CDC Director: Ebola in Africa now an ‘epidemic,’ ‘completely out of control’

[PeteWaldo]

http://hotair.com/archives/2014/09/02/cdc-director-ebola-in-africa-now-an-epidemic-out-of-control/
CDC Director: Ebola in Africa now an ‘epidemic,’ ‘completely out of control’
posted at 8:41 am on September 2, 2014 by Noah Rothman

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Centers for Disease Control Director Tom Friedman did not return from his visit to West Africa, where the worst outbreak of Ebola in history has spread to five countries and killed at least 1,500 people, with any good news.

Friedman told CNN hosts on Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in Africa is currently “completely out of control” and is now an “epidemic.” The CDC director added that “it will get worse in the future and our window of opportunity to turn it around is closing.”

This outbreak has resulted in accelerated research and testing of an experimental Ebola vaccine. Experimenting with a workable vaccine will begin this week at the National Institutes of Health. “According to the NIH, the vaccine will also be tested on healthy volunteers in the United Kingdom, Gambia and Mali, once details are finalized with health officials in those countries,” CNN reported.

[PeteWaldo]

Ebola co-discoverer: 'Perfect storm' fueling outbreak
http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/doctor-who-found-ebola-perfect-storm-fueling-outbreak/

[PeteWaldo]

Doctor: Ebola virus cases may be underreported by as much ‘double or triple’
http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2014/09/07/doctor-ebola-virus-cases-may-be-underreported-by-as-much-double-or-triple/

[PeteWaldo]

Ebola Could Reach the U.S. By the End of This Month
http://endtimeheadlines.org/breaking-news/ebola-reach-u-s-end-month/

[PeteWaldo]

Is protective gear inadequate to stop Ebola?
http://www.wnd.com/2014/10/is-protective-gear-inadequate-to-stop-ebola/

Did our soldiers enlist to fight America's enemies, or to fight germs? If they aren't already, shouldn't any military personnel being sent over to a country swarming with deadly germs be volunteers, even if they were being adequately protected?

[ExMilitary]

Is protective gear inadequate to stop Ebola?
http://www.wnd.com/2014/10/is-protective-gear-inadequate-to-stop-ebola/

Did our soldiers enlist to fight America's enemies, or to fight germs? If they aren't already, shouldn't any military personnel being sent over to a country swarming with deadly germs be volunteers, even if they were being adequately protected?

What can we learn from history?

https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/ALBERT-GITCHELL-GETS-SICK-Spanish-Flu-Pandemic

"Ever since its outbreak in Spain, Albert Gitchell’s illness has been known as “Spanish Influenza,” or “Spanish Flu.” But its first wave (when Gitchell and others fell ill in America) was nothing compared to what would happen later (when U.S. soldiers returned home)."

[PeteWaldo]

How can we monitor for ebola by taking people's temperatures?
I haven't verified this, but the other day I heard Hannity on the radio say that something like 13% of those who get ebola never exhibit a fever.
It was in the 30%s of those who never vomit.
Same 30%s who never get diarrhea.

[PeteWaldo]

U.S. gov’t covering up more Ebola cases inside U.S., according to medical doctor - See more at: http://www.teaparty.org/doctor-feds-disappearing-suspected-ebola-patients-across-u-s-63637/#sthash.UjniJU9F.dpuf

(Infowars) – A doctor has exclusively revealed to Infowars that health authorities are covering up Ebola cases in the United States and disappearing patients in an effort to avoid hysteria. James Lawrenzi, DO, who has two clinics in Garden City and Archie, Missouri, appeared on the Alex Jones Show today to warn that the true scale of the situation was being deliberately downplayed. It is important to note that none of these potential Ebola outbreaks occurred at the clinics in which Lawrenzi works.

FAX BLAST SPECIAL: Demand Congress Stop the Spread of Ebola NOW, before it’s too late!

Lawrenzi said that shortly after the arrival of patient zero – Thomas Eric Duncan – in the United States, he was told by a doctor at Truman Lakewood Medical Center in Kansas City they had taken in a possible Ebola patient who had a high fever and was bleeding out of all his orifices having recently returned from West Africa.

The following day, Lawrenzi was told by the doctor that the patient had “disappeared” against medical advice, but that he wouldn’t have been able to leave on his own given his medical condition.
- See more at: http://www.teaparty.org/doctor-feds-disappearing-suspected-ebola-patients-across-u-s-63637/#sthash.UjniJU9F.dpuf

[PeteWaldo]

African Horse Sickness vs Ebola

    With all the talk and panic around the Ebola "epidemic," ....I found this letter to the Editor from a Veterinarian very interesting. Do you see the irony?

    The present Ebola crisis in the world is frightening. I have submitted the following letter to the editor of the Lewiston Morning Tribune:

    Editor, Lewiston Morning Tribune:

    If I wish to import a horse into the United States from Liberia or any African country other than Morocco, the horse needs to undergo a 60 day quarantine period at a USDA approved quarantine facility prior to mingling with the general population of horses in this country. Africa has a disease called African Horse Sickness that does not exist in the US ; this is the way we have kept it out of this country. African Horse Sickness does not cause disease in people, only horses; our government has determined that it would be devastating to the US horse industry if it were to come here.

    The United States (and virtually all other countries) require a myriad of tests and often quarantine prior to bringing in a foreign animal.

    I can’t legally cross state lines in the United States with a horse or cow without a health certificate signed by a USDA accredited veterinarian stating that the animal has been inspected and found free of infectious disease. In most cases blood tests are also required. In fact I can’t legally cross the Snake River and ride my horse in Idaho without a health certificate and a negative blood test for Equine Infectious Anemia.

    I’m not complaining; the United States of America , the States of Idaho and Washington as well as the other 48 states take the health of our livestock very seriously, and we have a very good record at keeping foreign animal diseases out of our country. I am happy to do my part to maintain biosecurity in our animal population.

    If I am a resident of Liberia incubating Ebola, to enter the United States all I need to do is present a valid visa, and lie when asked if I have been exposed to Ebola. Within hours (no quarantine required) I can be walking the streets of any city in the United States .

    I feel very fortunate to live in a country that values our animals so highly.

    David A. Rustebakke, DVM