CDC to escalate Ebola response after WHO declares emergency

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/Bloomberg

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(Bloomberg) -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is escalating its response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, after the World Health Organization labeled the outbreak a public health emergency.

The agency plans to deploy additional staff to the affected countries and will provide technical support including laboratory testing, contact tracing and surveillance through its country offices, said Satish Pillai, the CDC’s Ebola response incident manager, on a call with reporters Sunday. It has also activated its emergency response center.

“The risk to the United States remains low,” Pillai said. The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo ebolavirus strain and has no approved vaccine or treatment. Infected people can transmit Ebola when they are symptomatic, he added.

The actions come after the WHO declared the Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday — stopping short of a “pandemic emergency” declaration — as it looks to mobilize support against the rare strain of the virus. The WHO said the strain has likely been spreading undetected in the region for weeks.

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[Rhiannon12866]

1. Didn't the Obama administration prepare for dealing with Ebola during his term(s)??

[rampartd]

2. yep. as long as i never again need to spell "Bundibugyo"

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/303521

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Thanks! Or did the current felonious administration throw it out??

[rampartd]

5. if trump touched it it is corrupt

but at an intersection of foreign aid and public health i'd expect rfk to 86 it personally.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. ...

[yardwork]

8. Yes. Trump and RFK, Jr. had the U.S. leave WHO and gut the CDC.

The U.S. is more vulnerable to an epidemic than we have been for 100 years.

Also, where the U.S. used to be counted on to help the world fight pandemics, we have abandoned our post and the whole world is more vulnerable.

Also, all the wars and disruption the USA is causing will foster disease, famine, and pandemics.

And that's enough cheery news for a Monday.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Thank you.

[LisaL]

11. Add to that, Trump cut funding to USAID,

funds that were used to control outbreaks such as this.

[Skittles]

3. the risk here better STAY low with THESE assclowns "in charge"

and may I add, FUCK ANYONE WHO EVER VOTED FOR DONALD FUCKING TRUMP, FUCK YOU ALL

[Danascot]

7. No doubt RFKjr is sending his best

Anti-science, anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, road-kill connoisseurs, reality deniers and unwoke magas to fu the ebola response beyond all recognition.

[yardwork]

9. He's bringing ivermectin and raccoon penises.

[Danascot]

13. Heroin and decomposing whale heads

Essentials for a nutritious breakfast.

[LisaL]

12. Yep.

Trump voters deserve everything that is coming to them.

[chouchou]

14. This will scare just about anybody CDC ..

"Ebola is a, extreme severe, naturally fatal viral illness that causes sudden fever, weakness, vomiting, diarrhea, and in severe cases, internal and external bleeding, especially thru the nose on sometimes ears.. The virus spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or contaminated materials. A major outbreak driven by the Bundibugyo strain has led to a global health emergency declaration."


Jesus Christ! "Naturally Fatal, bleeding through the nose and ears?"

Excuse me sir, would you like to have Ebola Virus or get run over by a Freight Train?

[BumRushDaShow]

15. There were a couple cases of Ebola in the U.S. while Obama was President

and that prompted him to get the various health agencies to come up with what was dubbed a "pandemic playbook" that 45 promptly discarded when he came into office.

Obama team left pandemic playbook for Trump administration, officials confirm

Trump team failed to follow NSC’s pandemic playbook

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6819268/Pandemic-Playbook.pdf

[chouchou]

16. Thank you..I forgot about that..

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Between the TX cases

and Crispy Creme's antics in NJ when a medical worker returned to the U.S. having treated Ebola cases overseas (and slapping her into quarantine despite being asymptomatic for the disease and testing negative multiple times) was definitely something that needed to be drowned out.

[chouchou]

18. I can understand that some people are afraid of the proverbial boogie-man around the corner.

Geez, you can't be ridiculously terrified of everything or your life is one full drama.
(Yes I know 2 people like that.) "It's raining..if we go to the store..we could die.. Oh Brother..

[milestogo]

19. Please send RFK Jr RIGHT FUCKING NOW!