Congressman: More Ebola cases “only a plane flight away from our shores”

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram ^ | October 10, 2014 | Anna M. Tinsley

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

D/FW AIRPORT — The Ebola virus death toll has surpassed 4,000, including one in Dallas, and congressional leaders demanded Friday for more to be done to make sure the deadly disease doesn’t spread in America.

They asked health officials for answers to questions they are hearing, such as why flights aren’t being stopped to and from West African countries and what is being done to protect U.S. troops dispatched to West Africa to help.

“The crisis is unfolding at an alarming pace,” U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, said during a specially-called congressional hearing at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. “Thousands have died in Africa and thousands more have been infected.

“Now the virus has begun to spread to other parts of the world and the American people are rightfully concerned,” said McCaul, who heads the committee. “They are concerned because the Ebola virus is an unseen threat and it is only a plane flight away from our shores.”

The goal of the meeting was to examine the coordinated federal, state and local response in the wake of the one Ebola case in Texas.

Less than two weeks ago, Thomas Eric Duncan of Liberia arrived in Dallas to visit his girlfriend and family and became the one person diagnosed with the disease in the United States.

He showed up at Texas health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas with fever and pain, and was sent home with antibiotics, but returned in an ambulance a few days later and was formally diagnosed with Ebola. He was hospitalized, put in isolation and given a new experimental antiviral drug before he died on Wednesday.

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping...

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

[DIRTYSECRET]

I’d rather talk about racism.

[null and void]

An "R" from Texas?

That was unexpected...

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...

[Sacajaweau]

Pick a centrally located airport in Africa for those 3 countries. Folks go to that airport and no other. 150 folks a day on one plane arrive at one designated airport in the USA.

Before leaving the airport in Africa, you need a paper to board, signed and sealed by a doctor that you have had no contact with ebola and have no symptoms.

The process is repeated here.

This "cattle" examination that we have on arrival is worthless.

[Morpheus2009]

Put in mind that we don’t have level 4 decontamination protocol at hospitals, unlike what the CDC said about the Dallas nurse.

[Fresh Wind]

Before leaving the airport in Africa, you need a paper to board, signed and sealed by a doctor that you have had no contact with ebola and have no symptoms.

Of course, no doctor would ever consider signing a paper like without the formality of an examination in exchange for a cash payment. /s

[franzpick]

And the administration’s politically-minded perception managers persist in declaring EVD is not airborne.

Brussels Airlines and United were among the earliest ‘carriers’.

[MrB]

I understand they don’t want to cause panic by telling the truth about Ebola,

but I think the bigger motivation is political - they don’t want to reveal how dangerous and deadly this is because doing so points out their incompetence.

After all, they only have to make it a few more weeks until the election.

[I want the USA back]

All blame for the deaths belongs to 0bama and his administration.

[Carthego delenda est]

“The crisis is unfolding at an alarming pace,” U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin.

“We have got to stop this disease and not let it be imported to our country,” said U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville.

“We have concerns that the current decision to screen only at five airports may not adequately protect Americans and others traveling to America from the Ebola virus,” according to a letter U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and McCaul sent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.

It does not surprise me one bit that a Freeper (Sacajaweau), has more of a plan on how to deal with this situation than a bunch of politicians who are acting more as grand-standing reporters than the alleged leaders they were elected to be!

[Washi]

I have a feeling we’re about to see a lot more cases right here.
Our shores have already been breached.

[GOPJ]

When will residents of these African hellholes start chartering flights to the United States.

Our leaders are corrupt and stupid... easily bought off. Chartered flights will be next. Why? Just ask the Mexican government who pays 'our leaders' to take their surplus criminals...

Speaking of evil, has anyone figured out how Harry Reid and other 'average' income democrats became multimillionaires once they were elected to 'sell-out-the-UnitedStates - offices?

[Yosemitest]

DemocRATs want the subject to be anything OTHER THAN BENGHAZI.

Someone said:

"Ebola’s arrival in U.S. was inevitable, experts say"

No it wasn't!
Only with an ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF, a MUSLIM TERRORIST IN CHIEF, defiling the White House with every decision he makes, could this happen.
He DIRECTED this disease upon us by every policy and every directive he issued,
because he WANTED another CRISIS,
so he could continue to shove his FASCISM/MARXISM down our throats !
DAMN HIM TO HELL !

Dear Heavenly Father, remember Psalms 7:10-17"
and apply it to this VERY VILE deceiver, Barack Hussein Obama, II .
He dug this pit,
so let him fall backwards into his own trap
that he himself has directed to be made.

[odawg]

Why is it a moral imperative that we allow any and all people into the United States? There are only two possibilities: they will either take jobs from Americans, or take taxpayer money.

[clamper1797]

Only one infected (purposely ?) illegal alien crossing our open southern border away to start an epidemic (act of war)

[MaxMax]

Democrats: FEARMONGER! Obama basher!

Later that hour: It's the Republicans fault, including Bush! Murderers!

Transcript provided by MSM inc.

[Lazamataz]

I am so screwed.

[windsorknot]

I am so screwed.

Not to worry: the Ringling Brothers are in charge.