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LisaL

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28. Exactly.

Thu Oct 16, 2014, 12:17 AM

Oct 2014

CDC could care less about people with low grade fever.
Apparently they don't care if people they are supposed to be monitoring have fever either.
How could they let this woman to fly?
Now people are not going to work and children are not going to school, simply because they flew on the same plane.

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2nd nurse with Ebola called CDC before boarding flight [View all] philosslayer Oct 2014 OP

Incompetence all around! liberal N proud Oct 2014 #1

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Or Vinson could have failed to mention that she treated an ebola patient..... Windy Oct 2014 #4

But the CDC should have known that. Shemp Howard Oct 2014 #8

What's wrong is your lack of information laborinvain Oct 2014 #23

"monitoring" Aerows Oct 2014 #24

This isn't Real Housewives of New Jersey. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #29

trolling is hard work Skittles Oct 2014 #37

Hey laborinvain Shemp Howard Oct 2014 #36

And she would call the CDC and not tell them that. Lochloosa Oct 2014 #11

Exactly. LisaL Oct 2014 #28

Why would she call CDC about low grade fever if she failed to mention she treated LisaL Oct 2014 #21

is there at transcript of their conversation posted ... quadrature Oct 2014 #6

THAT would be something that I would love to hear... SoapBox Oct 2014 #27

Blame the worker. Where have I seen that before? DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2014 #45

Which, if true, is an utter failure of the CDC. Psephos Oct 2014 #12

Sure is. LisaL Oct 2014 #22

I read that they told Aerows Oct 2014 #25

Administration at that Dallas Hospital Must be Terrible perdita9 Oct 2014 #3

Explain please. blackspade Oct 2014 #15

Because Obama Fumesucker Oct 2014 #17

That is a problem then. blackspade Oct 2014 #18

I couldn't agree more Fumesucker Oct 2014 #20

Wasn't everyone saying that this is not a huge deal, just use your universal contact precautions eilen Oct 2014 #46

At present Aerows Oct 2014 #26

She should be punished by the US government ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #30

"She should face charges for her idiocy." LovingA2andMI Oct 2014 #34

Becouse Sparhawk60 Oct 2014 #38

Huh? AngryOldDem Oct 2014 #41

Clearly this was not the CDC's fault. vi5 Oct 2014 #5

ha! hopemountain Oct 2014 #9

I have taken care of TB patients, Influenza patients, HepC and HIV, eilen Oct 2014 #47

The CDC issues recommendations and rules perdita9 Oct 2014 #50

Someone from the CDC told her she could fly. vi5 Oct 2014 #54

So much blame and blaming to go around asiliveandbreathe Oct 2014 #7

That's it. No more travel from Texas to America until they implement Medicare expansion BlueStreak Oct 2014 #10

You're in for a long wait. walkingman Oct 2014 #52

What is the standard piece of advice if you think you have the flu. or a bad cold? AngryOldDem Oct 2014 #13

And therein lies one of the problems in the US blackspade Oct 2014 #16

+ 1,000 suffragette Oct 2014 #19

+largenumber ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #32

Agreed.... LovingA2andMI Oct 2014 #35

Point taken, but the nurse was visiting family. AngryOldDem Oct 2014 #40

Some are lucky to even have sick days. blackspade Oct 2014 #42

A temp of 99.0 is not clinically signficant. Even when exposed to influenza. eilen Oct 2014 #48

It be nice if we had a Surgeon General. Blue State Bandit Oct 2014 #14

Frieden's doing a heck of a job... Historic NY Oct 2014 #31

I thought the CDC was a little more on the ball than this. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #33

cdc does have communicable disease protocols hopemountain Oct 2014 #51

This illustrates my point from the start.. sendero Oct 2014 #39

Yep usmc03 Oct 2014 #43

hard to believe a trained Nurse would risk her family & the public Sunlei Oct 2014 #44

Obama should fire Frieden immediately. cosmicone Oct 2014 #49

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