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President’s Weekly Address – What You Should Know about Ebola – Video

In his weekly address, President Obama spoke about the Ebola situation overseas and the cases found here in The United States, and he talked about what America is doing to lead in the fight against this deadly disease.

First, what we’re seeing now is not an “outbreak” or an “epidemic” of Ebola in America. We’re a nation of more than 300 million people. To date, we’ve seen three cases of Ebola diagnosed here-the man who contracted the disease in Liberia, came here and sadly died; the two courageous nurses who were infected while they were treating him. Our thoughts and our prayers are with them, and we’re doing everything we can to give them the best care possible. Now, even one infection is too many. At the same time, we have to keep this in perspective. As our public health experts point out, every year thousands of Americans die from the flu.

Second, Ebola is actually a difficult disease to catch. It’s not transmitted through the air like the flu. You cannot get it from just riding on a plane or a bus. The only way that a person can contract the disease is by coming into direct contact with the bodily fluids of somebody who is already showing symptoms. I’ve met and hugged some of the doctors and nurses who’ve treated Ebola patients. I’ve met with an Ebola patient who recovered, right in the Oval Office. And I’m fine.

Third, we know how to fight this disease. We know the protocols. And we know that when they’re followed, they work. So far, five Americans who got infected with Ebola in West Africa have been brought back to the United States-and all five have been treated safely, without infecting healthcare workers.

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Why Republicans Wont Get Ebola – PIC

They’re in the clear!

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Scott Brown – If Mitt Was President, “We Would Not Be Worrying about Ebola”

In an interview with Fox News, Scott Brown lauded praise on President Mitt Romney for being the only president able to end Ebola in America. (what? Mitt Romney was never president so Scott Brown has nothing to base his pointless conclusions on? Interesting. So then like the average Republican, Brown is only speaking out of his ass? Interesting!)

“Gosh can you imagine if Mitt was the president right now?” Brown said. “He was right on Russia, he was right on Obamacare, he was right on the economy. And I guarantee you we would not be worrying about Ebola right now and, you know, worrying about our foreign policy screw ups.”

Just for the record, Romney was then and still is wrong on Russia, demonstrably wrong on Obamacare and supremely wrong on the economy.

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Watch Ebola Patient Nina Pham’s Tearful Goodbye to Co Workers in Texas – Video

Nina Pham, the Texas nurse who tested positive for Ebola after caring for the now deceased Thomas E. Duncan, appeared in a fearwell video to the other healthcare workers that cared for her. She invited her physician, Dr. Gary Weinstein, to “come to Maryland” with her.

“Party, party in Maryland,” Weinstein joked.

“Thanks for being part of the volunteer team to take care of our first patient. It means a lot,” Weinstein told Pham as she teared up. “This has been a huge effort by all of you guys. We’re really proud of you.”

Pham was transported to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. on Thursday for further treatment.

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Dallas Hospital Apologised For Mishandling Thomas Duncan’s Ebola Case

When Thomas Eric Duncan made his first trip to the hospital in Dallas Texas, he did it for a reason. The man knew that he had just traveled from Liberia, a nation infested with the deadly Ebola virus. He also knew that while in Liberia days before he traveled to the US, he tried to help a girl with Ebola, driving her to the hospital for treatment and then bringing her back home that night where she died hours later.

When he saw the first signs that he too was infected, Thomas, who arrived in the United States on September 20th, went to the Dallas hospital only to be sent back home by hospital personnel with a dosage of Tylenol.

Tylenol is great, but Ebola is not a common cold or a headache. After the disease  progressed, a weakened Duncan made a second trip to the hospital where he was immediately admitted and isolated.

The damage was already done.

Daniel Varga, Chief Clinical Officer of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital used a congressional hearing on Thursday to admit the hospital’s mistake.

“We made mistakes,” said Varga, who works for Texas Health Resources. “We did not correctly diagnose his symptoms as those of Ebola, and we are deeply sorry.”

Duncan was admitted and isolated on September 26th, two days after his initial hospital visit. He was treated but eventually died on Oct. 8. Since his death, two other hospital nurses have been diagnosed with the disease and are now in isolation.

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Facebook Founder will Donate $25Million To Fight Ebola

In a personal Facebook message, Mark Zuckerburg said he and his wife Priscilla “are donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola.

“The Ebola epidemic is at a critical turning point. It has infected 8,400 people so far, but it is spreading very quickly and projections suggest it could infect 1 million people or more over the next several months if not addressed.

“We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn’t spread further and become a long term global health crisis that we end up fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or polio.

“We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the experts in this field to prevent this outcome.

“Grants like this directly help the frontline responders in their heroic work. These people are on the ground setting up care centers, training local staff, identifying Ebola cases and much more.

“We are hopeful this will help save lives and get this outbreak under control.

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Ebola Patient in a Germany Hospital has Died

“The man was the third patient to arrive in Germany in recent weeks for treatment of Ebola, and the first to die.”
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A 56-year-old male Ebola patient who had been working with the United Nations in Liberia died overnight at the hospital in Leipzig where he was
being treated, the hospital said Tuesday in a statement quoted by the German news media.

The brief statement gave no further details. The man was the third patient to arrive in Germany in recent weeks for treatment of Ebola, and the first to die.

The first patient, a Senegalese man who worked for the World Health Organization, was treated in Hamburg from late August until Oct. 3, when he was released. He has since returned home. The second patient, a Ugandan doctor who was working in West Africa for an Italian aid organization, continues to receive treatment at a hospital in Frankfurt.

The St. Georg clinic in Leipzig, where the man who died was treated, announced his arrival last Thursday in a statement. At the time, doctors said his condition was critical, but stable, and there were no further updates on his status.

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Ebola Politics

Watch The “Republican Cuts Kill” Ad – Must See TV

This is what I’ve tried to say for a long time but I couldn’t get the right words to make this point. Simply put, Republican Cuts Kill! That’s all there is to say, really!

This is not a joke folks!

From The Agenda Project: “Republican Cuts Kill,’ which was produced by the Agenda Project Action Fund, mixes disturbing footage of the Ebola outbreak—including images of body bags, hazmat suits, and corpses—with clips of Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Rand Paul, and Republicans in some of the most competitive races around the country demanding more spending cuts. The demand for cuts is juxtaposed against testimony from top CDC and NIH officials detailing how budget cuts substantially hampered their ability to address the crisis.”

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The Political Muddle

If the sentiments expressed in this article in the New York Times today is any indication, then the Democrats are in deep trouble in the November Senate elections. President Obama still has his fans, but even people who voted for him are losing some faith that he can lead the country out of its present political torpor in the last two years of his term. His opponents, and at this point there are more than ever, are downright gleeful at the thought of having the GOP take both houses of Congress, though they do express frustration and anger at his failures.

RealClearPolitics is being a bit coy about it, but most of the recent polling gives the Republicans leads in the states they need to win to take control of the chamber. The same is true over at Electoral-Vote, except the Votemaster is not being coy at all and is saying at this point that the GOP will claim at least 52 seats after the elections. And even over at the Princeton Election Consortium the news for Democrats is not positive, with the prognostication currently calling for 51 Republicans come January.

Does this mean that it’s over? Not at all. Democrats famously under-perform in midterm election polling and there’s still a half-month to go before the votes are counted. President Obama has lent his also famous get-out-the-vote apparatus to the national party and most polling organizations make an assumption that the electorate in 2014 will look a lot like that of 2010. If that’s true, then the GOP will win. If not, and more of the Democrats’ constituents come out to vote, then there will be many surprises on election night.

The mood of the country will have a good deal to do with the outcome, and right now the Republicans have the upper hand. Of course, they are running on the fear of Ebola and ISIS, which they are convinced will both run through the United States over the next couple of weeks. It also doesn’t help that the seats the Democrats have to defend are in mostly red states.

If the Republicans win this year, then payback will most likely come during a more favorable cycle for Democrats in 2016. In the meantime, look for Congress to try to repeal the ACA, continue to investigate Benghazi, fortify the Mexican border against terrorists, and lower taxes on the wealthy.

You know, the real issues.

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Hospital Worker in Texas Tests Positive for Ebola

A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has tested positive for ebola, the first case of ebola transmission in the United States.

The unidentified nurse had helped treat Thomas Eric Duncan, who died last week from the virus after traveling to the Dallas area from Liberia. The patient reported a low-grade fever Friday night and was immediately isolated and tested in Austin; the positive results were received last night.

Officials said Sunday morning that the patient, who was in the low risk pool, had complied with all CDC guidelines. A hazmat team has been dispatched the health worker’s apartment; officials do not believe the patient’s pet poses any threat.

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Man Goes on Crowded Plane and Shouts “I have ebola” – Video

The reports say the man, who was not identified, was coughing during the flight to the Dominican Republic. Right before the plane landed, the passenger made the scary proclamation, causing widespread terror amongst the other passengers.

When the plane landed in Punta Cana, the passengers were checked at a medical facility for a fever, a main symptom of the deadly diaease. They all checked out and we’re eventually sent on their way.

Video taken in the plane shows workers in hazmat suits going through the aircraft. A man, believed to be the one who made the announcement, is seen being escorted off the plane, while saying “I ain’t from Africa!”

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Ebola Victim Thomas Eric Duncan Dies in Texas

Bloomberg news is reportinh that Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S., died from the virus while in isolation at a Dallas hospital.

Duncan was diagnosed with the disease on Sept. 30 after contracting it in West Africa, where Ebola has infected about 7,500 people, killing half. He had come to the country to marry his girlfriend, Louise Troh, who is now being quarantined and has not yet shown symptoms of the disease.

“It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan this morning at 7:51 am,” Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital said in a statement today.

Duncan, who traveled to the U.S. from Liberia, developed a fever and stomach pains on Sept. 24, four days after arriving in the U.S. He was sent home from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital’s emergency room on Sept. 26, after doctors failed to diagnose him with Ebola.

He was brought back to the hospital in an ambulance two days later.

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