Posted on 10/15/2014 6:47:52 PM PDT by jimbo123
President Obama vowed a more “aggressive” federal response to the spread of Ebola in the United States. And he offered assurance tonight that a “serious outbreak” remains extremely unlikely.
“I want people to understand that the dangers of you contracting Ebola, the dangers of a serious outbreak, are extraordinarily low,” he said after meeting with Cabinet members and other top aides. “But we are taking this very seriously at the highest levels of government.”
That assurance that a “serious” outbreak is unlikely is markedly less optimistic than the one Obama offered only a week earlier in a call with governors and mayors across the country, when he said that “the chance of an Ebola outbreak in the United States remains extremely low.”
As for health care workers in Dallas, “we understand that many of them are scared,” the president said tonight.
(Excerpt) Read more at trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com ...
Are they ramping up the Ebola scare to keep people home on election day?
Anything is possible with this pos
“Are they ramping up the Ebola scare to keep people home on election day?”
The conservatives should make RED face masks and gloves available for republicans on November 4th.
TERRIFFIC IDEA!
Imagine the psychological impact of seeing TV news reports showing long lines of people wearing red face masks waiting to vote.
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