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(CNN) -- A cruise ship passenger who is employed at a Dallas, Texas, hospital where Ebola patients were treated, poses no public health threat, a health authority said on Sunday in a statement. "The public health assessment is based on the fact the person was confirmed to have remained asymptomatic and reassurance provided by Department of State Health Services lab testing."
*****-note: CDC flew in helicopter to obtain blood sample of isolated passenger yesterday. If passengers are permitted to disembark, then blood sample likely tested negative. If positive for Ebola, then the remaining 4k crew and passengers will begin phase 2 of their nightmare - if the pattern of the 800+passengers of Frontier now on travel bans sets as the standard. Reports all confirm Carnival Magic isdocked in Galveston now.
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DeutscheWelle: Media: Germany 'working to build Ebola transport plane' A German newspaper has reported that the government is developing a special aircraft designed to transport Ebola patients. At present, only the US has planes equipped for the task.
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Guardian: Ebola: Liberia deaths 'far higher than reported' as officials downplay epidemic Film-maker Sorious Samura, recently returned from Liberia, says Ebola is still not under control, with cultural practices and data problems masking the true extent of the epidemic
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YahooNews: update on cruise disembarkation in Galveston
The unidentified woman who is being monitored disembarked the Carnival Magic with her husband shortly after the ship returned to Galveston, Texas about 6AM and the couple drvoe themselve home.Officials said the woman poses no risk because she has shown no signs ofillness for 19 days and has voluntarily self-quarantined on the cruise ship.UPDATES ---
Flashback: Then Sen. Obama rips Bush for being unprepared for avian flu epidemic
“There’s been too much talk,” then-Senator Obama intoned, “and not enough action.” If that’s the standard Obama demanded of the White House in 2005, then now-President Obama has failed much more substantially in addressing the developing Ebola epidemic that has — unlike the avian flu — reached our shores.
White House PR Machine, Lawyers Attend Obama’s Urgent Saturday Night Ebola Meeting
President Barack Obama convened a surprise meeting Saturday night on Ebola. The White House meeting of top officials and advisors took place after Obama played golf in the afternoon at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia with ESPN host Tony Kornheiser.
The urgent Ebola meeting came as Obama chided Americans in his weekly Saturday address for being concerned over three cases of Ebola when thousands are killed by the flu every year.
In a ‘who are you going to believe, me or your own lying eyes’ moment, Obama told the nation there is not an Ebola outbreak in Dallas, but that there may be more “isolated cases.”
“First, what we’re seeing now is not an “outbreak” or an “epidemic” of Ebola in America. We’re a nation of more than 300 million people. To date, we’ve seen three cases of Ebola diagnosed here-the man who contracted the disease in Liberia, came here and sadly died; the two courageous nurses who were infected while they were treating him. Our thoughts and our prayers are with them, and we’re doing everything we can to give them the best care possible. Now, even one infection is too many. At the same time, we have to keep this in perspective. As our public health experts point out, every year thousands of Americans die from the flu.”…” As I’ve said before, fighting this disease will take time. Before this is over, we may see more isolated cases here in America. But we know how to wage this fight. And if we take the steps that are necessary, if we’re guided by the science-the facts, not fear-then I am absolutely confident that we can prevent a serious outbreak here in the United States, and we can continue to lead the world in this urgent effort.”
Obama also said Ebola cannot be caught riding on a plane or bus. Obama did not say why the CDC is tracking down hundreds of passengers who flew on two flights with Amber Vinson, one of the two Dallas nurses to come down with Ebola after treating Liberian national Thomas Duncan before he died of Ebola.
“Second, Ebola is actually a difficult disease to catch. It’s not transmitted through the air like the flu. You cannot get it from just riding on a plane or a bus…”
Attending the not-an-Ebola outbreak meeting were public relations staffers and Obama’s legal team.
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Ebola Protection Guidelines On CDC Website Riddled With Mistakes
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US 101st Airborne not receiving full protective gear for their Ebola mission (10/8/2014):
Quote:"“They don’t need the whole suit – as such – because they’re not going to be in contact with any of the people,” the commander of U.S. troops in Africa said."
The U.S. State Department has just put out a bid for 160,000 Ebola hazmat suits Sept. 12, 2014
Then why?
October 11, 2014 via Stars&Stripes: 101st Airborne Soldiers Gear Up to Fight Ebola Outbreak
Quote:
Wearing a hooded chemical suit, breathing mask and two layers of gloves,Pvt. Antwon Phillips raised his arms as an instructor showed him how to scrub and spray with leach in case of exposure to Ebola."
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10/17/2014 DailyBeast: US Soldiers Get Just Four Hours of Ebola Training
Quote:
"The military did not publish a memo outlining Ebola protection guidelines until Oct. 16."
Notice also...
Oct. 17, Travel ban still on table, press conference video clip
This president uses the excuse that such a ban would cripple the humanitarian effort going into the hot zone as well as going out - which we all know is not true. I wouldn't put it past this admin to refuse to ban flights out of the hot zone until full Ebola focused deployment is complete. S.O.B!
Quote:"“They don’t need the whole suit – as such – because they’re not going to be in contact with any of the people,” the commander of U.S. troops in Africa said."
The U.S. State Department has just put out a bid for 160,000 Ebola hazmat suits Sept. 12, 2014
Then why?
October 11, 2014 via Stars&Stripes: 101st Airborne Soldiers Gear Up to Fight Ebola Outbreak
Quote:
Wearing a hooded chemical suit, breathing mask and two layers of gloves,Pvt. Antwon Phillips raised his arms as an instructor showed him how to scrub and spray with leach in case of exposure to Ebola."
and
10/17/2014 DailyBeast: US Soldiers Get Just Four Hours of Ebola Training
Quote:
"The military did not publish a memo outlining Ebola protection guidelines until Oct. 16."
Notice also...
Oct. 17, Travel ban still on table, press conference video clip
This president uses the excuse that such a ban would cripple the humanitarian effort going into the hot zone as well as going out - which we all know is not true. I wouldn't put it past this admin to refuse to ban flights out of the hot zone until full Ebola focused deployment is complete. S.O.B!
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Re; US 101st Airborne not receiving full protective gear for their Ebola mission (10/8/2014):
Quote:"“They don’t need the whole suit – as such – because they’re not going to be in contact with any of the people,” the commander of U.S. troops in Africa said."
The U.S. State Department has just put out a bid for 160,000 Ebola hazmat suits Sept. 12, 2014
Then why?
October 11, 2014 via Stars&Stripes: 101st Airborne Soldiers Gear Up to Fight Ebola Outbreak
Quote:
Wearing a hooded chemical suit, breathing mask and two layers of gloves,Pvt. Antwon Phillips raised his arms as an instructor showed him how to scrub and spray with leach in case of exposure to Ebola."
and
10/17/2014 DailyBeast: US Soldiers Get Just Four Hours of Ebola Training
Quote:
"The military did not publish a memo outlining Ebola protection guidelines until Oct. 16."
Notice also...
Oct. 17, Travel ban still on table, press conference video clip
This president uses the excuse that such a ban would cripple the humanitarian effort going into the hot zone as well as going out - which we all know is not true. I wouldn't put it past this admin to refuse to ban flights out of the hot zone until full Ebola focused deployment is complete. S.O.B!
WaPo: A professor in U.S. is telling Liberians that the Defense Department ‘manufactured’ Ebola dated Sept. 26, 2014
A major Liberian newspaper, The Daily Observer, has published an article by a Liberian-born faculty member of a U.S. university implying the epidemic is the result of bioterrorism experiments conducted by the United States Department of Defense, among others.
Obama also said Ebola cannot be caught riding on a plane or bus. Obama did not say why the CDC is tracking down hundreds of passengers who flew on two flights with Amber Vinson, one of the two Dallas nurses to come down with Ebola after treating Liberian national Thomas Duncan before he died of Ebola.
Are Americans capable of understanding how illogical Obama's statement about Ebola contagion is?
If one just gives a cursory glance at the conflicting statements Obama, Frieden, and Earnest have made, one can see this Administration does not have the best interest of Americans in mind.
I just cannot say this enuf: THE JOB OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USA IS TO KILL PEOPLE AND BLOW SHIT UP.
They are NOT configured, trained, or have signed up for medical, and epidemiological emergencies.
This will only lead to disasters, humiliations, failures, and papering over of reality corroding ever further our confidence in ourselves.
If we want to run around saving folks (a valid purpose, btw) we need a special 'corps' for this and I bet you we'd have PLENTY of volunteers of the right sort for this important mission
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