Bagdad Frieden: You Can Give—But Can’t Get—Ebola on a Bus

CDC: You Can Give—But Can’t Get—Ebola on a Bus

Dr. Tom Frieden, director for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said during a telephone press briefing Wednesday that you cannot get Ebola by sitting next to someone on a bus, but that infected or exposed persons should not ride public transportation because they could transmit the disease to someone else.

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Sounds like a Lewis Carroll novel.

Wish we could all live in his magical universe.

a reply to: loam

*facepalm*

... That is all... Speechless.

Say what?????

Lewis Carroll or maybe George Orwell. Double speak, indeed.

a reply to: loam

What does that even mean?

because they could transmit the disease to someone else

If not the person sitting next to the infected person, then who???
The person walking by the bus on the sidewalk?

My 14 year old daughter said maybe he meant you could give it to the person sitting in front of or behind you, not the person sitting next to you. So technically he could be right ..... LOL

Nah he's just an idiot!

a reply to: loam

Whew, I feel safer now!

It saddens me how our "trusted officials" are this ignorant.

They say this (snip) out loud like we can't hear them. We are (snipping) doomed!

originally posted by: Digital_Reality
a reply to: loam

What does that even mean?

because they could transmit the disease to someone else

If not the person sitting next to the infected person, then who???
The person walking by the bus on the sidewalk?

I think someone should write a book: "Government Official Language for Dummies."

They'd make a fortune.

What the hell does this guy have his PHD in ?

Seriously how can they expect to say stuff like this to the public and not expect people to know they are full of it...

That's along the lines of " we can't stop flights from Africa because it would make the spread worse"

Uhhhh since when does isolating a contagion make it more easily spread?

stupid level :master achieved

It's so hilarious. Doesn't giving it to someone mean that someone else is getting it? Where's that double face-palm emote at....

originally posted by: loam

CDC: You Can Give—But Can’t Get—Ebola on a Bus

Dr. Tom Frieden, director for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said during a telephone press briefing Wednesday that you cannot get Ebola by sitting next to someone on a bus, but that infected or exposed persons should not ride public transportation because they could transmit the disease to someone else.

[audio link]

Sounds like a Lewis Carroll novel.

Wish we could all live in his magical universe.

This guy is a creep. He is also a double-talker of the highest order.

a reply to: loam
I love this. You're right--so Looking Glass.

“The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday-but never jam today."

source for quotation:
www.lewiscarrollcentre.org.uk...

Let's see if Dr. Tom Frieden sits on the bus next to an ebola patient, and strikes up a conversation. Kind of like Rosa Parks, but with ebola.

WHY hasn't this political-hack, bureaucratic boob been fired yet?

originally posted by: IAMTAT
WHY hasn't this political-hack, bureaucratic boob been fired yet?

You don't fire guys like that...what's wrong with you?? You PROMOTE them.

a reply to: Jansy

Fire Frieden...Maybe there's finally a new job opportunity for Kathleen Sebelius here!

a reply to: Jansy

Can I nominate him for US Surgeon General? I think he'd fit right in.

originally posted by: nrd101
a reply to: Jansy

Can I nominate him for US Surgeon General? I think he'd fit right in.

I think I could one-hundred percent guarantee you Senate confirmation in 3...2...1...

Maybe this is just him actually having ebola himself. Probably that stage where the infected has explosive diarrhea or vomiting. He just vomits stupidity. *insert facepalm*

after reading this , the phrase...

"Great job Brownie " ( paraphrasing of course )

comes to mind.