MSNBC is carrying a congressional hearing on ebola now.

[Skidmore]

If you are interested. I just tuned in. Dr. Fauci is testifying. Waxman appears to be in charge.

[Skidmore]

1. Kicking. Dr. Luciana Borio of the FDA is

making her statement now. It would be nice if we had some of our health care experts following along.

She's talking about a couple of vaccines starting clinical trials. Also saying that diagnostic tests are being researched.

[Skidmore]

2. Dr. Borio says that every ebola patient in US has been treated with

an experimental medicine.

[Skidmore]

3. John Wagner from DHS talking now about travel across borders.

Border officers are working to identify people with the virus. Damn this guy talks fast.

[MerryBlooms]

4. C-SPAN live radio stream-

http://www.c-span.org/live/?channel=radio

[Skidmore]

5. Thanks for the link.

[MerryBlooms]

7. yw

[Skidmore]

6. A doctor from the Dallas Hospital is making a statement to the committee via remote connnection.

Apologizing for the misdiagnosis of Mr. Duncan and for providing misinformation to the public.

[Skidmore]

8. Dr. explaining the care given to Mr. Duncan.

Safety measures taken. Legislator trying to rush him because he wants to ask questions and time is limited. What a crock. You'd think that they'd be interested in giving as much time to explore this as possible.

Questions starting.

[Skidmore]

9. Dr. asked about training re: ebola given to staff.

CDC sent info to staff last year but the hospital didn't give a direct training to its staff.

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Important point! NO ebola training at Texas hospital.

Tho, to be fair, Pres. Obama and others had said, this summer, there was little to no chance of Ebola reaching the USA.

I was skeptical, having read way too much on how viruses can be spread in today's world.

[Warpy]

27. No ebola training anywhere except at the two high level quarantine facilities

Unfortunately, sick people are arriving from west Africa through connecting flights in western Europe. There is little way to tell who's who on any given flight.

The outbreak is still small at this point because the disease is not that easy to catch. People from Africa know not to hide their illness here because we are still able to treat it here if we catch it early enough.

The people at tremendous risk here are nurses. Better barrier protection needs to be purchased and used to protect them.

[amandabeech]

28. International passengers must have a passport, and people traveling from West Africa must have

a visa. Forged documents and, of course, are a possibility, and some will have dual nationality, but the passport control will identify a significant number of people.

[uppityperson]

33. No, what they said was little or no chance of an ebola epidemic like is happening in 3 W African cou

countries happening in the USA. They have said all along that it is very possible to get ebola in the USA. Just not the same type epidemic here due to better health care availability and people treating their dead differently.

[Skidmore]

10. It was just clarified that the CDC can only provide guidelines for procedures but does not have the

power to enforce them in the states.

[City Lights]

11. Thanks for giving the play-by-play, Skidmore.

[Skidmore]

13. I'm punting, not being an expert in medical care at the level needed to interpret.

[City Lights]

17. You're doing a great job! nt

[Ykcutnek]

12. Blackburn trying to pivot to anti-immigration and anti-EPA talking points.

[Skidmore]

14. She is a piece of work, isn't she?

[arthritisR_US]

22. That's putting it mildly!

The two main orifices of her body cannot be distinguished one from the other.

[Ykcutnek]

23. Her B.S. in Home Economics adds value to this hearing!

[bklyncowgirl]

15. When will she bring up Bengazi?

[Skidmore]

18. Amazingly, she didn't but she sure tried to make it

look like she had recommended a whole bunch of measures to CDC and they hadn't followed them. She clearly expects them to.

[arthritisR_US]

21. She's trying to get talking points for political ads for repigs running, IMO. nt

[flamingdem]

25. How blatant can you get?

The CDC guy semi rolled his eyes

[arthritisR_US]

32. She has been the most obvious so far but there are a few other repigs

who are a close second.

After her testimony my eye muscles were bloody sore!

[spanone]

29. she's as toxic as any virus

[Skidmore]

16. Blackburn wanting to know if any of her troops sent to Africa will be exposed

to the virus.

[Skidmore]

20. Executive branch has power to restrict travel based upon health crises.

One of the Tx reps would like congress to recommend that the President do this.

[CK_John]

24. And it's all white.

[pinto]

26. Listening to it. Is this an inquisition or a fact finding, solution focused event?

Much of it seems the former.

[procon]

30. Dogs! OMG... the Ebola puppies are coming!

Some shrill Republican just proposed quarantining dogs, dogs on the no fly list, no dogs can travel, because no one can assure him that puppies aren't Ebola carriers that transfer the diseases to people. Oh, the terror... the fear... run for your lives, it's a Beagle!

I have a great idea for a Halloween costume... Lady, come here girl.

[bklyncowgirl]

31. As usual Republicans are on message.

This time it's the ban the flights drumbeat. Over and over again. Boom, boom, boom. Any wonder why their messages get through and Democrats don't.

[madamesilverspurs]

34. The looks on the faces of the panelists...

they are clearly dumbfounded by the inane caliber of some of the questioning. Those who are actually trying to deal with the issue are having their time wasted by some of the very people who cut their funding.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

35. I am literally dumbfounded and extremely pissed off that such profound stupidity

is running this nation with our health, welfare, financial viability, and our lives on the line.

[arthritisR_US]

36. Well, they were voted in...

scary...