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Health Expert Shuts Down Fear Mongering Fox News Host Elisabeth Hasselbeck For Hyping Ebola Threat

Once again, Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Health took on a Fox News host and shut down their effort to stoke fear over Ebola.

Fauci appeared on Fox & Friends on Monday morning for an interview with Elisabeth Hasselbeck. As expected, Hasselbeck attempted to use the virus as an excuse to close America’s borders and institute a sort of isolationism until the situation in West Africa subsides. But Fauci slapped down Hasselbeck’s fear mongering and her idea to solve the problem.

The segment began with Hasselbeck reminding viewers about the case of Ebola currently being treated in Dallas, Texas and an NBC cameraman who is being flown back to the United States for treatment.

“Why are we still letting people into the country who could have possibly been exposed?” she wondered. “Why not just shut down the flights and secure the borders? Many of you want to know…”

She then introduced Dr. Fauci and posed the question to him and asked why he hasn’t recommended shutting the border down

HASSELBECK: Why not, just as a precaution until we get things under control, seal off the border temporarily?

DR. FAUCI: From a public health standpoint, that doesn’t really make any sense. It’s understandable how people can figure that that might help but when you completely seal off and don’t let planes in or out of the West African countries involved, then you could paradoxically make things much worse in the sense that you can’t get supplies in, you can’t get help in, you can’t can the kind of things in there that we need to contain the epidemic and the best way to protect America is to suppress the epidemic in West Africa.

And if we completely isolate them—don’t let anything in, don’t let anything out—we know from experience with public health, that marginalizes them. And you could have civil unrest, governments could fall. And then you wind up having spread the virus to other countries in west Africa, which would only compound the problem. So, it’s understandable, that thought–‘lets just close them off’–but that just doesn’t work



Hasselbeck, clearly disappointed that the health expert didn’t blindly go along with closing down the borders, then suggesting severely restricting flights to just those that provide aid to combat Ebola.

“I’m sorry but that doesn’t work,” Fauci responded.


If you look at the newspapers, if you look at the TV coverage, you’d think that west Africa is this nation of the people you see on the front page of the New York Times, sick in Ebola treatment units… This is nation of millions and millions of people. Multiple nations, not one. You have Americans there, you have business people there, people of dual citizenship who have to go back and forth. It’s completely impractical. In fact, from a public health standpoint, not helpful to do that. And I think every public health official feels that way.

Dr.Fauci has certainly been making the rounds on Fox News lately, and he’s done nothing but disappoint the conservative propaganda machine. While Fox is trying to ramp up the fear of Ebola to help Republicans in November, Dr. Fauci is smacking those fears down and explaining why Americans shouldn’t panic.

During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Dr. Fauci told Chris Wallace that the idea that undocumented immigrants could carry the virus across the border is “far-fetched.”

“I wouldn’t be worrying about illegal immigrants coming from southern borders when we have an issue right now with Ebola in West Africa. That’s a hypothetical that’s very far-fetched,” Dr. Fauci said.

Later that day, PBS science correspondent Miles O’Brien also had strong words about how Fox News has covered Ebola.


I wish everybody could take a deep breath and take a break from trying to pull viewers in by scaring them. And that’s what we’re seeing here. It borders on irresponsibility when people get on television and start talking that way when they should know better. They should do their homework and they should report in a responsible manner… It’s offensive on several levels. And it reflects a level of ignorance, which we should not allow in our media and in our discourse.


http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/10/06/health-expert-shuts-down-fear-mongering-fox-news-host-elisabeth-hasselbeck-for-hyping-ebola-threat-video/

The way in which that article is written/ pasted into this thread, is misleading.

arirish wrote: DR. FAUCI: " ... but when you completely seal off and don’t let planes in or out of the West African countries involved, then you could paradoxically make things much worse in the sense that you can’t get supplies in, you can’t get help in And if we completely isolate them—don’t let anything in... "

God I'm tired of Fauci and Frieden putting a spin on this.  We're not saying not to let flights in - just not out.  Send in all the aid you want, but restrict outgoing flights.   EVERY TIME this issue is brought up, they same the same thing, we have to let flights in (diverting from the question), and they put a spin on it.   Nobody has said not to let flights in, but that is their rebuttal EVERY TIME.  They immediately spin it into flights going in, and they won't address outgoing flights.  

For the last time -- send in flights. nobody is saying not to.  Since nobody is saying not to, then why is that all they mention?  Major spin doctors.   Every time... "we can't stop flights going in....", well, nobody has said to do that.  Weird. 

arirish wrote: Just because I post something does not mean I agree with it! Sometimes I post thing because I know it will get a rise out of people! In this case I don't agree with shutting down flights! I'm not sure anyone has that authority! Besides there are very, very few direct flights from West Africa to the U.S. Plus there is nothing stopping people from taking a boat or travelling overland to Morocco and then flying! I think a better approach is to use passports which are stamped with countries visited to isolate anyone who has been in that area in the last month! You want to come into this country and have been in one of these countries YOU pay for a 21 day quarantine! Can't afford it? Bye! All countries have the right to refuse entry.

When are you people going to understand that nothing, and I mean NOTHING, is ever truthful on FAUX News. Controlled by idiotic right-wing conservatives, and it shows. Geez....

Love Fox News thanks!

But for coverage on ebola, I've been watching CNN.  It's like the CNN of the 80s where the reporters are actually on site and asking good questions and not letting the talking heads get away with stuff. 

Fox News has been allowing the talking heads to spew their 'it's ok, stop worrying...' rants.

inthesticks,

nc_girl wrote: Love Fox News thanks! But for coverage on ebola, I've been watching CNN.  It's like the CNN of the 80s where the reporters are actually on site and asking good questions and not letting the talking heads get away with stuff.  Fox News has been allowing the talking heads to spew their 'it's ok, stop worrying...' rants.

onefluover

Albert wrote: arirish wrote: DR. FAUCI: " ... but when you completely seal off and don’t let planes in or out of the West African countries involved, then you could paradoxically make things much worse in the sense that you can’t get supplies in, you can’t get help in And if we completely isolate them—don’t let anything in... " God I'm tired of Fauci and Frieden putting a spin on this.  We're not saying not to let flights in - just not out.  Send in all the aid you want, but restrict outgoing flights.   EVERY TIME this issue is brought up, they same the same thing, we have to let flights in (diverting from the question), and they put a spin on it.   Nobody has said not to let flights in, but that is their rebuttal EVERY TIME.  They immediately spin it into flights going in, and they won't address outgoing flights.   For the last time -- send in flights. nobody is saying not to.  Since nobody is saying not to, then why is that all they mention?  Major spin doctors.   Every time... "we can't stop flights going in....", well, nobody has said to do that.  Weird.

I think even Faux News would dispute they are center right, onefluover. Their Australian boss is quite specific about their context and political leanings. Wait - isn't he foreign?

Are they lefty's? Far righty? More than half are conservs, clearly. But not all. Even Geraldo, a registered R only votes and supports left causes, Juan, others. Bill O is a center/right Indy. My TVs up until very recently have been on the news 24/7 for DECADES now. My dogs can correctly answer any trivia... But this is not the topic of this post. I shoulda just let it go....

Jen 147,I have wondered why no one has said any thing about the scam that the CDC and the NIH and the government has been running on the American people. I am also infavor of stopping commercial air travel from Africa,but I thought that every knew that to stop everyday air travel from Africa,did not mean to lock Africa down and stop the aid and medical personnel to.The CDC,NIH, and the US Government all know that they stop all "unauthorized" flights to and from Africa.They could authorize aid fights. They know that.Johnray1

Shush yer fuss! You're not a tool! Whatever that is.

No idea, but I'm wishing now I would have invested in solar energy.

onefluover wrote: I just looked it up. I'm the tool! Anyways... How are we all going to comunicate if the power ever really does go out? Will wireless devices with solar chargers still function at all via satilites or do those systems go completely down as well?

Jen147 wrote: onefluover wrote: I just looked it up. I'm the tool! Anyways... How are we all going to comunicate if the power ever really does go out? Will wireless devices with solar chargers still function at all via satilites or do those systems go completely down as well?     We need to come up with some code words so we know its one of us... if anybody bothered to watch the first season of Revolution on NBC (before it started to suck!) there were a few of them that could power up laptops & communicate & they used code to identify themselves.    With that in mind did anyone watch that one or two seasons of Jericho on CBS a few years ago?

You know I've been thinking hard about just that. It's like if the SHTF, I'm going to try to network with AFTers, and pretty much everyone else I'm not going to trust or help or work with. In my opinion the non AFT types will be the ones who caused the disintegration of society by refusing to listen and going around blindly infecting eachother that will be the main reason for the collapse of the world as we know it. Sure there are many opposing views within AFT but there is massively a general consensus amongst us that seems to be pretty exclusive to the rest of the world. But not totally. There are for certain many millions who think just like us who have no clue we even exist. It should be all of our duties to spread the word (yeah, kind of like The Word but not) through many means to get the word out to increase our membership. Once it reaches a certain point the advertising of AFT's existence could not be stopped. It would become self-propagating and then our numbers would be enough to seriously network and build on a system of working together on the street to better insure our own survival. Codes would then be quite necessary. But a system of code should be worked on now in my opinion.

If something does happen, I won't want any association with someone who has that kind of world view. I come here to get a jump on mass media. I don't see this group as homogenous in any way. In my opinion, this forum is becoming less, not more valid, because of the extreme and judgemental views such as the one just posted by Onefluover.
There is no such thing as 'AFT types' and 'nonAFT types' and that type of characterization in my mind WILL NOT be helpful if ever the SHTF.

It was

"the non AFT types will be the ones that cause the disintegration of society....will be the main reason for the collapse of the world as we know it"

that through me off.

With respect GN, I did not get open minded, cerebral or open minded from any of that and found it offensive.

Prairie makes a valid point in that there has been less tolerance lately, but oneflu was unfairly caught in it.

Thanks again GN.
I know nothing of any of those posting. I can only go by what I read.
I am not looking for things to cause problems over... Just expressing my opinion which I think is at least as valid as yours Johnray1. Would you rather only hear from those who always agree with you?

onefluover wrote: Anyways... How are we all going to comunicate if the power ever really does go out?

This has been discussed before - just think of all the free time you'd have if you weren't here 

Obama wants Ebola to spread so he can declare martial law and remain in office.

It is as simple as that.