CDC pulls poster saying sneeze can spread Ebola

[Theowl32]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Thursday yanked a poster off its Web site explaining how Ebola can be spread by contaminated droplets — from a sneeze for example — a day after The Post reported on the frightening revelation.

The fact sheet was taken off line, and a link that led to it a day before now sends viewers to a different page with a different message.

“The ’What’s the difference between infections spread through air or by droplets?’ fact sheet is being updated and is currently unavailable. Please visit cdc.gov/Ebolafor up-to-date information on Ebola,” it read Thursday.

Officials with the CDC remained mum on the issue, refusing to respond to questions for the original story and again on Thursday.

The Post reported Wednesday that the CDC acknowledged that people can catch the virus by coming into contact with droplets from an infected person on a doorknob or other surface.

If a person touched those droplets and touched their eyes, nose or mouth for up to several hours later or more, they could contract the deadly contagion, the CDC said.

“Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose or mouth of another person,” the poster stated.

The poster prompted Dr. Meryl Nass, of the Institute for Public Accuracy in Washington, DC., to charge that the agency was sending mixed messages.

“The CDC said it doesn’t spread at all by air, then they came out with this poster,” she said. “They admit that these particles or droplets may land on objects such as doorknobs and that Ebola can be transmitted that way.”

CDC pulls poster saying Ebola can spread through a sneeze New York Post

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Well, if this does not prove that the CDC is acting at the pleasure and political pressure put on by this pathetic administration then nothing will.

All for political expediency.

I really do not even know if we can recover from the disaster that is this president, the liberal education, the main stream left media, and the perverted entertainment industry.

 

[Pogo]

Well, if this does not prove that the CDC is acting at the pleasure and political pressure put on by this pathetic administration then nothing will.

All for political expediency.

Non sequitur.

 

[PredFan]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Thursday yanked a poster off its Web site explaining how Ebola can be spread by contaminated droplets — from a sneeze for example — a day after The Post reported on the frightening revelation.

The fact sheet was taken off line, and a link that led to it a day before now sends viewers to a different page with a different message.

“The ’What’s the difference between infections spread through air or by droplets?’ fact sheet is being updated and is currently unavailable. Please visit cdc.gov/Ebolafor up-to-date information on Ebola,” it read Thursday.

Officials with the CDC remained mum on the issue, refusing to respond to questions for the original story and again on Thursday.

The Post reported Wednesday that the CDC acknowledged that people can catch the virus by coming into contact with droplets from an infected person on a doorknob or other surface.

If a person touched those droplets and touched their eyes, nose or mouth for up to several hours later or more, they could contract the deadly contagion, the CDC said.

“Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose or mouth of another person,” the poster stated.

The poster prompted Dr. Meryl Nass, of the Institute for Public Accuracy in Washington, DC., to charge that the agency was sending mixed messages.

“The CDC said it doesn’t spread at all by air, then they came out with this poster,” she said. “They admit that these particles or droplets may land on objects such as doorknobs and that Ebola can be transmitted that way.”

CDC pulls poster saying Ebola can spread through a sneeze New York Post

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Well, if this does not prove that the CDC is acting at the pleasure and political pressure put on by this pathetic administration then nothing will.

All for political expediency.

I really do not even know if we can recover from the disaster that is this president, the liberal education, the main stream left media, and the perverted entertainment industry.

Sneezes produce droplets of varying sizes, but most of them are large enough to carry the virus. The problem is that droplets from a sneeze only travel up to six feet or so.

Where the confusion lies is that droplets spread is not the same as "airborne". An airborne virus could under the right conditions travel over long distances. Unfortunately the media doesn't know this distinction, and the CDC has added to the confusion with conflicting and unclear policies and statements. That's because Obama has turned the CDC into a political entity.

 

[Theowl32]

I am hoping I can convince obama to stand in front of an infected Ebola patient and let that patient sneeze in his direction from 10 feet away.

Should I hold my breath for that wish coming true?

 

[Pogo]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Thursday yanked a poster off its Web site explaining how Ebola can be spread by contaminated droplets — from a sneeze for example — a day after The Post reported on the frightening revelation.

The fact sheet was taken off line, and a link that led to it a day before now sends viewers to a different page with a different message.

“The ’What’s the difference between infections spread through air or by droplets?’ fact sheet is being updated and is currently unavailable. Please visit cdc.gov/Ebolafor up-to-date information on Ebola,” it read Thursday.

Officials with the CDC remained mum on the issue, refusing to respond to questions for the original story and again on Thursday.

The Post reported Wednesday that the CDC acknowledged that people can catch the virus by coming into contact with droplets from an infected person on a doorknob or other surface.

If a person touched those droplets and touched their eyes, nose or mouth for up to several hours later or more, they could contract the deadly contagion, the CDC said.

“Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose or mouth of another person,” the poster stated.

The poster prompted Dr. Meryl Nass, of the Institute for Public Accuracy in Washington, DC., to charge that the agency was sending mixed messages.

“The CDC said it doesn’t spread at all by air, then they came out with this poster,” she said. “They admit that these particles or droplets may land on objects such as doorknobs and that Ebola can be transmitted that way.”

CDC pulls poster saying Ebola can spread through a sneeze New York Post

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Well, if this does not prove that the CDC is acting at the pleasure and political pressure put on by this pathetic administration then nothing will.

All for political expediency.

I really do not even know if we can recover from the disaster that is this president, the liberal education, the main stream left media, and the perverted entertainment industry.

Sneezes produce droplets of varying sizes, but most of them are large enough to carry the virus. The problem is that droplets from a sneeze only travel up to six feet or so.

Where the confusion lies is that droplets spread is not the same as "airborne". An airborne virus could under the right conditions travel over long distances. Unfortunately the media doesn't know this distinction, and the CDC has added to the confusion with conflicting and unclear policies and statements. That's because Obama has turned the CDC into a political entity.

Good post, until the last sentence. Then it became the same non sequitur.

 

[PredFan]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Thursday yanked a poster off its Web site explaining how Ebola can be spread by contaminated droplets — from a sneeze for example — a day after The Post reported on the frightening revelation.

The fact sheet was taken off line, and a link that led to it a day before now sends viewers to a different page with a different message.

“The ’What’s the difference between infections spread through air or by droplets?’ fact sheet is being updated and is currently unavailable. Please visit cdc.gov/Ebolafor up-to-date information on Ebola,” it read Thursday.

Officials with the CDC remained mum on the issue, refusing to respond to questions for the original story and again on Thursday.

The Post reported Wednesday that the CDC acknowledged that people can catch the virus by coming into contact with droplets from an infected person on a doorknob or other surface.

If a person touched those droplets and touched their eyes, nose or mouth for up to several hours later or more, they could contract the deadly contagion, the CDC said.

“Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose or mouth of another person,” the poster stated.

The poster prompted Dr. Meryl Nass, of the Institute for Public Accuracy in Washington, DC., to charge that the agency was sending mixed messages.

“The CDC said it doesn’t spread at all by air, then they came out with this poster,” she said. “They admit that these particles or droplets may land on objects such as doorknobs and that Ebola can be transmitted that way.”

CDC pulls poster saying Ebola can spread through a sneeze New York Post

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Well, if this does not prove that the CDC is acting at the pleasure and political pressure put on by this pathetic administration then nothing will.

All for political expediency.

I really do not even know if we can recover from the disaster that is this president, the liberal education, the main stream left media, and the perverted entertainment industry.

Sneezes produce droplets of varying sizes, but most of them are large enough to carry the virus. The problem is that droplets from a sneeze only travel up to six feet or so.

Where the confusion lies is that droplets spread is not the same as "airborne". An airborne virus could under the right conditions travel over long distances. Unfortunately the media doesn't know this distinction, and the CDC has added to the confusion with conflicting and unclear policies and statements. That's because Obama has turned the CDC into a political entity.

Good post, until the last sentence. Then it became the same non sequitur.

I don't give a shit.

 

[paravani]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Thursday yanked a poster off its Web site explaining how Ebola can be spread by contaminated droplets — from a sneeze for example — a day after The Post reported on the frightening revelation.

The fact sheet was taken off line, and a link that led to it a day before now sends viewers to a different page with a different message.

“The ’What’s the difference between infections spread through air or by droplets?’ fact sheet is being updated and is currently unavailable. Please visit cdc.gov/Ebolafor up-to-date information on Ebola,” it read Thursday.

Officials with the CDC remained mum on the issue, refusing to respond to questions for the original story and again on Thursday.

The Post reported Wednesday that the CDC acknowledged that people can catch the virus by coming into contact with droplets from an infected person on a doorknob or other surface.

If a person touched those droplets and touched their eyes, nose or mouth for up to several hours later or more, they could contract the deadly contagion, the CDC said.

“Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose or mouth of another person,” the poster stated.

The poster prompted Dr. Meryl Nass, of the Institute for Public Accuracy in Washington, DC., to charge that the agency was sending mixed messages.

“The CDC said it doesn’t spread at all by air, then they came out with this poster,” she said. “They admit that these particles or droplets may land on objects such as doorknobs and that Ebola can be transmitted that way.”

CDC pulls poster saying Ebola can spread through a sneeze New York Post

--------------------------------------------

Well, if this does not prove that the CDC is acting at the pleasure and political pressure put on by this pathetic administration then nothing will.

All for political expediency.

Sneezes produce droplets of varying sizes, but most of them are large enough to carry the virus. The problem is that droplets from a sneeze only travel up to six feet or so.

Where the confusion lies is that droplets spread is not the same as "airborne". An airborne virus could under the right conditions travel over long distances. Unfortunately the media doesn't know this distinction, and the CDC has added to the confusion with conflicting and unclear policies and statements. That's because Obama has turned the CDC into a political entity.

Good post, until the last sentence. Then it became the same non sequitur.

Unfortunately, it's all true, up to and including the last sentence.

I don't like it any better than you do... but yes, it's true, the CDC has most definitely become a political entity that isn't as interested in protecting people's health as protecting political "assets" with or without the "t".

-- Paravani

 

[September]

Its hard to believe how easily some Americans are convinced/ manipulated by the gov't. As if, just because the gov't says something, IT MUST BE TRUE, and all scientific thought goes out the window.

Of fucking course you can get Ebola sitting next to an infected person on the bus. Of course if you are in a room full of coughing and sneezing Ebola infected people, you're gonna be exposed. Of course if someone sneezes on a door handle or a dumbell and you pick it up you could be exposed.

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