The State Department is reportedly ordering the departure of eligible U.S. citizens from Liberia due to the Ebola outbreak despite CDC assurances like this one:
Facts about Ebola: You can’t get Ebola through air, water, or food. Learn more: http://t.co/hpmzWVHIvk pic.twitter.com/mIVGE8ymPx
— CDC Emerging Infections (@CDC_NCEZID) August 3, 2014
https://twitter.com/CustosDivini/status/497566376538947584
State Dept pulls out families of US diplomats in #Liberia b/c #Ebola outbreak.US sending more diseases specialists to country per @marieharf
— Elise Labott (@EliseLabott) August 8, 2014
Just in: The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens against non-essential travel to Liberia because of Ebola
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) August 8, 2014
@ZekeJMiller Boy, that State Department is right on top of things, aren't they?
— Christa Cooper (@MissMarple2) August 8, 2014
US sending 12 CDC disease prevention specialists & 13-member USAID DART team to #Liberia help govt w/Ebola outbreak, per @StateDept
— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) August 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/AwesomeCapital/status/497499858945593346
The U.S. is evacuating personnel, Liberia and Sierra Leone are putting up blockades and extreme measures of containment are being taken for transporting the infected.
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Spanish priest with Ebola in 'stable condition' after being airlifted from Liberia http://t.co/FU9BgBBGlY pic.twitter.com/BYR5hycHoU
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 8, 2014
All this, despite CDC assurances that Ebola is difficult to contract.
Jim Geraghty may be on to something.
Ebola statements would be more reassuring if our government didn't habitually tell us “all is well” when it isn’t. http://t.co/jbG7a6BG0o
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) August 5, 2014
@jimgeraghty pic.twitter.com/D7dlWynX2H
— JP (@jparton1) August 5, 2014
Remain cautious and skeptical.
Editor’s note: The capitalization of “Ebola” has been corrected in this post.
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