Posted on 10/26/2014 7:35:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It’s bad enough that Obama rejects an Ebola travel ban because he thinks we need more Ebola, but he’s attacking Democrats and Republicans who are doing the responsible thing by enacting quarantines.
The Obama administration has been pushing the governors of New York and New Jersey to reverse their decision ordering all medical workers returning from West Africa who had contact with Ebola patients to be quarantined, an administration official said on Sunday.
But both governors, Andrew M. Cuomo of New York and Chris Christie of New Jersey, stood by their decision, saying that the federal guidelines did not go far enough.
“It’s too serious a situation to leave it to the honor system of compliance,” Cuomo said of the decision.
Ever since Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, and Mr. Christie, a Republican, announced the plan at a hastily called news conference on Friday evening, top administration officials have been speaking with Mr. Cuomo daily and have also been in touch with Mr. Christie, trying to get them to rescind the order.
But in that time, two more states – Illinois and Florida – announced that they were instituting similar policies.
A senior administration official, who did not want to be identified in order to discuss private conversations with state officials on the issue, called the decision by the governors “uncoordinated, very hurried, an immediate reaction to the New York City case that doesn’t comport with science.”
What exactly is that anonymous official’s background in science? Same as Joe Biden’s Chief of Staff/Obama’s Ebola Czar?
Quarantining people who are potentially infected doesn’t comport with science? Please tell me more, Guy Who Got This Job Because He’s the Brother in Law of a Campaign Donor.
The decision to institute a mandatory quarantine came after a New York doctor, Craig Spencer, received a diagnosis of Ebola on Thursday, having contracted the virus while working in Guinea for Doctors Without Borders. He is being treated at Bellevue Hospital Center, where his condition has worsened, an expected development as the virus replicates and spreads through his body.
But it wouldn’t be a media pile on without the usual idiot showing up to fight a travel ban.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Disease, said it was vital not to do anything that might interfere with the flow of health workers to West Africa.
“The harm is that it is totally disruptive of their life. We want them to go because they are helping us to protect America to be over there,” Dr. Fauci said on CNN.
No they’re not. They’re helping Africa. And that may be a noble thing, but it’s endangering America.
Obama doesn’t prioritize America over Africa. American leaders should.
Every state in the Union should enact this quarantine., and extend it to any traveler who has visited a west Africa nation.
The state’s must show a united front against insanity.
And enact a life sentence for lying about having been in an Ebola nation when entering the state.
“I think that, when you spread the Ebola around, it’s good for everybody.”
Ebola, just doing the killing that American viruses won’t do.
You know what’s so sad, a fake Hollywood POTUS played by Bill Pullman is a better POTUS than the one we have now. ‘Nuff said.
Another gift from Obama to the Republicans but they won’t use it in the last week before the election.
“Obammy demands”?
Hey obammy you jive ass punk,
F- off.
Did a quick news scan this morning, the administration is doing a full court press on the anti-quarantine and the flying monkey media salute and go forth.
US HHS IIRC issued guidelines on combating Ebola “stigma” back in April of 2014. My BB doesn’t do pdf but it’s on their site.
They have been planning this before Brantley was shipped home.
What really IRKS me is that he says quarantines are “NOT rooted in science”.
I'd say the same thing slightly differently. If you're willing to go risk your life treating a level-4, usually fatal disease, the minor inconvenience of a quarantine on return shouldn't stop you--in fact, if you really care about people, you'd want to make sure you weren't bringing the disease back. This nurse that's going to sue is both a convenient political tool and a narcissistic do-gooder, the worst kind.
Think he’ll fall back on, “Those states are oppressing these people, that is NOT what America is about..”
Less blunt than how I said it. Thank you.
I am shocked. Really dumbfounded.
Sounds like a Federalism issue to me.
Where does the Constitution grant the Executive the power to decide quarantine procedues in the several States? It’s their call, as I see. it.
LOL. Obama thought he would pawn off the hard decision to the states so he didn’t have to make it. That way, he doesn’t get political flak. Then the states started making the wrong decision. . .
And now the “Nurse” who had a huge hissy fit about being quarantined has been released..fine..she wants to infect everyone with her Ebola, send her to the White House, let her give Obama a great big bear hug..or let her go to CNN or MSNBC, let her sit real close to the anchors, real real close..I a sick of this sh*t seriously, they want to infect us, every single one of us because this is just shear stupidity, or pure evil
Is that man stupid or what?
Thanks for the ping!
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