Thursday, November 6, 2014

Ebola and the pusillanimous media. Based on what law are we to be denied information?

Report: Obama Administration Pressured News Outlets to Not Report Suspected Ebola Cases

Ebola be Gone!
At the urging of the Obama Administration, the Associated Press and other news outlets have agreed not to report on suspected cases of Ebola in the United States until a positive viral RNA test is completed.
The administration and liberal activists were upset with coverage in the run-up to the midterm elections.
Who said political hack Ron Klain was not a good pick for Ebola czar?
In case you haven’t noticed… Media outlets are no longer reporting on suspected Ebola cases at the urging of the Obama administration.
Downtrend reported:
There is a reason why Obama didn’t pick an Ebola Czar with any actual medical experience when he tabbed longtime Democrat party hack Ron Klain who is a lobbyist. The real danger was never that the foolish policies of Barry and the boys were exposing Americans to Ebola but rather the political implications of it all. So the sudden departure of Ebola stories from the state-corporate media doesn’t pass the smell test. Interestingly the website of Forbes has a story that reports:
The Associated Press and other press outlets have agreed not to report on suspected cases of Ebola in the United States until a positive viral RNA test is completed.
That damning line is buried deep in the article so anyone can be excused for not noticing it – they aren’t supposed to.

The number of people under "active monitoring" for Ebola symptoms has increased from 117 on Monday to 357 people Wednesday, health officials said.
The vast majority of those being monitored arrived in New York City within the past 21 days from the three Ebola-affected countries, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation said in a statement. 
Others being monitored are the staff caring for Dr. Craig Spencer, the physician being treated for Ebola at Bellevue Hospital, the lab workers who conducted his blood tests and the FDNY EMTs who transported the doctor.  
All of those being monitored showed no symptoms but are being checked on out of "an abundance of caution," the statement said.

NYC "Actively Monitoring" 117 People at Risk for Ebola

[NY] NYC "Actively Monitoring" 117 People at Risk for Ebola
The city is actively monitoring nearly 120 people who have recently returned from Ebola-stricken countries out of an abundance of caution. Andrew Siff reports (Published Friday, Oct 31, 2014)
One of the people under quarantine for coming into contact with Spencer will now be also subject to active monitoring because "the individual poses no public threat and is showing no symptoms," health officials said. The person's movements will not be restricted, but the person will be assessed twice a day by city health workers. 
Authorities also said Spencer's condition also continues to improve. The latest good news about Spencer comes just four days after health officials upgraded his condition from "serious but stable" to "stable." 
That announcement Saturday was made "based on our patient's clinical progress and response to treatment," city health officials said. "The patient will remain in isolation and continue to receive full treatment."
Officials also announced Saturday that one person under quarantine because of contact with Spencer will only be subject to direct active monitoring. 

NYC Disease Doctor Answers Questions on Ebola

[NY] NYC Disease Doctor Answers Questions on Ebola
Dr. Abdulrahman El-Sayed, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, answers NBC 4 New York viewer questions on how Ebola is spread. (Published Friday, Oct 24, 2014)
The announcements came almost a week after authorities said Spencer had entered the next phase of his illness and warned that he was expected to get worse before he could get better.
He received a plasma transfusion from the second American Ebola patient, Nancy Writebol, on Oct. 25, according to SIM, the Christian organization that Writebol worked with before she was admitted to Emory University Hospital in August.
Authorities have said Spencer was awake, communicating and undergoing plasma and antiviral therapies, treatments that have been used to treat Ebola patients at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta and at the Nebraska Medical Center.
His fiancee, Morgan Dixon, was released from the hospital days ago and returned to the couple's Hamilton Heights apartment. She had not developed any sign of the illness, and she was to remain under quarantine at home.

Doctor With Ebola Enters Next Phase of Illness: Officials

[NY] Doctor With Ebola Enters Next Phase of Illness: Officials
Dr. Craig Spencer, the physician being treated for Ebola at Bellevue Hospital, has entered the next phase of the illness: the onset of gastrointestinal symptoms, health officials said Saturday evening. News 4's Michael George reports. (Published Saturday, Oct 25, 2014)

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