When the news broke that the U.S. had its first Ebola case, the C.D.C. was quick to say that it was only one case, that it had been contained and there should be no cause for alarm. Word then leaked that the victim, from Liberia, had actually gone to a hospital for treatment several days earlier, been diagnosed as having a low grade fever and sent home, although he had informed everyone that he was just back from Africa.
By Wednesday, fears that his family might be infected caused members to be confined to their Dallas apartment. Still, government officials were insisting that everything was under control and that no cause for concern existed. Yet, by yesterday over 100 people were known to have been in contact with the victim; how many people they have been in contact with is not known at this time. If each of those 100 has been in contact with just 50 people, we have 5,000 more potential Ebola cases on our hands.
The real worry here is that the Obama Administration has a lengthy history of lying to the people. Just how many more people do we already have in the country that are known to be infected with the Ebola virus? We've heard of several possible cases, but follow-up news regarding them has virtually disappeared.
Knowing that Ebola exists in Africa, why hasn't the government established a protocol for screening out potential carriers of the virus before they enter the U.S.? Even now, after we know the first case has appeared, why hasn't the government rushed to establish effective and meaningful screening procedures?
The C.D.C., Texas Governor Rick Perry and everyone else involved is repeating that everything is okay and pleading for us not to be alarmists. With this Administration, I can't help but to be reminded of the same statements that were being made by the Nazis while they were marching Jews to death camps. I'm sorry to be cynical and worried, but I have to ask: "When is the last time Obama told this country the truth about anything?"
I'm staying on my mountain, far away from people. I will never get into an airplane, bus or other mode of mass transportation while this epidemic takes hold, and I am going to stay away from all crowds and anyone who has been traveling, especially overseas. And, I suppose I should have to apologize to the C.D.C. for suggesting that their advice to the effect that washing your hands regularly will prevent Ebola is simply not true.
What IS true is that our government seems to be totally impotent when it comes to protecting us from I.S.I.S., illegal immigration, Ebola and any other danger. We simply have to change faces in Washington in November.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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