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Should Obama Go to Ebola Ground Zero?
national journal ^ | Oct. 15, 2014 | Ron Fournier

Posted on 10/15/2014 1:33:39 PM PDT by PROCON

October 15, 2014 After a series of missteps in dealing with an Ebola patient from Liberia, two health care workers who cared for the man are now infected – raising fresh concerns about the capacity of government agencies, private health care systems, and the American public itself to grapple with the virus. Five questions quickly came to mind. I asked them on Twitter and at the White House.

Why didn't the CDC immediately deploy teams to the Texas hospital for training and oversight of containment protocols? "I wish we had put a team like this on the ground the day the first patient was diagnosed. That might have prevented this infection," Dr. Tom Frieden, the CDC's director, said Tuesday. "But we are prepared to do this in the future with any case anywhere in the U.S."

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KEYWORDS: ebola; obola
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I asked a White House official about this idea. He laughed. "We don't do grandstanding," he said. "It would be a circus." Still, he didn't rule it out.

No, no 0bola hates photo-op sessions, he's too modest </sarc>

1 posted on 10/15/2014 1:33:39 PM PDT by PROCON
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Is there someone who can post the photo of John Kerrey in the blue suit climbing out of a tube?


2 posted on 10/15/2014 1:34:56 PM PDT by Mercat
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Absolutely. Why should Judge Jenkins get all the photo so?


3 posted on 10/15/2014 1:35:27 PM PDT by txrefugee
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Not only should he go, he should go wearing nothing but speedos. And make sure he take Mooch with him and Valerie Jarrett for advice.


4 posted on 10/15/2014 1:36:09 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (Texas isn't just a state. It's a state of mind!)
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Yes. He Reid and Pelosi need to do personal inspections of Ebola hospitals and slums in Liberia and Sierra Leone.


5 posted on 10/15/2014 1:36:10 PM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: PROCON

...and stay there.


6 posted on 10/15/2014 1:36:19 PM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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Of course...why not? It’s safe..take Michelle too.


7 posted on 10/15/2014 1:36:52 PM PDT by Dallas59
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Should Obama Go to Ebola Ground Zero?
 

Why yes. Yes, he should. Right away. Yes. The sooner the better.

Yes, YES YESS!!!


8 posted on 10/15/2014 1:36:56 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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Meanwhile the ground ops folks were checking tee times at the Liberian national country club just in case.


9 posted on 10/15/2014 1:37:23 PM PDT by rktman ("The only thing dumber than a brood hen is a New York democrat." Mother Abagail.)
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Visit Liberia instead. For good.


10 posted on 10/15/2014 1:37:25 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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Only if he takes the family.


11 posted on 10/15/2014 1:37:51 PM PDT by exnavy (Fish or cut bait ...Got ammo, Godspeed!)
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He certainly should go. He should do lots of hugging and handshaking while he is there.


12 posted on 10/15/2014 1:37:56 PM PDT by windsorknot
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If Baraq is too busy with golf, send Wendy Davis!


13 posted on 10/15/2014 1:39:02 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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I think he should do s photo-op with patients with Ebola. The more the merrier.


14 posted on 10/15/2014 1:39:04 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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When a Foreign animal disease is introduced into the US and a local veterinarian finds it, the Feds send boucoups of Federal veterinarians to contain the disease with information and technical on the ground help. Looks like the animals are more important because of the economics.
15 posted on 10/15/2014 1:39:13 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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PLEASE be the October Surprise. Obama in Liberia helping to clean up the feces and projectile vomit.


16 posted on 10/15/2014 1:40:16 PM PDT by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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When Obala goes to Ebolaland, he should be sure to visit the fine cities with their broad boulevards and beautiful women.


17 posted on 10/15/2014 1:40:34 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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Funny you would mention the Judge. Will someone please tell me what this clown has to do with Ebola containment and just why the hell a “judge” has a place on a podium giving a national press conference on Ebola?


18 posted on 10/15/2014 1:40:49 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: Mercat


19 posted on 10/15/2014 1:40:59 PM PDT by Iron Munro (We can make it work with only one square per restroom visit -- Sheryl Crow)
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To: PROCON

yes


20 posted on 10/15/2014 1:41:27 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they believed not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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