Numerous border patrol agents have contracted scabies, bacterial pneumonia and other diseases from being exposed to sick individuals, and reports suggest the influx may also potentially bring deadly diseases such as dengue, HIV and the incurable ebola virus. But the governmental health agency in charge of “disease prevention and control,” the CDC, has brushed off concerns, instead issuing a statement claiming it “does not believe the children arriving at U.S. borders pose a public health risk to the general public or U.S. communities.” Meanwhile, they have activated their “Emergency Operation Center,” and according to Dr. Vliet, may also have a “temporary decontamination center set up in El Paso, Texas, similar to those in use in West Africa..”
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:22:30 +0000
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