Okay. If you are reading this article you may be: 1) either tired of seeing the latest news regarding Ebola; 2) so worried and fearful about this spreading pandemic that you are scouring the web night and day looking for the latest Ebola-related breaking news (which causes you to worry even more incessantly); or 3) you are calmly getting prepared for what looks to be the single most dangerous threat to our country since the Cuban Missile Crises.
The truth of the matter is, you probably fall into category number one... Why? Maybe it has something to do with all of the now undeniably false assurances that we have been given by politicians and health officials (see some of my previous articles for details). Well... as of yesterday, many Americans now have reason, beyond a reasonable doubt, to disbelieve the validity of this what would appear to be an overly optimistic “peace and safety” message.
If you have not already heard, a second nurse, Amber Vinson, who cared for the US's first Ebola victim, Thomas Eric Duncan, has officially come down with the deadly infection. While this in itself is cause for alarm, to make matters even worse: even while showing signs of illness (a low grade fever), this nurse was on board a commercial jetliner filled with 132 unsuspecting passengers (1).
The truth of the matter is, you probably fall into category number one... Why? Maybe it has something to do with all of the now undeniably false assurances that we have been given by politicians and health officials (see some of my previous articles for details). Well... as of yesterday, many Americans now have reason, beyond a reasonable doubt, to disbelieve the validity of this what would appear to be an overly optimistic “peace and safety” message.
If you have not already heard, a second nurse, Amber Vinson, who cared for the US's first Ebola victim, Thomas Eric Duncan, has officially come down with the deadly infection. While this in itself is cause for alarm, to make matters even worse: even while showing signs of illness (a low grade fever), this nurse was on board a commercial jetliner filled with 132 unsuspecting passengers (1).
To her credit, before boarding the plane she reportedly contacted the CDC in reference to her possible Ebola symptoms but was told it was okay for her to fly anyway (2). Thus, due to the CDC's negligence, everyone from the cockpit all the way back to the rear lavatories could have possibly come in contact with this incredibly infectious disease! Talk about a worse-case scenario for Ebola inoculation! Furthermore, the infected plane made five additional flights before authorities began the cabin disinfection process: thus potentially exposing hundreds more individuals to the virus.
CDC's Tom Friedman, who has been downplaying the risk of Ebola to America since day one (3), reassures the American public that the risk to Vinson's fellow passengers is, in fact, "extremely low" (1).
Meanwhile President Obama, who stated weeks ago that the "experts at the CDC" believe that the risk of Ebola spreading to the US was "extremely low" (4) is now repeating same mantra in response to this new development: "I want people to understand that the dangers of you contracting Ebola, the dangers of a serious outbreak in this country are extraordinary low, but we are taking this very seriously at the highest levels of government" (5).
Let’s think about this for a moment… To consider a scenario so plausible that the highest levels of government would take “this very seriously” while also expressing doubts to the American public of the likelihood of the event occurring indicates an underlying attempt to bring Americans into a state of normalcy bias, which can occur when governments fail to include the general public in their disaster preparations.
Is this logical? If the higher levels of government should take the potential spread of Ebola seriously enough to purchase over 160,000 hazmat suits (6) shouldn’t we, the American public, take some precautions as well? Specifically, in lieu of this threat to the lives of the American public, what are politicians and governmental health officials doing to improve the physical health and bolster the immune systems of the nearly 320 million people in this country?
And I digress from the issues at present to reflect upon the proverbial higher governmental figure of Nero, who “played the fiddle” whilst Rome burned…
Don't wait for others around you to respond. Something must be done now, and individually. Keep checking back with us for more Ebola-related info, learn more about our online Prebola© Pandemic Preparedness course, and consider partnering with healthislife.org to get the word out! Yes this is a call for means: we need financial resources to spread the message of preparedness far and wide! Together we can make a BIG difference!
References:
1) http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/health/texas-ebola-outbreak/index.html
2) http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/10/report_amber_vinson_dallas_nur.html
3) http://twitchy.com/2014/10/15/nine-ebola-tweets-that-the-cdc-probably-wishes-it-could-take-back/
4) http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nbc-news/obama-says-risk-of-ebola-outbreak-in-u-s-is-extremely-low-330003523744
5) http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/obama-seeks-ease-fears-over-u-s-ebola-epidemic-n226716
6) http://investmentwatchblog.com/breaking-us-state-dept-orders-160000-hazmat-suits-for-ebola/
CDC's Tom Friedman, who has been downplaying the risk of Ebola to America since day one (3), reassures the American public that the risk to Vinson's fellow passengers is, in fact, "extremely low" (1).
Meanwhile President Obama, who stated weeks ago that the "experts at the CDC" believe that the risk of Ebola spreading to the US was "extremely low" (4) is now repeating same mantra in response to this new development: "I want people to understand that the dangers of you contracting Ebola, the dangers of a serious outbreak in this country are extraordinary low, but we are taking this very seriously at the highest levels of government" (5).
Let’s think about this for a moment… To consider a scenario so plausible that the highest levels of government would take “this very seriously” while also expressing doubts to the American public of the likelihood of the event occurring indicates an underlying attempt to bring Americans into a state of normalcy bias, which can occur when governments fail to include the general public in their disaster preparations.
Is this logical? If the higher levels of government should take the potential spread of Ebola seriously enough to purchase over 160,000 hazmat suits (6) shouldn’t we, the American public, take some precautions as well? Specifically, in lieu of this threat to the lives of the American public, what are politicians and governmental health officials doing to improve the physical health and bolster the immune systems of the nearly 320 million people in this country?
And I digress from the issues at present to reflect upon the proverbial higher governmental figure of Nero, who “played the fiddle” whilst Rome burned…
Don't wait for others around you to respond. Something must be done now, and individually. Keep checking back with us for more Ebola-related info, learn more about our online Prebola© Pandemic Preparedness course, and consider partnering with healthislife.org to get the word out! Yes this is a call for means: we need financial resources to spread the message of preparedness far and wide! Together we can make a BIG difference!
References:
1) http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/health/texas-ebola-outbreak/index.html
2) http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/10/report_amber_vinson_dallas_nur.html
3) http://twitchy.com/2014/10/15/nine-ebola-tweets-that-the-cdc-probably-wishes-it-could-take-back/
4) http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nbc-news/obama-says-risk-of-ebola-outbreak-in-u-s-is-extremely-low-330003523744
5) http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/obama-seeks-ease-fears-over-u-s-ebola-epidemic-n226716
6) http://investmentwatchblog.com/breaking-us-state-dept-orders-160000-hazmat-suits-for-ebola/
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