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geardaddy

(24,926 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 02:48 PM Oct 2014

NIH doctor schools Elisabeth Hasselbeck after she asks him to ‘seal the borders’ over Ebola

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/nih-doctor-schools-elisabeth-hasselbeck-after-she-asks-him-to-seal-the-borders-over-ebola/

Fox News host Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Monday asked Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institiute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, why he was not recommending a “closing of our borders” in response to an Ebola outbreak in west Africa.

On Monday’s edition of Fox & Friends, Hasselbeck pointed out that a freelance NBC cameraman was being allowed to return to the U.S. after being infected with Ebola. And a man in Dallas who traveled from the Liberia to the U.S. was also fighting for his life.

“Why are we still letting people into the country who could have possibly been exposed?” she asked. “Why not just shut down the flights and secure the borders? Many of you want to know… Why not, just as a precaution until we get things under control, seal off the border temporarily?”

Fauci said that he understood why people might jump to the conclusion that a travel ban might help, but he said that Hasselbeck’s suggestion “didn’t make any sense” because preventing countries from getting aid could make the epidemic worse.

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NIH doctor schools Elisabeth Hasselbeck after she asks him to ‘seal the borders’ over Ebola (Original Post) geardaddy Oct 2014 OP
Elizabeth waits and waits for TelePrompTer to give her more mouth words underpants Oct 2014 #1
I see. So, Ms. Hasselbeck... The_Commonist Oct 2014 #2
Face Palm bpj62 Oct 2014 #3
... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2014 #4

The_Commonist

(2,518 posts)
2. I see. So, Ms. Hasselbeck...
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:34 PM
Oct 2014

..wants to completely crash the global economy, because a few people here got sick.
I dunno, maybe John Stossel was right?

(no, not really. he's an idiot too.)

bpj62

(999 posts)
3. Face Palm
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:43 PM
Oct 2014

I am going to be very careful here but is Elisabeth Hasselbeck the stupidest person alive or does she truly only listen to what Fox News tells her. Every time I see her talk I have to cover my ears because she sounds so shrill. She also gets so upset at anybody who challenges her supposed knowledge of the subject.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
4. ...
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 08:33 PM
Oct 2014

"is Elisabeth Hasselbeck the stupidest person alive or does she truly only listen to what Fox News tells her"

Those do not have to be mutually exclusive.

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