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Over 150 people now being monitored for possible contact with Lassa Fever victim

assetContentFederal and state health officials have identified more than 150 people who possibly had contact with a patient who died of Lassa Fever, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. So far, most of those people face no danger, but six are at a high risk of having been exposed, CDC spokesman Benjamin Haynes…

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Posted: May 29th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: New Jersey | Tags: , , , | 3 Comments »

3 Comments on “Over 150 people now being monitored for possible contact with Lassa Fever victim”

  1. Sancho Panza said at 1:59 pm on May 29th, 2015:

    The adamant federal and state refusals to release the name of the initial hospital is antithetical to anything involving public health. That information could crucial in saving someone’s life.

  2. Good Luck said at 3:46 pm on May 29th, 2015:

    Blame Obama’s new CDC Tsar, Ron Klain.

    Since he was appointed (to handle the Ebola scare a while back) his job has been to keep as much info as possible out of the press and away from the public, in order to avoid a panic. Likewise, the CDC’s website has been wiped of all statistical data that was once freely available, pertaining to the monitoring of individuals exposed to the Ebola virus. Those stats and more, are now only available by special request.

    It would be interesting to find out whether or not that info is disseminated on a “need to know” basis or if it is freely given to anyone who requests it.

    Our CDC has become more than a bit heavy-handed in it’s handling of information concerning outbreaks of infectious disease. No one wants to see a panic situation, but the problem with what they’re doing now is that it’s utterly dismissive of the public’s right to know. The basic human right of being able to look after our own health and welfare, as well as that of our family, is now null and void in the eyes of the Federal Government. They’re going to take care of all that for us from now on.

    Good luck… we’re all gonna need it.

  3. Sancho Panza said at 11:59 pm on May 29th, 2015:

    It used to be the function of the likes of the CDC to protect the interests of the public and not the interests of privileged but screwed-up hospitals.