CDC Official Calls Obama Worst President, Amateur, Marxist After Influx of Illegal Alien Minors.

CDC Official Calls Obama Worst President, Amateur, Marxist After Influx of Illegal Alien Minors. (JudicialWatch).

Following the influx of illegal immigrant minors from Central America, an official at the federal agency charged with protecting public health describes Barack Obama as “the worst pres we have ever had,” an “amateur” and “Marxist,” according to internal emails obtained by Judicial Watch.

JW got the records as part of an investigation into the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) activation of an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to deal with the barrage of illegal alien minors last summer. Tens of thousands of Central Americans came into the United States through the Mexican border and contagious diseases—many considered to be eradicated in the U.S.—became a tremendous concern. The CDC, which operates under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), responded by opening an emergency facility designed to monitor and coordinate response activities to eminent public health threats.

It’s a major and costly operation that can stick American taxpayers with a huge tab. That’s why JW launched a probe when the Obama administration took in the illegal immigrants, initially coined Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC), with open arms last summer. JW has sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for planning records involving the border crisis as well as information relating to the solicitation of “on-demand escort services” for the 65,000 UACs that remain in the U.S. Last year JW also reported that the illegal immigrant minors have brought in serious diseases, including swine flu, dengue fever, possibly Ebola virus and tuberculosis.

The CDC records obtained by JW this week include email exchanges between agency officials directly involved in the activation of the EOC to handle the health threats created by the influx of illegal alien minors last summer.

In an email dated June 9, 2014, CDC Logistics Management Specialist George Roark wrote to CDC Public Health Advisor William Adams that “no country in the world would allow” the influx. Adams replies that “in ten years or less, they’ll all be voting…Commander’s intent…” Roark fires back by describing Obama as “the worst pres we have ever had…he truly is ‘the amateur’ but a Marxist too.” Read the full story here.

CDC warns U.S. doctors to watch for MERS.

MERS Chart From Saudi Arabia 2013.

CDC warns U.S. doctors to watch for MERS. HT: Croft.

Via KCCI.com, a CNN report: CDC warns U.S. doctors to watch for MERS. Excerpt:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention briefed U.S. healthcare providers by phone Thursday to put them on notice that MERS may be coming to an exam room near them via patients who have traveled to South Korea or countries in the Middle East.

The agency will issue a health advisory alerting health care providers about the signs and symptoms of the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome, citing the potential for transmission from travelers from South Korea, where a MERS outbreak began in May. 

Health care providers were also reminded to ask their patients about whether they've traveled to South Korea or the Middle East, where the disease emerged in 2012. 

The MERS outbreak in South Korea is the largest outside the Middle East since the syndrome was identified three years ago. Since May 20, there have been 122 cases of the respiratory virus and 10 related deaths in South Korea. 

On the call, providers were asked to isolate suspected patients, follow protocols to protect themselves and to test for MERS without delay in patients with travel history to these areas. 

On paper, there is little to be afraid of, especially for healthy people in the community. MERS is essentially a nosocomial infection, one that spreads in the hospital setting and hits vulnerable people. Three-quarters of those infected already had respiratory illnesses. 

The precise way MERS spreads is not currently well understood, but it is likely via respiratory secretions, such as through coughing. However, the coronavirus is not highly contagious, and usually infects only people in close proximity. 

There are currently no known MERS cases in the United States, though two were reported last year. Both patients, who recovered, were health care workers infected while working in Saudi Arabia. Hmmm.....Viruses evolve constantly, i have this gut feeling this strain is different from the one seen in Saudi Arabia. 

Update:

As of Thursday, Korea has reported 10 MERS-related deaths. Over 3,800 are quarantined for possible infection.

FluTrackers Korean MERS-CoV Case List

Nephew of US Ebola Patient Forced to Call CDC to Get Action Taken: Report

Nephew of US Ebola Patient Forced to Call CDC to Get Action Taken: Report. (RN).

The first person diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the United States did not receive proper help before his nephew personally urged the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to take action, NBC News reported Thursday.

"I called CDC to get some actions taken, because I was concerned for his life and he was not getting the appropriate care. . . I feared other people might also get infected if he was not taken care of, and so I called them to ask them why is it a patient that might be suspected of this disease was not getting appropriate care?" Josephus Weeks, nephew of the first US Ebola patient, is cited as saying by NBC News.

The first case of Ebola virus infection was confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Texas Health Department in Dallas on Tuesday. The patient was later identified by officials in Liberia as Thomas Eric Duncan, a resident of Monrovia.

Duncan first sought medical help on Thursday, September 25, but was not admitted or tested for the Ebola virus, as he "was not exhibiting symptoms" specific to the disease, Texas health officials informed.

The patient was rushed to the Texas Health Presbyterian hospital on Sunday, "at which time emergency medical services had already identified potential need for isolation," said a statement published by Texas Health Resources. According to Duncan's nephew, the action was taken the same day he contacted the CDC.

On Wednesday, Texas Governor Rick Perry informed that the Ebola-infected man had been in contact with five school-age children who had come to visit him during the weekend. The children are not under quarantine but are being closely monitored and have been asked to remain in their homes, he said.

.@RedNationRising United Airlines map of Ebola patient trip 2 US & effort 2 alert passengers http://t.co/zkP0ILrWNB pic.twitter.com/AUvjLUHRcU

— Mickey Lyn (@Joy4Life77) October 2, 2014

What is the mystery respiratory enterovirus D68 making US children sick?

What is the mystery respiratory enterovirus D68 making US children sick?(Guardian).


Hundreds of children are showing symptoms of a rare respiratory illness, hospitals in at least 10 states report, and the CDC is investigating whether the trend could be an unprecedented outbreak of enterovirus D68.

Where is it?

About 475 children have been treated at Missouri’s Children Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, at least 60 of whom are in intensive care, according to a spokesman (CNN). The CDC confirmed at least 19 cases of enterovirus D68 were found at the hospital.

The Children’s Hospital Colorado in Denver told the Denver Post that more than 900 children have been treated for respiratory illnesses in the past three weeks, including 86 admitted to the hospital. At least five children at Rocky Mountain Hospital have been admitted to intensive care, but the CDC has not yet confirmed D68 in Colorado yet.

The CDC also confirmed 11 cases of the virus in Chicago, with patients ranging between 20-months-old to 15, and eight of whom with a history of asthma. The city’s hospitals have treated dozens of children with respiratory symptoms, and a University of Chicago spokesman told a local CBS affiliate that it was “as if winter flu season is starting early”.

No one has died from the outbreak in any state.

Anne Schuchat, director of the CDC’s center for immunization and respiratory diseases, told reporters “the situation is evolving quickly,” and that new outbreak clusters would not be surprising. Mark Pallansch, the CDC’s viral disease division director, said the agency was looking into underlying causes: “It’s not highly unusual but we’re trying to understand what happened this year in terms of these noticeable and much larger clusters of severe respiratory disease.”

Pallansch told CNN that the high number of reported hospitalizations could be “just the tip of the iceberg”. The states that have contacted the CDC are Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina and Georgia.

The virus’ most pronounced symptoms are wheezing, coughing and trouble breathing; fever, sneezing and cold-like symptoms are also possible. The virus also exacerbates asthma and pre-existing respiratory trouble, but it rarely affects adults. The rapid pace of symptoms also differentiates the virus from the common cold.Read the full story here.

Dr. Mackay updates a MERS chart: 'festivals to avoid camel contact'

Dr. Mackay updates a MERS chart: 'festivals to avoid camel contact'  HT: Croft.

On his VDU's blog, Dr. Ian Mackay posts Snapdate: MERS-CoV detections by where they were probably acquired....

...yeah it's "probably" because sometimes it's just not clear to anyone. I've about 14 (554 in total) more cases attributed to a likely source in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) compared to the Ministry of Health tally on their website (540), but such is life. 

Anyway, I haven't updated this chart for 17-days (woah - sorry about that). The latest version now has the two major hospital-related outbreaks shown in pink - I'm still liking the Janadriyah festival as the possible source of community cases that then filter back throughout the country as visitors and tourists return to different areas or travel afterwards for other reasons. That would be on my 2015's "festivals that need to be tweaked to avoid camel contact" list. 

As per yesterday's post, these accumulation curves highlight that new detections of MERS-CoV have slowed right down in the KSA and in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, the UAE are now the reporting slow pokes, if the last batch posted by the World Health Organization is anything to go by, so we should stay tuned to what's happening there (and also stay tuned to the extent of upper respiratory tract signs and symptoms in those cases which continue to bug me).

CDC interim MERS guidance for airline crews, what about passengers?

CDC interim MERS guidance for airline crews, what about passengers? HT: Croft.

CDC has published Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Interim Guidance for Airline Crew: Report Ill Travelers on Flights Arriving to the United States. Click through for the full document and links. Excerpt:

This document provides interim guidance for the commercial airline industry about the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Because this is a new virus in humans, CDC is following this situation closely, and we are coordinating with our domestic and international partners. 

MERS situation update 

MERS is associated with severe respiratory illness and death, but is not very common. Some people who have traveled to the Arabian Peninsula and neighboring countries have been infected. It has also spread to several countries outside this region. These cases have had a direct or indirect connection to the Middle East and Saudi Arabia. 

MERS has spread between people who were in close and prolonged contact with an infected person, such as a family member or patients and health care workers in hospitals. 

See the links below for the latest updates. 

Please report to CDC ill travelers (with symptoms below) arriving from countries in and near the Arabian Peninsula: These countries include Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), and Yemen. 

Please report as soon as possible—before arrival—by one of the methods described in the Guidance for Air Travel Industry on Reporting of Onboard Deaths or Illnesses to CDC. 

Report to CDC if the ill person: 

• feels warm to the touch, gives a history of feeling feverish, or has an actual measured temperature of 100° F (37.8° C) or higher, PLUS 

• has a cough or difficulty breathing. 

Please follow your company's policy for personal protection. 

CDC Quarantine Station staff will obtain information about the ill traveler’s exposures and other risk factors for infection with the MERS. If necessary, CDC staff will coordinate transport to a medical facility for evaluation and testing. CDC will update the airline about the results of the testing and any need for follow-up or treatment of exposed crew members or passengers.

Young adults be Warned - CDC Says That There’s Only One Drug Left to Treat Gonorrhea.

Young adults be Warned - CDC Says That There’s Only One Drug Left to Treat Gonorrhea.(STD).Six months after a warning was published in the medical journal The New England Journal of Medicine that gonorrhea was quickly becoming untreatable by the last two effective drugs, the CDC reports that one of those drugs no longer works. That just leaves one antibiotic to treat the disease, which is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The bulletin, which was published on August 9th, states that there is a high enough percentage of resistance to the oral antibiotic cephalosporin cefixime that the CDC no longer recommends using it as a first-line regimen for the treatment of gonococcal infections. Physicians should now use a single dose of injectable cetriaxone, accompanied by some additional oral drugs.The entire structure of the way that the USA controls sexually transmitted disease — single doses of drugs given in outpatient-clinic visits — is dependent on the effectiveness of the one remaining drug. Once cetriaxone becomes ineffective, gonorrhea will be treated by IV drugs, which is more expensive, complicated and slower.The fact that cetriaxone has to be used already complicates matters, because pills can be dispensed by any clinic worker whereas injections must be given by a licensed health professional. If the resistance gets works and the remaining drug becomes unusable, which could happen, over the next seven years, gonorrhea incidence would increase four-fold to nearly 6 million additional cases, nearly 800 additional HIV infections, a quarter million cases of pelvic inflammatory disease in women, and cost over three-quarters of a billion dollars.Read the full story here.