James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote:
> Early symptoms of Ebola are "flu-like" and it is contagious during these > "flu-like" symptoms. > Well, they are flu-like but far more severe. Once the person comes down with a full blown case, no one would confuse it with ordinary flu. It is more like the 1918 avian flu pandemic. > Now ... consider the fact that flu season is upon us. But you know what's > _really_ frightening about this? Not one of the goddamn idiot "authorities" > has even mentioned, let alone assessed, this confounding situation's impact > on public health containment measures. > That's is completely wrong! The CDC is within sight of my office and I know people who work there. News from the CDC is in the Metro section of Atlanta newspapers often. I assure you they are working night and day assessing the impact and taking steps to deal with it. Those people know what they are doing. They are skilled, brave and effective. Until recently they were working on shoestring budgets, in WWII era facilities that were falling down around their ears. (No kidding: the buildings were rotting away so badly they had heavy equipment falling through the floors.) After 9/11 Uncle Sam came up with money to build more modern facilities, but they are still working on tight budgets and accomplishing a great deal. What is frightening about this situation are members of Congress who despise science and want to cut back the CDC and the NIH. They have no idea what is at stake. The administration is paying attention. Obama was here at the CDC recently. - Jed
