Ebola Panic: CDC Getting HUNDREDS Of Calls Daily About Possible Ebola Cases. All Are False Alarms

[Cali_Democrat]

The consequences of panic that many people warned about.

I think this actually hurts the fight against Ebola because it ties up CDC resources.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/ebola-cases-united-states-111613.html

By SUSAN LEVINE | 10/5/14 4:01 PM EDT

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is getting 800 calls a day from health care facilities and other sources with concerns that a sick individual might have Ebola symptoms, up from 50 calls daily before the first U.S. case was diagnosed in Dallas last week.

So far, all have been false alarms. The Liberian man hospitalized in critical condition in Dallas remains the nation’s only confirmed case of Ebola.

CDC Director Tom Frieden said during a media briefing Sunday that the high-alert attention — “making sure Ebola remains top of mind” — is exactly what public health officials need to help contain spread of the virus here.

Thomas Eric Duncan, who fell ill after arriving from Liberia to visit friends and relatives, remains at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Frieden described him as “fighting for his life” and said any decision on giving him an experimental treatment or plasma from a survivor of the West African Ebola outbreak would be up to the patient, his family and the team caring for him.

[JeffHead]

1. Are we the most fearful bunch of people on this planet or what.

Home of the brave is nothing more than a marketing slogan. Pathetic.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. Indeed

[City Lights]

3. I couldn't agree more!

We are fucking pathetic. And the corporate media is a huge part of the problem.

[jwirr]

4. Look we have had 30+ years of the Rs using scare tactics to get our votes. We have learned well.

[Andy823]

8. This time it might backfire

If they keep scaring the over Ebola, a huge number of them might just stay home out of fear.

[jwirr]

10. I hope so.

[KittyWampus]

7. Healthcare facilities calling the CDC is about being a fearful bunch of bedwetting sissies?

[kestrel91316]

12. If they are failing to read everything available on the CDC website and instead just

calling to be spoonfed "the answer" on demand, it's not good. I wouldn't be so charitable.

But if they are looking for clarification after having read guidelines made public by the CDC, I understand that.

[Andy823]

5. Thanks to faux news

The spread fear on a daily basis and try to link he president to everything they can, including Ebola. Sadly their base isn't all the smart and buy into the fear.

[KittyWampus]

6. The article says calls from "HEALTHCARE FACILITIES". Checking in w/CDC is GOOD, ffs.

Are these healthcare facilities just nervous nellies in panic or are they checking in for information?

Even the blurb you include says it's a good thing so I think your OP title is misleading and unhelpful.

[Cali_Democrat]

11. "healthcare facilities and other sources"

Think about it...some guy goes to the hospital with a fever...he tells the healthcare facility that he thinks he has ebola....heatlhcare facility makes the call to the CDC and they probably send blood samples as well.

CDC resources tied up because some guy has been watching too much Faux Newz. He's just got the flu or a cold.

Everyone is in a panic.

People are running around like chickens with their heads cut off

[KittyWampus]

9. Your thread title is misleading and unhelpful. It doesn't match the original title, the info

or the intent.