Louisiana (a.k.a. Piyush Jindal) to Top Ebola Reseachers: Stay Away

[KeepItReal]

Louisiana has a message for many of the scientists and medical experts studying Ebola and aiding efforts to fight the deadly virus in West Africa -- stay away.

The state sent a letter to members of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, which is holding its annual conference in New Orleans next week. If they’ve recently been to any of the West African countries where the virus has infected more than 13,000 people, they shouldn’t attend the meeting.

“We do hope that you will consider a future visit to New Orleans, when we can welcome you appropriately,” said Kathy Klieber, Louisiana’s Secretary of Health & Hospitals and Kevin Davis, director of the Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness, in the Oct. 28 letter.

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Tropical diseases thrive in warm, wet, rural conditions that often have poor sanitation, said Robert Garry, a virologist at Tulane University in New Orleans. Ebola is considered a tropical disease, said Garry, who said he received the letter and may attend the meeting.

“We want people to be able to come back from these regions and discuss and share what they’ve learned,” Garry said in a telephone interview. “That’s what these meetings are all about.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-29/louisiana-s-message-to-top-ebola-reseachers-don-t-come-.html

[Cha]

1. Oh dear.. this isn't based on the science.. but, they don't go in for "science", do they? from your

link, KIR..

"Current U.S. policy suggests that people who’ve cared for Ebola patients but haven’t been exposed to the virus monitor themselves for three weeks. The White House has said that mandatory quarantines of health workers from outbreak zones, such as those implemented by New York and New Jersey, aren’t based on science and may discourage relief workers from volunteering."

[tanyev]

2. Be careful what you wish for, Booby.

[Gothmog]

3. Jindal is an idiot

[bullwinkle428]

4. When you see a significant portion of "leaders" displaying this

kind of ignorance, it really shouldn't be all that shocking that such a high percentage of the populace also reflects that ignorance.

[Youdontwantthetruth]

5. OK Piyush WE will just Quarantine all of LA instead, nothing in and nothing out

That includes all shipping too and aircraft

The US Military will enforce the quarantine including the sinking of ships and downing of aircraft if necessary

Have fun in isolation!

[Javaman]

6. he's a moron, but so what else is new? nt

[yellowcanine]

7. Way to go Bobby. Kill the convention business in New Orleans.

Generally cities with convention centers try to attract meetings to their city, not chase them off. New Orleans is slowly getting back on its feet since Katrina. This doesn't help.

[KeepItReal]

8. He tried to kill the movie-making business in Louisiana, also

Numbnuts Jindal floated repealing the film tax credit scheme that brought so much production work to Louisiana the last few years.

Fortunately the outrage from people who actually give a damn about Louisiana (and not Iowa and New Hampshire like Jindal) made him back down.

[magical thyme]

9. I wonder when the conference is scheduled for.

Maybe not too late to move the venue to a better location.

[KeepItReal]

10. Conference is next week.

eom

[magical thyme]

11. oh well. there's always next year to abandon them.

Congratulations to Jindal for ruining this year's conference for them.

Hottest subject they have to discuss, and the people closest to it are banned.

[philosslayer]

12. Piyush?

Look, I'm no Bobby Jindal fan, but he goes by Bobby, not Piyush. Is there a racial element to referring to him as Piyush? What is the purpose of this? To me this is akin to the "Barack Hussein Obama" nonsense the right spouts. We're better than that.

[KeepItReal]

13. That's his legal name.

"Bobby" is just a nickname.

[KamaAina]

15. Care to guess where he got the nickname?

From Bobby Brady. Srsly.

[KamaAina]

14. Louisiana repukes agree with you.

They play the race card (!) anytime anyone utters the name "Piyush".

I just call him Booby.

[KamaAina]

16. Way to go, Booby. Tulane has one of the foremost schools of tropical medicine in the country.

At least, it did when researchers in the field were allowed to travel there.

[MountainLaurel]

17. NEJM published the first article on this ebola epidemic this week

First author is a Tulane doc. I'd love to know what he thinks of this.