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Ebola fears swirl around US-Africa summit
The Hill ^ | August 3, 2014 | Elise Viebeck

Posted on 08/03/2014 4:27:40 AM PDT by Zakeet

A widening outbreak of deadly Ebola fever is threatening to overshadow next week's summit between African leaders and President Obama.

The three-day conference will bring nearly 50 African officials to Washington, D.C. for an unprecedented gathering that officials said could be a turning point in U.S.-Africa relations.

But now, Obama administration officials are competing with increasingly dire news out of West Africa, where Ebola is ravaging populations in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

At least two African leaders will forgo the conference as a result with the death toll topping 700.

And while the event's agenda has not changed, President Obama said Friday that some international guests will undergo additional screenings next week to ensure safety.

"We are taking the appropriate precautions," Obama said at a press conference.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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KEYWORDS: africa; africaleaderssummit; ebola; summit
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You Freepers don't need to worry because we're taking the appropriate precautions!

1 posted on 08/03/2014 4:27:40 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

WOW!

Barry sure looks like crapola in that photograph.


2 posted on 08/03/2014 4:30:41 AM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: Zakeet
""We are taking the appropriate precautions," Obama said at a press conference."
3 posted on 08/03/2014 4:31:35 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Zakeet

zer0 and his CDC will spread it to white middle class communities using free blanket giveaways(figuratively speaking). And inoculate his ‘Amish’,LaRasa and Islamics for his takeover move. “ i’m pretty good at killing people”


4 posted on 08/03/2014 4:33:33 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Zakeet

Out of Africa: 0bama and Ebola.


5 posted on 08/03/2014 4:35:32 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: SatinDoll
Barry sure looks like crapola in that photograph.

That's why they call it $h!t.

6 posted on 08/03/2014 4:36:02 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: windsorknot

and eubonics


7 posted on 08/03/2014 4:37:26 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: Zakeet; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

8 posted on 08/03/2014 4:40:03 AM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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“”We are taking the appropriate precautions,” Obama said at a press conference.”

I’m guessing a optional day trip to Johns Hopkins or Bethesda for the weary travelers, at our expense of course.


9 posted on 08/03/2014 4:42:05 AM PDT by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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To: Zakeet

‘Appropriate precautions’ to Ebola meaning less than zero.


10 posted on 08/03/2014 4:46:07 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Vaquero

Before Obama, I would have taken your post with a grain of salt.

Now, dear mercy, it sounds very credible.

Even though I took flak here at FR for my compassionate opinion that Dr. Brantly and the nurse should have been brought here.....
......I questioned Obama signing off on this .......as he hates anything Christian.......
And doesn’t have a compassionate bone in his body......

Now I truly wonder if his plan includes introducing ebola here......actually I believe it has come in with the illegals already....

...and he allowed the missionaries to return home to be the scapegoats.

My husband doesn’t buy this.........but just wait!


11 posted on 08/03/2014 4:57:25 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Guenevere
...and he allowed the missionaries to return home to be the scapegoats.

My husband doesn’t buy this.........but just wait!

The longer we wait, the deader we'll all be.

12 posted on 08/03/2014 5:01:16 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Zakeet

Imagine being employed as a member of the housekeeping staff at the hotels where these African diplomats will be staying. They should be issued Hazmat suits and biohazard bags. Wouldn’t want to be them.


13 posted on 08/03/2014 5:05:14 AM PDT by heylady
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...

Ping...


14 posted on 08/03/2014 5:07:42 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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Fifty heads of state, their entourages, their bodyguards,
their local media—any of whom may have been in ebola areas—and all mixing it up in DC...


15 posted on 08/03/2014 5:15:15 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: Zakeet
I note the claim in the article, which is stated elsewhere, that ebola can not be transmitted through casual contact. Please explain how a handshake may not transmit the virus if it is true that sweat contains the virus?
16 posted on 08/03/2014 5:16:53 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Zakeet

We will be able to go to any Doctor and use any insurance policy,PERIOD!


17 posted on 08/03/2014 5:17:29 AM PDT by ballplayer
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Fifty heads of state, their entourages, their bodyguards, their local media—any of whom may have been in ebola areas—and all mixing it up in DC...

Yeah...

What could possibly go wrong?

18 posted on 08/03/2014 5:21:52 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: CondorFlight

Nothing will go wrong.

Africans are known for their intelligence and impulse control.


19 posted on 08/03/2014 5:24:14 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Guenevere

He doesn’t actually have to introduce ebola here - just make us all fear it. Remember - terrorism is about fear.


20 posted on 08/03/2014 5:28:51 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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