October 1, 2014

[DrLeftover]

CDC director on Ebola in U.S.: "We're stopping this in its tracks"

October 1, 2014

The CDC's Director Dr. Tom Frieden briefed President Obama about the latest Ebola infection in Texas by phone on Tuesday.

On Wednesday he joined "CBS This Morning" to discuss the possibility that the infected person transferred the disease to others.

"The bottom line is we're stopping this in its tracks in the U.S.," Frieden said. "And I'm confident we can do that because of our strong health care and infection control, and our strong public health system."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-director-tom-frieden-on-stopping-ebola-outbreak-and-new-texas-infection/


And some wonder why most people consider the CDC a laughing stock.

 

[Webster]

CDC director on Ebola in U.S.: "We're stopping this in its tracks"

October 1, 2014

The CDC's Director Dr. Tom Frieden briefed President Obama about the latest Ebola infection in Texas by phone on Tuesday.

On Wednesday he joined "CBS This Morning" to discuss the possibility that the infected person transferred the disease to others.

"The bottom line is we're stopping this in its tracks in the U.S.," Frieden said. "And I'm confident we can do that because of our strong health care and infection control, and our strong public health system."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-director-tom-frieden-on-stopping-ebola-outbreak-and-new-texas-infection/


And some wonder why most people consider the CDC a laughing stock.

Hubris...sheer hubris on Dr. Frieden's part.
Playing devil's advocate, though...odds are, at the time, they probably believed they could stop it in its' tracks. Now, not so much.

 

[DrLeftover]

And there are times when, if you don't know something to be a fact, you need to keep your big fat mouth shut, or risk looking as stupid as you really are.


"Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt"

- attributed to Lincoln, Twain, and a few others including the Book of Proverbs.
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/17/remain-silent/