CDC, Ebola, and Ebama

Why does the CDC get so much respect? The CDC director, Dr. Tom Frieden, has been talking out of both sides of his mouth during the current Ebola crisis. This used to be an organization that, unlike other government agencies, was generally immune to partisan politics and was well-respected as a public health entity by the citizenry. Now, under Frieden's leadership, my respect for the organization has deteriorated and I don't trust them anymore.  Ebama has screwed this up too.  The CDD tells me that Ebola can only be contracted when you come in contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. And by the say, they are only contagious when they are showing symptoms.  I call bullshit on both assertions.  The science behind Ebola is incomplete and suspect, in my opinion, and I believe an overabundance of caution is warranted.

Yet the Ebama administration will not take common sense steps, like preventing flights from West Africa to enter the country.  Potential Ebola carriers like that idiot woman in New England and the infected doctor that wandered around New York City should be forcibly quarantined. They are just selfish pricks who think they're better than everyone else.  If we are going to quarrantine U.S. soldiers returning from West Africa, then we should quarantine civilians as well.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/29/cdc-admits-droplets-from-a-sneeze-could-spread-ebola/

CDC admits droplets from a sneeze could spread Ebola

By Bob Fredericks

Ebola is a lot easier to catch than health officials have admitted — and can be contracted by contact with a doorknob contaminated by a sneeze from an infected person an hour or more before, experts told The Post Tuesday.

“If you are sniffling and sneezing, you produce microorganisms that can get on stuff in a room. If people touch them, they could be” infected, said Dr. Meryl Nass, of the Institute for Public Accuracy in Washington, DC.

Nass pointed to a poster the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly released on its Web site saying the deadly virus can be spread through “droplets.”

“Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose or mouth of another person,” the poster states.

Nass slammed the contradiction.

“The CDC said it doesn’t spread at all by air, then Friday they came out with this poster,” she said. “They admit that these particles or droplets may land on objects such as doorknobs and that Ebola can be transmitted that way.”

Dr. Rossi Hassad, a professor of epidemiology at Mercy College, said droplets could remain active for up to a day.

“A shorter duration for dry surfaces like a table or doorknob, and longer durations in a moist, damp environment,” Hassad said.

The CDC did not respond to a request for comment.