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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Obama lied to you. He knew the risk was not extremely low:

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-administration-found-nearly-25-percent-chance-ebola-184611722.html[/quote]

Oh, please.

The study found there was a twenty-five percent chance that we would see a case here.  Despite this, the president said our overall Ebola vulnerability remains very low, which is true.  Importing a single case does not equal a U.S. epidemic, as evidenced by the fact that we have seen only two additional cases since Duncan and none outside the hospital setting.  The president was right.  We will contain it, just as Nigeria did.[/quote]

25% is not very low. why not say 'the study showed a 25% chance of it arriving on outpr shores by end of Sept". That's the truth, is. It not?  How do you think people would have reacted to such news?

The President's CDC appt has lied multiple times, and has been caught in them.

I'm glad you have such faith. You are in the minority[/quote]

You are being deliberately obtuse.  The chances of a single case are not that low but the chances of a US epidemic are extremely low.  The latter is what the president was speaking to.  Why is this so difficult for you to understand?
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I do understand it. I also understand that instead of simply releasing the findings of the study to the American public, and acting to reduce the immediate risk of a patient 0, he his it and chose to take the path he did. Ask yourself why. [/quote]

So you agree then that Obama did not "lie".  Glad to hear we're on the same page.
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Do you just rely on yahoo for news? They did not accurately quote the study.

..."It is possible to observe that the probability of [b]importation is relatively small (<5%) for countries not in the African region[/b], with the exception of the United Kingdom (UK). The probability of importation in a four weeks horizon (22 September) increases, [b]but does not exceed the 25% threshold[/b] with the exception of Ghana and Gambia.

Here is the entire study quoted in that story."
http://currents.plos.org/outbreaks/article/assessing-the-international-spreading-risk-associated-with-the-2014-west-african-ebola-outbreak/[/quote]

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