Now, why ever would we do that?: For now, the administration is rejecting calls for a visa ban for West Africans. “I don’t believe that’s something we’re considering,” a State Department spokeswoman told reporters. Health officials have described the Texas … Continue reading →
This is one of the saddest things I’ve ever read. It’s an account of how patient zero, Thomas Eric Duncan, contracted Ebola in Liberia. But more than that, it’s a story that’s all too typical of the tragedy of this … Continue reading →
…you know it’s serious. Morgan isn’t just lost, either. He’s gone over to the dark side: As Governor Chris Christie pointed out, by saying ”˜they’ rather than ”˜we’, Obama tried to distance himself from any personal responsibility or accountability for … Continue reading →
…really tired of all these news stories about tips. Bad tips, good tips, insulting tips, life-transforming tips. Happy waiters/resses, sad waiters/resses, kind patrons, mean patrons. Pay it forward, pay it backward. I don’t care. There. I feel better now.
Continue reading →…throws Obama under the bus: Obama’s former Secretary of Defense and Director of the CIA, Leon Panetta, has blamed the president for the chaos unfolding in Iraq. Time previewed Panetta’s upcoming memoir, Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War … Continue reading →
There is little question in my mind that Duncan, Dallas’ Ebola patient zero, knew he most likely had Ebola when he got sick, and particularly as he got sicker. His first trip to the hospital, and their negligent (perhaps even … Continue reading →
No, that’s not a joke headline. Nigeria has done fairly well in containing the spread of the disease, and we might think about copying them. Nipping this in the bud, while the number of exposed people is very small, is … Continue reading →
…came to this country from Liberia knowing he had been closely exposed to an Ebola patient in his home country [hat tip: Artfldgr]. Mr. Duncan, the first person to develop symptoms outside Africa during the current epidemic, had direct contact … Continue reading →
…resigns as head of the Secret Service. Good. And an investigation by a “panel of independent experts” has been ordered. Good. But will any of it change anything for the better, or is it just a case of re-arranging the … Continue reading →
In the early 90s I wrote a research paper on HIV and contact tracing. Initially, I had assumed that HIV would be treated in the same way as other diseases spread by sexual contact such as syphilis, and that contact … Continue reading →
I wrote “heartbreaking” in the title of this post. But I could just as easily have written “enraging.” This interview with Canon Andrew White, which I watched on “The Kelly File” last night, is both: Watch the latest video at … Continue reading →
Commenter “Wolla Dalbo” has some questions the CDC should be asking itself. Remember, the Ebola patient in the US went to the Dallas hospital with symptoms and was sent home only to return again several days later, much sicker. Wolla … Continue reading →