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CDC Chief: Ebola ‘Could Arrive In The U.S.’
Virus ‘definitely not under control’ as agency issues alert
WND
The Ebola crisis in West Africa is “definitely not under control,” according to a top Centers for Disease Control official who concedes it’s possible the deadly, incurable virus could come to U.S. shores.
Stephan Monroe, deputy director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the CDC, told CBS News the worst Ebola outbreak in history – with 1,323 cases recorded in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria and 729 deaths – is “rapidly evolving.”
“Theoretically, the virus could arrive in the United States,” he said.
He said the CDC, consequently, has issued a nationwide health alert to health-care providers in the U.S., with instructions to isolate anyone suspected of being infected.
The CDC instructs that “if someone presents with symptoms that are compatible with Ebola virus, to ask them about recent travel history, and if they do have a travel history and potential exposure, that they put those people into isolation and request specimens for diagnostic testing.”
Monroe offered a word of reassurance, however, noting “the health care system in the U.S. is much better isolation facilities and infection control.”
“So, we’re fairly comfortable that if a patient were identified here in the U.S., that they would be rapidly isolated and that the normal kinds of barrier nursing precautions that would be in place would prevent spread even before the person was confirmed to be a case of Ebola.”
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Ebola could arrive??…..is he kidding?? It may already be here. Just look at the “precautionary measures” that the Feds have taken in dispensing Ebola Kits. Since when has our Government ever been forthcoming with the truth? As regular citizen we won’t know about Ebola’s pandemic until it’s at our door step.
Several ways we can verify Ebola’s arrival in a town, village, city or state is by observing the type of equipment law enforcement, firefighters, medical emergency personnel respond with to calls. Also, another tall tale sign is the sudden arrival of FEMA with a small contingent of National Guard personnell……..just possibilities
Even if it comes, I am not afraid. I keep my immune system slightly alkaline, thereby bacteria and viruses slide right off. Lots of fruits and vegetables is the key,especially citrus and organic if possible, and do not eat anything remotely connnected to wheat, white rice, any processed grains. Haven’t had a cold or flu in over 6 years.