A complete lie, of course - Ebola is in Africa. But here's Ron Paul encouraging this crap, and Phil Gingrey, a Republican rep for Georgia:
“The health thing strikes me as being very major,” Paul noted. “I am, I’m very concerned about this because we’ve already had many problems in Texas and Arizona where individuals come over.”
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“But our hospitals had already been under siege by immigrants,” Paul added. “And with these thousands — tens of thousands, who knows how many — and when you put them all together this is what you can expect. You’re going to see some very serious health problems.”
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“I’m hearing fears of all kinds of — hepatitis, TB, ebola,” Malzberg continued. “I mean, how do we keep a lid on all this?”
“No, you’re not going to be able to,” Paul lamented. “All I know is we spend way too much money worrying about the borders between Syria and Iraq, and those places, and we don’t seem to have any policies that would be more sensible here at home.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/03/ron-paul-newsmax-hospitals-are-under-siege-by-immigrants-who-might-have-ebola/Gingrey's own words:
As a physician for over 30 years, I am well aware of the dangers infectious diseases pose. In fact, infection diseases remain in the top 10 causes of death in the United States. However, the United States has been successful in mitigating or eradicating many diseases, and others are not indigenous to this country.
As such, reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis are particularly concerning. Many of the children who are coming across the border also lack basic vaccinations such as those to prevent chicken pox or measles. This makes those Americans that are not vaccinated – and especially young children and the elderly – particularly susceptible.
Reports have indicated that several border agents have contracted diseases through contact with the unaccompanied minors. As the unaccompanied children continue to be transported to shelters around the country on commercial airlines and other forms of transportation, I have serious concerns that the diseases carried by these children may begin to spread too rapidly to control. In fact, as you undoubtedly know, some of these diseases have no known cure….
I request that the CDC take immediate action to assess the public risk posed by the influx of unaccompanied children and their subsequent transfer to different parts of the country. I strongly fell that the public should be notified of this risk….
http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2014/07/08/phil-gingrey-border-kids-could-spark-epidemics-in-u-s/And yet another far right doctor spreading fear about ebola:
Border agents have tested positive for tuberculosis (TB), H1N1 (“swine”) flu and chicken pox. Other diseases like dengue and Ebola virus also may be in this wave of illegals, since people are coming from Central and South America, the Middle East and West Africa. Dengue fever, including the hemorrhagic form, is already raging in Puerto Vallerta, Mexico. Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever is seriously out of control in several West African countries.
http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/tb-swine-flu-assaulting-border-agents-whos-next/
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