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| Obama: You Can't Get Ebola 'Sitting Next to Someone on a Bus;' CDC: 'Avoid Public Transportation' |
| 2014-10-11 |
 [CNSNEWS] Speaking in a video message to residents of West African countries currently experiencing outbreaks of Ebola, President Barack Obama dispensed advice on how residents can avoid the disease, including:"You cannot get it through casual contact like sitting next to someone on a bus."At the same time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising Americans who travel to the Ebola-stricken nations to "avoid public transportation." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 He thinks if he ays something, it's fact, we'll be rid of him shortly. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-10-11 23:25 |
| #8 Still can't make sense out of this CDC recommendation: "CDC urges all US residents to avoid nonessential travel to Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone because of unprecedented outbreaks of Ebola in those countries." But no urgings to avoid nonessential travel from Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone to the US? "Before your trip check your health insurance plan and benefits to learn what is covered in the event that you become ill. CDC recommends that anyone traveling to countries where outbreaks of Ebola are occurring have full coverage, including coverage for emergency medical evacuation." BUT Oct 11 (Reuters) - Leading companies offering medical evacuation services are balking at flying Ebola patients out of West Africa for treatment abroad as the cost and the complexities of the deadly epidemic grow. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-10-11 22:02 |
| #7 :"You cannot get it through casual contact like sitting next to someone on a bus." So you went to Harvard, that doesn't mean that whatever you say is so. Arrogant (and dangerous) twit. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-10-11 11:06 |
| #6 Just when I think this idiot can't say anything else to endanger lives.... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-10-11 10:50 |
| #5 Mom - You dare harsh the learned Doctor Barack Obola ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-10-11 09:58 |
| #4 Liberian taxis are dirty (and usually mechanically unsound) but they are the only public transportation there. That makes them a vector for transmitting disease. Liberia is hot, everybody sweats; and if somebody gets sick in a taxi it is really really hard to clean up because people don't have a lot of cleaning supplies available, and there isn't much room in a taxi to store them. No comfy Checker cabs these; they're minivans and pickups with benches installed to squeeze as many people and as much luggage as possible. US public transportation has air conditioning, so that reduces the risk from sweat. During rush hour, people may be packed in close enough to be at risk from sweat; although we usually manage to establish at least an inch or two of personal space (at least I did, when riding the Chicago El years ago; but I was short and skinny then). |
| Posted by: mom 2014-10-11 09:48 |
| #3 Obama is acting recklessly making these apodictic statements about probabilistic events when the probabilities aren't really known. Some serious pathogens, like HIV can't spread through casual contact. Others, like aggressive flu can. From what we know Ebola lies somewhere in between these extremes. Ebola is classified as a pathogen requiring Biosafety Level 4-equivalent containment for a good reason. Prior to 2014 all Ebola flareups started and ended in tropical, rural third world central and eastern Africa. The dynamics, mechanisms and associated probabilities of an Ebola outbreak in temperate, urban, industrial first world regions are unknown because it has never happened and hopefully never will happen. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2014-10-11 09:40 |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-10-11 04:26 |
| #1 Obama channeling Rosa Parks. Can he really bring her back for comment ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-10-11 03:44 |