Ebola Czar skips second White House Ebola meeting. No matter, he's just there to put the right spin on the subject...not really do anything.

We now have an Ebola Czar. Political hack, errrr...communications expert and Ebola Czar Ron Klain has skipped another White House Ebola meeting. Like our semi-retired President who misses most of his security briefings, I guess Klain can read about them on his I-Pad.

Doesn't really matter does it? He's only there to put the right White House spin on the subject.

Obama Golfs For 4 Hours, 40 Minutes On Saturday, Then Holds Nighttime Ebola Meeting--Which New Ebola Czar Skips!

President Barack Obama’s new Ebola "czar" Ron Klain has skipped another White House meeting on the Ebola crisis, a readout of who attended a Saturday meeting with Obama shows.

Obama held the Ebola meeting after spending four hours and 40 minutes on the golf course at Fort Belvoir, according to the White House press pool report from the New York Daily News' Dan Friedman.

“The President on Saturday evening convened members of his national security and public health teams to update him on the response to the domestic Ebola cases,” the White House said in an email blast Saturday evening. “The President’s advisors detailed the status of the contact tracing process to identify and, as necessary, monitor all individuals who may have come into contact with Ebola patients in Dallas following their exposure. The President’s team also reviewed for him the comprehensive measures the Administration—acting together with state and local partners—is taking to ensure that Dallas has all of the appropriate and necessary resources to diagnose any additional cases safely and effectively. The meeting concluded with a discussion of broader steps to increase the preparedness of our health sector nationwide.”

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/18/Obama-Golfs-For-4-Hours-40-Minutes-On-Saturday-Then-Holds-Nighttime-Ebola-Meeting-Which-New-Ebola-Czar-Skips/

Expand real health concerns into hysteria and then make an association with the President golfing which then is condemned as being irresponsible for the spread of a virus. Such sophomoric attempts at political propaganda are hilarious. First, African nations have eradicated active Ebola infections within their borders by following protocols. Second, the entire Ebola panic is a media created hysteria which is not defined by science, rather superstition and fear similar to the overreaction to the AIDS virus and the mistreatment of Ryan White. However, Mr. Markles handlers and the koch brothers are pumping money into this nonsense prior to the election hoping that American Scardy cats will react to the same and are totally brain dead. The good news the Koch brothers and Mr. Markle's handlers will now be paying more for those political Ads because of the hysteria created in the media will cause more viewership and therefore more expensive air time in the media......he who laughs last laughs best.

[quote="2seaoat"]Expand real health concerns into hysteria and then make an association with the President golfing which then is condemned as being irresponsible for the spread of a virus.  Such sophomoric attempts at political propaganda are hilarious.  First, African nations have eradicated active Ebola infections within their borders by following protocols.   Second, the entire Ebola panic is a media created hysteria which is not defined by science, rather superstition and fear similar to the overreaction to the AIDS virus and the mistreatment of Ryan White.   However, Mr. Markles handlers and the koch brothers are pumping money into this nonsense prior to the election hoping that American Scardy cats will react to the same and are totally brain dead.   The good news the Koch brothers and Mr. Markle's handlers will now be paying more for those political Ads because of the hysteria created in the media will cause more viewership and therefore more expensive air time in the media......he who laughs last laughs best.[/quote


They contained Ebola within their borders by closing the borders.


African countries have no issue closing their borders and keeping travelers from Ebola infected countries out. And it’s worked.

Nigeria had the virus and had the epidemic. It is gone. The boogie man can be dealt with protocols. The rest is simple hysteria. A year from now folks will forget that a few people called this correctly. Just like people worked them into a frenzy a year ago that we were going to bomb the Syrian government, and that Putin was going to march to Kiev, and when I said that was nonsense.......I was laughed at. Now we are bombing the enemies of the Syrian government when our scardy cats here had us at war with Syria a year ago. There will be NO pandemic of Ebola in America unless it is done by suicide terrorists which is not a pandemic, but an intentional terrorist act.

2seaoat wrote:Nigeria had the virus and had the epidemic.   It is gone.   The boogie man can be dealt with protocols.   The rest is simple hysteria.  A year from now folks will forget that a few people called this correctly.   Just like people worked them into a frenzy a year ago that we were going to bomb the Syrian government, and that Putin was going to march to Kiev, and when I said that was nonsense.......I was laughed at.   Now we are bombing the enemies of the Syrian government when our scardy cats here had us at war with Syria a year ago.   There will be NO pandemic of Ebola in America unless it is done by suicide terrorists which is not a pandemic, but an intentional terrorist act.

The virus is gone.....after how many deaths?

http://www.ibtimes.com/how-stop-ebola-outbreak-lessons-nigeria-senegal-1706297

http://www.ibtimes.com/us-has-test-can-detect-ebola-virus-seconds-its-stuck-lab-1707139

Researchers at a government lab have developed a minimally invasive test for Ebola that could cut the time it takes to diagnose cases of the lethal virus from days and hours to minutes or even seconds, International Business Times has learned. The Department of Energy, which invented the procedure at its Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Knoxville, Tennessee, is now scrambling to find a partner to commercialize the technology.

The development comes amid fears that the Ebola virus may spread in the U.S. after the first cases appeared in Dallas in the past week. On Friday, President Obama named former vice presidential chief of staff Ron Klain as the nation’s first “Ebola czar.”

In a solicitation-for-contractors document, DOE describes its test as a “rapid, portable viral diagnostic for RNA viruses,” including, specifically, Ebola hemorrhagic fever. RNA viruses are made from genetic material comprising ribonucleic acid. In addition to Ebola, the DOE said the test can quickly detect Hanta, Dengue, West Nile and several other exotic viruses.

DOE posted its solicitation late Wednesday to a federal contracting database. A public records search showed that as of Friday one contractor had expressed interest: Healtheon Inc., of New Orleans, which manufacturers a range of diagnostic tools. Healtheon president Jasmeet Walia did not immediately respond to a request for more information.

A DOE spokesperson said the agency has been directed to refer all calls related to Ebola to the National Security Council. NSC officials did not immediately return phone calls.

In its solicitation, the DOE said rapid diagnostics “are critical elements of an effective response to viral outbreaks, but are limited by both available technology and implementation. ORNL researchers have developed a diagnostic for active, acute viral infections using a highly fieldable, and nearly reagentless system.”

A reagentless system would not require blood samples or other bodily fluids from suspected Ebola sufferers to be transported to a lab to be mixed with other chemicals.

An expert who viewed DOE patent documents on behalf of International Business Times said the technology appears to be a legitimate breakthrough. Dr. Amar Safdar, director for Transplant Infectious Diseases at New York University’s Langone Medical Center, said it could significantly reduce the time and cost of diagnosing new Ebola cases. “It’s cutting-edge,” said Safdar.

Health care facilities currently test for Ebola using a method known as polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The method requires several steps in a lab to isolate and then amplify the virus’ RNA.

DOE’s technology is “a major improvement on the existing, time-consuming PCR technology,” said Safdar, adding it could be used to conduct on-the-spot screenings at airports and other points of entry. Subjects could be asked to provide a drop of blood or nasal swab, which could then be checked using test strips that change color. “If there is a good, rapid test, then that is extremely desirable,” said Safdar.

Beyond speed, the technology could promote more widespread Ebola testing in developing nations in western Africa, where the current outbreak originated. PCR testing requires access to sophisticated and expensive lab equipment, which is not widely available in the region. Health care workers deployed to the area are in some cases shipping blood samples to Europe for testing.

Safdar cautioned, however, that rapid virus testing may not be as accurate as PCR. Rapid testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which has been available for several years, is known to deliver a very small percentage of false positives, though no false negatives. “This may be better at ruling people out than ruling them in,” said Safdar.

Positive results detected through rapid testing should be confirmed in a lab, Safdar added. He said that the DOE’s technology, as is the case with PCR testing, would only work on individuals who are symptomatic. Humans can harbor the Ebola virus for as long as three weeks before showing signs such as severe headaches, diarrhea and vomiting.

The 2014 Ebola outbreak has to date claimed about 4,500 lives, according to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. There has been one death in the U.S. Thomas Eric Duncan passed away after traveling from Liberia to a hospital in Dallas, Texas. Two nurses who treated Duncan were infected and are receiving treatment.

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2seaoat wrote:Expand real health concerns into hysteria and then make an association with the President golfing which then is condemned as being irresponsible for the spread of a virus.  Such sophomoric attempts at political propaganda are hilarious.  First, African nations have eradicated active Ebola infections within their borders by following protocols.   Second, the entire Ebola panic is a media created hysteria which is not defined by science, rather superstition and fear similar to the overreaction to the AIDS virus and the mistreatment of Ryan White.   However, Mr. Markles handlers and the koch brothers are pumping money into this nonsense prior to the election hoping that American Scardy cats will react to the same and are totally brain dead.   The good news the Koch brothers and Mr. Markle's handlers will now be paying more for those political Ads because of the hysteria created in the media will cause more viewership and therefore more expensive air time in the media......he who laughs last laughs best.

Surely you're not serious. Check some "reputable" sources on the Web. The scourge continues there.

Not in Nigeria or Senegal. Most of the outbreak is concentrated in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Taking a temp and filling out a form is a political move...we need to develop a rapid  finger stick test to quickly analize blood. Until then close the border.....and quarantine.