to redeem his tarnished credibility. Obama just appointed
Al Sharpton as Deputy Ebola Czar.
"Get your free plane tickets to Liberia from the Ebola Czar."
Posted on 10/18/2014 9:08:55 AM PDT by John Semmens
The US troops President Obama has ordered into West Africa to help in the battle against Ebola are receiving a scant 4 hours of training about the virus. Soldiers who have had the training have characterized it as "frightening." "We will be exposed with minimal protective gear." "If you get it you'll probably die a horrible death." "It's far worse than getting shot or even blown up."
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) spokeswoman Caree Vander-Linden insisted that the skimpy training was "appropriate for the mission. We're basically trying to warn the troops to be cautious, to not take undue risks. It's not that much different than the more typical training teaching them how to avoid being a casualty of enemy attacks."
Of course, the typical training related to enemy action is usually measured in months rather than hours and is more inherently connected to the normal military mission. Nevertheless, Vander-Linden asserted that "the ability of our armed forces to cope with emerging non-traditional threats is part of President Obama's planned transformation of America. This projected battle against Ebola will serve as good experience for troops when they are asked to take on the even greater threat of global climate change."
The inadequate training being given to the troops didn't dissuade a trio of Democratic Representatives from urging that these troops give direct care to Ebola patients. Reps. Keith Ellison (Minn), Karen Bass (Calif), and Barbara Lee (Calif) contend that "only by putting US troops on the front line of danger can our nation begin to make a down payment on the reparations we owe for slavery. A key byproduct of the exposure to our troops will be an enhanced incentive to increase funding for the CDC to help find a cure. As long as the vast majority of the victims are Africans the American people can afford to remain relatively indifferent. But when their sons and daughters are suffering and dying from this virus their attitudes will change."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/164991-2014-10-18-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-october-19-2014.htm
Seems to me I’ve seen more than one article sourcing Tim Mak at the Daily Beast describing the training as exactly that.
If that’s true, then it isn’t satire, frankly. It would be rich if his source was you, but I don’t see that.
"Get your free plane tickets to Liberia from the Ebola Czar."
I read a fair bit on this. It was roughly four hours of hands-on type training....suits, sanitizing, etc. What they’ve told them is that they will not be around the hospitals or clinics. But if so....other than running tests or doing logistical work of delivering body bags....what purpose is there for them?
I should note here, all the way through the 1990s when I was in the Air Force....yearly chem-warfare training took four hours in the classroom, and ten minutes in a teargas chamber. That was it.
NOT SATIRE---FRIEDEN FAMOUSLY SAID:
"You Can Give Ebola on a Bus, But You Can't Get It on a Bus"
The Strange Logic of CDC's Dr. Thomas Frieden
Nothing this idiot says makes sense. He told Megyn Kelly US health personnel just need to wear gloves and face mask to prevent the contagion. But here he is in Liberia---covered to the hilt.
CDC's Frieden in haz-mat in Ebola-struck Liberia.
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CDC head Dr Tom Frieden Denies Enterovirus Link to Illegal-Alien kids wandering across the border into the US and into our schools---“There is no evidence that unaccompanied children brought EV-D68 into the United States; we are not aware of any of these children testing positive for the virus,” the CDC emailed WND......
Frieden's suck-up is so complete---Mexico is sending him a case of Tabasco-flavored Chap-Stix.
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I was in the AF also, but in 68-76. All we got during that time was a run through a smokehouse where we had to hold our breath.
My understanding is that these soldiers will be directly handling diseased victims in one manner or another. I am immensely glad that neither my son or daughter is involved in this.
"Hey, can someone remind me how to take off the safety?!!"
” My understanding is that these soldiers will be directly handling diseased victims in one manner or another. I am immensely glad that neither my son or daughter is involved in this.”
Obama’s goal is to utterly demoralize the entire U.S. military,and destroy it. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool!
And to top it all off, you’d have to subject vets with Ebola to the horrors of the VA, a group that we learned last spring had patients DIE before being seen by a doctor.
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