[See UPDATES] Hope…
…this turns out to be a false alarm. But it’s apparent that more and more of these suspicious cases are occurring on our soil, and sooner or later it stands to reason some of them will turn out to be … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Health
Spanish nurse’s aide Teresa Romero…
…now tests virus-free. Good news. She will remain in the hospital for a while, but she’s also beginning to produce antibodies to the disease. [ADDENDUM: I was going to add that she is recovering despite never having received a transfusion … Continue reading →
Good Peggy Noonan article
Peggy Noonan drives me pretty crazy with her on-again-off-again insights. When she’s good, she’s very very good. But when she’s bad, she’s foggy. This is very good: A third component of public anxiety has to do with what normal people … Continue reading →
Ebola response team
An ebola response team is being organized: In response to a request by the Department of Health and Human Services, a 30-person team will be ready to “response quickly, effectively, and safely” should more Ebola cases arise inside the U.S., … Continue reading →
The survivors
I was transfixed by this series of photos of Liberians who have survived bouts of ebola. We don’t tend to think of that group, but it’s a large one, although unfortunately not as large as those who’ve died from the … Continue reading →
President Obama, mad at the government again
The Times reports he’s just “seething” with anger: Beneath the calming reassurance that President Obama has repeatedly offered during the Ebola crisis, there is a deepening frustration, even anger, with how the government has handled key elements of the response. … Continue reading →
Do those transfusions help?
Maybe those blood transfusions from recovered ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly are the ticket: Two Americans have already been treated successfully for Ebola. Dr. Kent Brantly is one. He is providing blood for other victims, on the theory that it … Continue reading →
Obama appointing longtime Democratic political operative as ebola czar
Hey, that’ll work!: President Obama has asked Ron Klain, who served as chief of staff to both Vice President Biden and former vice president Al Gore, as his Ebola response coordinator, according to a White House official. “He will report … Continue reading →
Does the lack of a ban on travel from West Africa…
…mean that Dinesh D’Souza was right in The Roots of Obama’s Rage? In the book, he describes how one of Obama’s biggest motivations is his hatred of colonialism in Africa, and a desire to redress and/or revenge its wrongs for … Continue reading →
Is anyone competent in charge these days?
Or, alternatively, is anyone in charge competent these days? For example: Dallas Ebola patient Amber Vinson contacted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before boarding a commercial flight Monday because she had a slight fever, a federal government spokesperson … Continue reading →
Second Dallas health worker diagnosed with ebola
It is crystal clear that we were woefully unprepared for the inevitable first case of ebola coming to our shores. Some fatal combination of arrogance, ignorance, negligence, recklessness, stupidity, political correctness (some would add “evil intent”), and irresponsibility has led … Continue reading →
Ebola and the great forgetting: the best of times, the worst of times
WHO director Margaret Chan said yesterday that the current ebola epidemic is “the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times.” On the one hand, I’m happy that WHO is taking the outbreak very seriously. On the other hand, … Continue reading →