Category: Government Incompetence

A few more news stories explaining why we should all certainly take the “don’t worry – we got this”      PC propaganda      idiocy      fairy tales      bullsh!t       pronouncements of the CDC and current Administration officials concerning Ebola at face value.

• Texas Presbyterian had a machine that could have diagnosed Ebola in as little as an hour. FDA guidelines wouldn’t let them use it.
• Another Dallas healthcare worker is “self-quarantining”.  On a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Seriously.
• Shockingly, Syracuse University is actually erring on the side of caution and public safety. Even if they may be overreacting – good for them.
• NYC 9/11 dispatchers have a new “banned word” on the radio – “Ebola”.
• Pat Buchannan – who’s often rather “out there” – is actually making sense.
• That “21-day” incubation period for Ebola?  Well, there’s now a study suggesting it might sometimes be longer.
• Public confidence in the CDC? It’s taken a major hit.
• Dallas healthcare workers who were possibly exposed required to stay home.
  • This now includes Dallas’ top epidemiologist.
• Remember the nurse who flew earlier this week with a low-grade fever?  She may have had symptoms earlier than first reported – like 3 or 4 days earlier.
• We now have an Ebola “czar”. He’s a partisan political operative with no public health or medical background.
  • Who was also involved in the Solyndra debacle.
• US troops deploying to “fight” Ebola in West Africa are indeed receiving training about the virus.  All of four hours’ worth.
• And in Africa, as of mid-September (latest date for which complete data exists) the outbreak was still growing exponentially in all 3 affected countries.

And, in a story that’s certainly guaranteed to make you feel “really happy and safe”:

• Want a reason to panic? Here are six.

I wouldn’t recommend anyone panic, but the last linked article is IMO a fair discussion of the “worst case” possibilities. It’s worth reading, even considering the source.  Because if the tools and fools calling the shots in DC don’t wake up and start taking effective measures – and a few things go wrong – the country could indeed end up in seriously deep sh!t.

Are you listening yet, Mr. President? You might want to – this has the potential to interrupt your weekly round(s) of golf!

Sheesh.

 

Earlier today, a woman who had recently returned from Sierra Leone became ill and vomited in the Pentagon’s South Parking lot.  She was there on a tour bus.

She was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital; a temporary quarantine tent was reported at the entrance.  Unconfirmed reports indicate she and and 4 emergency response personnel have been held at the hospital.

The incident at this time is being treated as a possible Ebola case.  Ebola has NOT – repeat, NOT – yet been confirmed.

Hazmat teams have responded to the scene.  Portions of the Pentagon South Parking lot have been closed.  The Pentagon South Entrance was also closed.

Great.  Just f**king great.