Posted on 10/02/2014 6:04:11 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot
Rep. Cárdenas tells PJM that temporarily freezing visas from affected nations would be "reacting in an alarmed fashion."
WASHINGTON Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), a member of the House Budget Committee, said education is the best way for the federal government to respond to the Ebola outbreak, rather than reduce the number of U.S. visas granted to citizens of West Africa nations.
Cárdenas also said the Ebola crisis demonstrates that reducing spending is the wrong approach.
I think the best response is education. We have the best system of preventative measures in the world but yet at the same time we need to educate the communities, so I think its important that we not act in an alarmed fashion but just have responsible, methodical education, said Cárdenas at the Noche de Gala for the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts on Wednesday night.
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U.S. health officials estimated on Thursday that the Liberian man hospitalized for Ebola in Texas had contact with as many as 100 people. The man was reportedly visiting the U.S. on a tourist visa. Cárdenas was asked if the U.S. should temporarily stop issuing visas to West African nations affected by Ebola.
Again, that would be reacting in an alarmed fashion. I think that what we ought to do is education domestically and also education abroad and make sure that we have the kind of communication and the honesty with us and other governments that we need to be making sure that they understand the seriousness of it, and then respond after we find out if they are acting responsibly, Cárdenas responded. Then, we can go ahead and be more trusting, ......
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2. Why is he this stupid?
and blame the GOP for CDC budget cuts.......
Yes and the GOP lays down on the floor and takes it.
Why does it matter Mr. Dem Congressman? We aren’t going to have an outbreak according to the experts.
Leftist speak—’if you love your ebola you can keep your ebola.
Obarry spreads the wealth and health. Less for all. Sounds so communistic....
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Bring Out Your Dead
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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...
“More education” seems to be a stock Dem answer to every problem just like “more taxes.” Let’s provide a $1 trillion grant to every community college in the country so they can offer adult ed classes on “How to Survive the Coming Doomsday Epidemic.” They can also run voter registration booths at each class and register Democrat voters.
Of course, after Ebola wipes out half the US population, there won’t be many people not looking to hang every congresscritter from the nearest lamppost.
These people are stupid beyond comprehension. I’ve never seen such industrial strength stupid on display in my entire life.
I knew someone would blame Republicans for this. Unfortunately, people will believe this BS...
This guy makes about as much sense as cleaning up Ebola vomit without a hazmat suit.
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PRESIDENT EBOLA: In 2010 Obama Administration Scrapped CDC Quarantine Regulations Aimed At Ebola
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3210681/posts
The CDC had proposed the regulations in 2005 under the administration of George W. Bush, reported USA Today in 2010.
[More ebola links at bottom of Digging Deep posts ...]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2636478/posts?page=150#150
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“There have been spending cuts?”
Right. Harry Reed and Obama didn’t red flag this specifically or demand separate spending legislation. They POISONED every spending bill they ever drafted!
And the Republicans are helping them right along.
If we could just get guns off the street, this Ebola would go away.
There must be a special place in hell for people who lie like this.
Sounds like another example of “don’t let a crises go to waste”.
I’ve go to remember that-”virus fodder”. They really would throw us to the wolves or the viruses in order to promote their political power. These people are truly criminal and disgusting, now if only enough Democrat voters would wake up to this.
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