Posted on 09/03/2014 7:58:38 PM PDT by markomalley
The Ebola outbreak has dropped off the front pages, pushed aside by news from the Middle East and Ukraine.
But the epidemic is not contained and is getting out of control, says the director of the Center for Disease Control:
The director for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says that the Ebola outbreak is going to get worse.
Speaking to “CBS This Morning” following his trip to the West African countries dealing with the outbreak, Dr. Tom Frieden explained that they have to act now to try to get Ebola under control.
“It is the world’s first Ebola epidemic and it is spiraling out of control. It’s bad now and it’s going to get worse in the very near future,” Frieden told CBS News. “There is still a window of opportunity to tamp it down, but that window is closing. We really have to act now.”
Frieden, who visited Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, will tell Washington tomorrow that the Ebola outbreak is “spiraling upward.” The CDC director explained that these countries still need help to deal with the deadly outbreak.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
+1
Though we really did try to make it....
We’ll never forget good ol’ Hershel, and spaghetti Tuesday every Wednesday.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.