Ebola outbreak: Second Texas health worker 'tests positive'

[Jacque67 7,328]

The staff there have been badly let down, both by the hospital and the CDC.

Nah. Many members of the medical staff have a god complex. Edited October 16, 2014 by Jacque67

[UncleBeer 244]

It was only a matter of time.

President Obama, a short-term college professor and failed community organizer who became a mostly absentee state senator and then an all-but-invisible U.S. senator, has Petered out. Per the Peter Principle, he has risen to his level of incompetence — some would argue far beyond it.

The president — and the president alone — let Ebola into America. He could have made one phone call (even on Saturday, when playing his 200th round of golf as president) and said one sentence to protect all Americans from the usually fatal disease: “No one from West Africa gets into the country.”

Done. That single sentence would have kept Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian who had carried an Ebola sufferer back into her home after she was turned away at a hospital, out of Dallas. While he lied on an airport questionnaire about whether he had had contact with anyone suffering the disease, and while hospital workers blundered badly even though they knew he has been in Liberia, the bottom line is Duncan would not have been in America had the president banned visitors from Ebola-stricken countries. Simple.

Many African countries have instituted such bans, and most Americans think such a ban would be a good idea, according to a recent survey. But Team Obama and his band of incompetent minions argue that shutting off flights from affected countries would “harm” the economy. Absurd.

Mr. Obama’s stunning incompetence filters down to all who work for him (and in many cases, were hand-picked by him). His director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the incompetent Dr. Tom Frieden, has spent the last few weeks not — as one would expect — ramping up response to the deadly virus, but repeatedly saying there is virtually no threat to Americans.

Then, of course, Ebola landed in the U.S., first at Dulles airport, then DFW. Despite assurances, a nurse contracted the disease, although we were told health care professionals were following the strictest protocol.

On Wednesday, another nurse tested positive. While the CDC claims hospitals are ready for the crisis, the second nurse had flown on a commercial plane the day before she reported developing symptoms of infection. Now, another 132 people may have come into direct contact with the virus — and those people have no doubt had contact with hundreds of others.

Meanwhile, back at the White House, Team Obama is in full panic mode — but only for political reasons. Although the president flew to a fundraiser in Colorado on Sept. 12, 2012 — just hours after four Americans were slaughtered by terrorists — Mr. Obama on Wednesday suddenly canceled plans to attend two fundraisers. He hastily scheduled a meeting on Ebola.

That move followed another on Saturday, when The First Golfer, already in his limo preparing for yet another round of golf, delayed his outing so he could take a phone call from Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell. The move was pure politics: He couldn’t very well take that call on the way to the course, and by staying at the White House, he was able to call in the photographers, who moved photos of him “working.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/15/joseph-curl-obamas-spectacular-incompetence-turns-/

[decocker 7,198]

The president — and the president alone — let Ebola into America.

i'm trying to keep up, did the president (not the president and his minions) allow ebola into america as part of his master plan or out of ineptitude? this fan fiction is sort of conflicted..

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Yay, another paranoid 0'bola thread from our scared sh!tless right wing nutters. It's not like we have plenty of them already.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Yay, another paranoid 0'bola thread from our scared sh!tless right wing nutters. It's not like we have plenty of them already.

It's definitely all right wing nutters too. I don't think the gun debate is as one sided as the Ebola hysteria.

Know we know why they treasure their guns so much, they're all scared of their own shadow.

[Dakine10 5,452]

It was ...

I guess no one explained why that other post was silly.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

It's definitely all right wing nutters too. I don't think the gun debate is as one sided as the Ebola hysteria.

Know we know why they treasure their guns so much, they're all scared of their own shadow.

They're scared of everything. Little sissies.

[lostinblue 1,989]

1 million dollar bill for the hospital... emergency department closed until further notice .Perhaps a few folks will die because it was closed. and had to get to another hospital. ..( I have seen folks mercy flighted when a trip to the hospital is only 20 minutes away by a highway route ). A few hundred folks quarantined around the country. Airline stocks tanking. .. Just a bunch of folks scared.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

1 million dollar bill for the hospital... emergency department closed until further notice .Perhaps a few folks will die because it was closed. and had to get to another hospital. ..( I have seen folks mercy flighted when a trip to the hospital is only 20 minutes away by a highway route ). A few hundred folks quarantined around the country. Airline stocks tanking. .. Just a bunch of folks scared.

There you go. Acknowledging your problem is the first step, blue.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Statement by Frontier CEO David Siegel via the Denver Channell:

“At 1:55 p.m. MDT (Wednesday) Frontier was notified by the CDC that the passenger may have been symptomatic earlier than initially suspected; including the possibility of possessing symptoms while onboard the flight.

“In light of the new information, Frontier determines that the aircraft will remain out of service and ferries it back to Denver from Cleveland without customers. The flight departs at 6:20 p.m. EDT and arrives in Denver at 7:20 p.m. MDT. In an abundance of caution, it is determined that the aircraft will receive a fourth cleaning since the infected customer was onboard. Though not required, this cleaning will consist of the removal of seat covers and carpets in the immediate vicinity of the passenger seat. The airline will also change the environmental filters onboard.

“NOTE: These extraordinary actions went beyond CDC recommendations. These steps were taken out of concern for the safety of our customers and employees. Steps such as removing the aircraft from service, removing aircraft seat covers and carpet and replacing environmental filters as well as placing the crew on paid leave were not requested nor mandated by the CDC. Frontier expects that the aircraft will return to service in a few days.”

How much money is this costing the airline ? Who pays for it. A few more situations like this and you have the makings of a real economic disaster..,,, Dog says nothing to worry about ...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Let it all out, blue. All that angst needs to come out. Keep it coming.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Statement by Frontier CEO David Siegel via the Denver Channell:

“At 1:55 p.m. MDT (Wednesday) Frontier was notified by the CDC that the passenger may have been symptomatic earlier than initially suspected; including the possibility of possessing symptoms while onboard the flight.

“In light of the new information, Frontier determines that the aircraft will remain out of service and ferries it back to Denver from Cleveland without customers. The flight departs at 6:20 p.m. EDT and arrives in Denver at 7:20 p.m. MDT. In an abundance of caution, it is determined that the aircraft will receive a fourth cleaning since the infected customer was onboard. Though not required, this cleaning will consist of the removal of seat covers and carpets in the immediate vicinity of the passenger seat. The airline will also change the environmental filters onboard.

“NOTE: These extraordinary actions went beyond CDC recommendations. These steps were taken out of concern for the safety of our customers and employees. Steps such as removing the aircraft from service, removing aircraft seat covers and carpet and replacing environmental filters as well as placing the crew on paid leave were not requested nor mandated by the CDC. Frontier expects that the aircraft will return to service in a few days.”

How much money is this costing the airline ? Who pays for it. A few more situations like this and you have the makings of a real economic disaster..,,, Dog says nothing to worry about ...

At least all this hysteria helps pass the time in the bunker, eh lib?

[UncleBeer 244]

1 million dollar bill for the hospital...

Don't worry: it'll come out of "O'bama's stash".

[JohnR! 5,495]

In all likelihood, these are the same people who blasted W for allowing SARS into the US. They need to attribute their fears and phobias to someone else and the POTUS is just as good a candidate as the next guy,

i'm trying to keep up, did the president (not the president and his minions) allow ebola into america as part of his master plan or out of ineptitude? this fan fiction is sort of conflicted..

Edited October 16, 2014 by JohnR!

[Teddy B 17,252]

Don't worry: it'll come out of "O'bama's stash".

Only a fool thinks Obama's stash doesn't exist. I voted for him 6 times and I've received 6 payments of $100 each in Obama Bucks. I've also received a bunch of nice household items in the Obama gift bags that were sent to my house UPS Next Day Air.

Go Obama!!