Frieden: More Protective Gear for Health Care Workers 'Not Always Better'

cnsnews.com ^ | 10/15/14 | Susan Jones

[ColdOne]

(CNSNews.com) - "We're always looking at ways that we can better protect Americans," CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden told Fox News's Megyn Kelly on Tuesday.

But that does not include banning travel to and from West Africa, where Ebola is epidemic, he said. Nor does it include more layers of protective clothing for health care workers.

"You would go into a highly infectious patient's room without covering your head, with only wearing one pair of gloves and with your feet exposed, you would do that?" Kelly asked Frieden.

[ColdOne]

"Absolutely," Frieden replied. "More is not always better. Better is better. Sometimes you put on more layers, it's harder to put on, harder to take off, you increase your risk of exposure. That's what the science tells us."

[seeker41]

omg...we are doomed.

[floriduh voter]

Bloomberg’s BIG GULP BANNER is just another political appointee LIAR in this administration.

[GMMC0987]

Couldn’t find the sarcasm tag!

[dfwgator]

“You’ve done a heckuva job, Friedie.”

[tomkat]

We're always looking at ways
that we can better protect Americans

             

[floriduh voter]

Nobody is protecting the United States of America. Absolutely nobody. All it took was a few stolen presidential elections without consequences except for the American people.

[tumblindice]

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

OFFS!!!!!!! Arrrrrrrgh! *begins to rip hair out*

[Grampa Dave]

"excuse my language, but how in the **** are the hospital personnel contracting this while supposedly in protective gear but Duncan’s family is not infected while interacting unprotected with his bodily fluids????"

The answer to this critical question is shown below. The woman in the protective gear is/was wearing the CDC's recommendation for protective gear.

Think of the VA and its problems when you think about the CDC. Both are controlled and staffed by liberals, who really aren't that concerned with doing their job properly. They are concerned about increasing their budgets and span of control instead of good results.

Thanks to Black Agnes for posting the link to this picture.

However the birthplace of pcism, Great Britain had even worse recommendations re haz mat garb for the UK’s medical workers.

[KarlInOhio]

Frieden (next week): a little Purell and you'll be fine. But not too much because more Purell is not always better.

[DoughtyOne]

Not factual, simply a fictional scenario made up from what has been taking place over the last week or so.

Meanwile back at the CDC...

Phone room:

CDC, how may I direct your call?  No sir, we don't have our heads...
CDC, how may I direct your call?  No madam, we are not all idiots!
CDC, how may I cirect your call?  No sir, we don't need third graders from Obola Elementary to help run things better.
CDC, how may I direct your call?  No madam, we don't actually come in contact with Ebola patients, so that's not likely to happen.

Phone tree:

You have reached teh CDC, to suggest a course of action like stoping flights from nations with high levels of Ebola sicness, please press keys FU.
You have reached the CDC, to report a suspected Ebola illness please press SEI.
You have reached the CDC, to suggest a course of action like firing Friedan, press UY.
You have reached the CDC, to leave a message for Barack Obama, press SS.

Overflow recording machine:  [10,297 recordings since yesterday at 17:00]

[00:03:52] You m........ f...... ....... ........ ........ .... .........
[00:07:12] What the f..... ... .... ....... ....... ........
[00:00:09] F.... you and the rest of you ......... at the CDC.
[00:01:27] What the hell are you folks doing down there?  Have you ever ..... ........ .... ........

Behind the platform:  [There'e bedlam, people running in every direction, one pool of border-line sanity in the midst of it.  Let's listen.]

Unknown voice one: OMG there's another one in Dallas
Unknown voice two: Oh C....., that means our protocol didn't work again
Unknown voice one: This one flew on a domestic airline exposing a lot of homeland folks
Unknown voice two: Call Katie in spin control and get her to work on this one.
Unknown voice three: There's an airliner headed this way with seven people who appear to be showing symptioms
Unknown voice two: Okay, make sure a team is dispatched at once.  Seal that section of the airport.  We'll need to isolate the seven, plus the rest of the passengers for 21 days.
Unknown voice three: Where will be put them?  I'll get ......... to work on that in a few minutes
Unkonwn voice four: Sir, there are 12 new suspected cases off three aircraft at JFK...
Unkonwn voice three: Perhaps we should call the White House and let them know.
Unknown voice two: He told us yesterday shut up and do our work, and to quit bothering him.  We wanted to inform him a patient had died and he said he was on the golf course.

On the platform:  [Three people, one of which will speak, the other two there to provide smiles and nods as appropriate.]

Good afternnone ladies and gentlemen.  We just wanted to give you a few updates.  We have one new case of suspected Ebola in Dallas now.
As we understand it, this person flew domestically yesterday.  We will be contacting the airlines and other passengers shortly.
Other than that, we have everything under control.  Our techniques are being evaluated and improved upon daily.
The general population is in no danger.  We've got the situation under control.  Rest assured, you families are safe.

Press:

We have learned that there are...

From the platform:

Thank you for coming.  That is all...

[Red Badger]

He makes Joycelyn Elders look like a genius.................

[TexasFreeper2009]

so basically this idiot is say... quarantines are good in Dallas but bad in Africa?

GOOD GOD ! how did all these idiots get put in charge!?

[DannyTN]

If there were 70 people that took care of Duncan and they all took the same precautions, and half of them get sick, that’s 35 cases.

[Vigilanteman]

Let's start a list of the differences between Dr. Thomas Frieden and Baghdad Bob.

1. Badhdad Bob could be entertaining.
   
2. Baghdad Bob was more credible . . .
   
3. Add your own . . .

[xzins]

Is there any reason at all to believe anything that this man says?

[Sarah Barracuda]

The idiot also said that the health care worker should NOT have been allowed to fly a commercial flight..so let’s see if I understand the logic, Americans with Ebola, YOU CANT FLY..but if your African with Ebola WELCOME ABOARD because otherwise its racist

[Slyfox]

"Absolutely," Frieden replied. "More is not always better. Better is better. Sometimes you put on more layers, it's harder to put on, harder to take off, you increase your risk of exposure. That's what the science tells us."

What the hell is that ??

What "science" is he using to back up his incredibly stupid obamaspeak?

Is he just biding time until ebola gets out of control enough to ... Is Obama ginning this whole mess so he can really "stick it" to us? All for single-payer?

I do not claim to know how, I am just putting forth an idea.