama said previously: "I'm really telling the truth this time." He wouldn't know the truth if it b!tch slapped him across the face.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-10-07 12:10  

#6  ...PC has nothing to do with 'good' judgement.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-10-07 10:14  

#5  Ms. Jallah has been quoted in multiple articles regarding her experiences with Patient Zero up to his 2nd coming to the ER. Somebody is either horribly misinformed, or is using horribly bad judgment.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2014-10-07 09:53  

#4  Dallas Ebola victim's stepdaughter - who took him to hospital as he was 'vomiting wildly' - is given all clear to return to work as a nursing assistant

This cannot be correct, can it? She should be in maximum precautions/enforced quarantine; if she doesn't get it she should never waste her money on a lottery ticket because she's used up her lifetime allotment of luck.
Posted by: Glenmore   2014-10-07 07:48  

#3  The CDC is feeling pretty optimistic too, I guess:
From the Daily Mail (haven't found this news in US media) Dallas Ebola victim's stepdaughter - who took him to hospital as he was 'vomiting wildly' - is given all clear to return to work as a nursing assistant


  • Ms. Youngor Jallah,35, was with US Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan when he was taken to a Dallas hospital for the second time. She took his temperature (104) and blood pressure, made him tea, helped him move, called 911, warned the EMT's, and was in ambulance with him.

  • Ms. Jallah was called by the CDC on Sunday to say she can go back to work.

  • She told MailOnline: 'They said I can go back to work but I do not know what I will do. I will not go back yet'

  • Doctors say that no-one is at risk of catching the virus unless they come into contact with a sufferer who is exhibiting symptoms. It can take 21 days for a patient to begin to come down with the dreaded disease from the time they first come in contact with a sufferer.



It was Ms Jallah who told Mr Duncan he had to go to hospital and who called 911. She travelled with her stepfather in the ambulance, bringing the contaminated blanket with her and warning the emergency workers to be careful of 'viruses' because he was from West Africa. They immediately put on their masks.
Yet in spite of this close and prolonged contact with Mr Duncan - who neighbors reported was 'vomiting wildly' before the arrival of the ambulance - Ms Jallah and her family were left completely in the dark as to what precautions they should take.

MailOnline first reported the family's distress at having no instructions from the CDC and revealed that they had placed themselves under quarantine.

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. Some won't learn even from experience.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2014-10-07 06:21  

#2  
Posted by: Whulet Shavins7256   2014-10-07 05:34  

#1  Let's check again '28 Days Later'
Posted by: Bugs Poodle8604   2014-10-07 04:19  

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