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Minimizing Risk of Ebola Exposure for Employees at Points of Entry
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) ^ | October 10, 2014 | The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)

Posted on 10/10/2014 4:26:38 PM PDT by mdittmar

In response to the recent Ebola crisis and the heightened risk for Transportation Security Officers, Border Patrol agents and other federal employees, AFGE is urging the government to take all necessary measures to protect the public and government employees stationed at the U.S. ports of entry and other sites from potential exposure to the Ebola virus.

“We expect every precaution to be taken to detect and isolate infected travelers at the earliest point in their journey to the United States in order to minimize exposure and reduce the risk of infection,” said AFGE President J. David Cox Sr. “Our members at TSA, Border Patrol and elsewhere have expressed concerns about their risk of exposure. AFGE is committed to continue working with management at TSA and the Border Patrol to ensure all appropriate precautions are in place, and to ensure that our officers receive the best prevention training and personal protective equipment available.”


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ebola; unions
This may be a coincidence,I posted this in chat yesterday,AFGE Stands with TSA Workers.

Or maybe The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) reads FR;)

1 posted on 10/10/2014 4:26:38 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

Ebola Surveillance Thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3191066/posts


2 posted on 10/10/2014 4:27:01 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: mdittmar

Relax, the pax are being screened at the point of departure. There is absolutely nothing about which to be concerned. Let not your heart (or blood or vital organs) be troubled, the great Dr. Frieden has spoken.

Oh wait, he was worried about your caloric intake just like he was for the New Yorkers. Øbola? that’s a whole different story.


3 posted on 10/10/2014 4:31:08 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering)
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To: mdittmar

The feral gummint:

“If you like being without Ebola you can stay without Ebola.”


4 posted on 10/10/2014 4:31:21 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: mdittmar

I thought the White Hut said it’s almost impossible for Americans, especially white Americans, to catch Ebola. What the heck is the AFGE thugs worried about? Don’t they believe their own massas?


5 posted on 10/10/2014 4:34:01 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Got Ebola? Come to America!)
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To: mdittmar

6 posted on 10/10/2014 4:35:42 PM PDT by PROCON (Ask Yourself This..Are You More Likely to be Infected or Beheaded Today Than You Were 6 Years Ago?)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

It’s a Federal Government FUBAR;)


7 posted on 10/10/2014 4:40:03 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar; Dark Wing
To: All government employees
From: the Government
Re: Protecting you from Ebola

Trust your friend, the Government. We know what we're doing.

Friend Government

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_UO5zJq4bg

8 posted on 10/10/2014 4:42:48 PM PDT by Thud
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To: mdittmar

This is going to be fun watch tsa agents do a pat down and then touch around their eyes after the pat down.


9 posted on 10/10/2014 4:56:03 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Thud

The Ebola crisis is now over,the AFGE President J. David Cox Sr. has spoken,tomorrow the union reps will bring cookies and t shirts;)


10 posted on 10/10/2014 4:57:29 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

Blood seeping from their pores, eyes, ears or other orifices should alert the employees to take the traveler’s temperature.


11 posted on 10/10/2014 6:10:58 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Put lipstick on a Communist and call it a Progressive, but it's still a Communist with lipstick.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Could get worse,they may vomit right on these employees,that’s not good.


12 posted on 10/10/2014 6:17:42 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

Maybe they'll re-think the body cavity searches....

13 posted on 10/10/2014 7:58:11 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: mdittmar; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

14 posted on 10/10/2014 8:30:05 PM PDT by null and void ("Agoraphobia": fear of the marketplace; "AlGoreaphobia": fear of the marketplace of ideas.)
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>>In response to the recent Ebola crisis and the heightened risk for Transportation Security Officers, Border Patrol agents and other federal employees

What risk? The gummint says that Ebola is perfectly safe as long as no one pukes on you.


15 posted on 10/11/2014 7:17:52 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyranni)
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To: mdittmar

Interesting how all of the Ebola news has slowed to a crawl. I guess it’s all gone.


16 posted on 10/11/2014 7:21:30 AM PDT by jetson (S)
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To: PROCON

Um... I don’t think I want any of those “scientists” in my lab. Shooting a flask full of pathogens is a sure way to spread them all over the place—that lab is going to need to be fumigated! (With formaldehyde.)


17 posted on 10/11/2014 6:38:15 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom

Oh, sheesh, mom, I was just having fun...:-)


18 posted on 10/11/2014 6:42:19 PM PDT by PROCON (Ask Yourself This..Are You More Likely to be Infected or Beheaded Today Than You Were 6 Years Ago?)
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