"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

A single step back?

Putting a piece of furniture between oneself and one's would-be assailant?

When the "kids" (who are all now teens and 20somethings) are ALL in my very small kitchen with tasks that will "help"(they get to rice the mashed potatoes then add the warm ingredients I have prepared - hey, they say, a ricer is fun!), and everyone else is shoved in trying to conversate at a level that they can hear each other over the loud and laughing banter of the kids....well....I have to have my stragedies in place already in order to get everything to come out at the same time and per everyone's tastes and menu orders. Actually, as a somewhat reclusive introvert, it is a very quiet place for me which I love.

Reading the litany of abuses at his hospitals will truly may you sick. Just imagine showing a campaign ad where an elderly patient tells the camera what she went through being told by her doctors (who were paid bonuses for exaggerating the extent of illnesses) what her phony diagnosis did to her, and, how much unnecessary, extra money she was charged.

American hospitals are unprepared for Ebola?

But the same vitriol as the crazies of Operation Rescue has appeared in the Otterness hate group. It is really strange, imo.

Otterness did not kill a dog out of any sadistic, psychopathic, or weird pulling the legs of spiders, or burning cats type of mentality. Among other things was protesting the war, and took a dog that was going to get euthanized to make a political art work.

Well the piece backfired big time, not the as much as now.

Otterness has never tortured an animal, or killed one before or after. The dishonesty in pegging him as a threat to animal safety and poster boy for PETA attacks exactly the same tactics that the wing nuts and christian extremists use to fundraise, and troll for new members of their sick groups.

If anything is sick it is the hate for Otterness who has never fit the profile of a sicko animal killer who needs to be stopped. Even TL commenters who do not have a clue or any interest in looking at, thinking about, or discussing Otterness's current work are quick to jump on the PETA bandwagon.

Weird, but I guess liberals can exhibit the same behavior as raging conservatives and religious extremists. Ironically this sort of behavior humanizes the Limabaugh Coulter syndrome, even if it is still reprehensible.

His Rochester MAG commission which jondee apparently fought against, showed how crazy some of these people are:

The responses from those who wanted the MAG to rescind the Otterness commission have ranged from measured conversation to more extreme approaches. According to Holcomb, one person contacted Holcomb's former employers, various staff members have been threatened, there have been angry, anonymous postings to voice mails, and Otterness's life has been threatened. Holcomb calls the matter disturbing "in the sense that positions of vengeance and revenge and anonymous threats are just not a part of the world we're used to," he says. "We've learned a lot, and I can personally say that I found the experience, if disturbing at times, enlightening overall."

Fortunately the far larger part of the population takes delight in the Otterness MAG commission and the economic damage to the gallery wound up being a wash:

Despite protests and petitions drawn up in opposition to the Otterness commission, Holcomb says that the gallery lost no more than two dozen members. In fact, it actually gained new members who wanted to show their support, and had 25,000 more people attend gallery events in the past year than the year before, according to Holcomb.

Ms. Vinson reported that she had a low-grade temperature of 95.5ºF, but was otherwise presenting no symptoms of infection, at the time she inquired of the CDC about whether she could take a previously planned trip to Cleveland.

In painfully obvious retrospect, yes, everyone probably should've known better than to allow that trip to go forward, Ms. Vinson and her own superiors included. But hindsight is always 20 / 20, and putting it in the context of the time of Ms. Vinson's departure, the CDC really had no overt reason to forbid her from traveling to Ohio, given that:

• The reason for her trip was to visit her family in Tallmadge (which is near Akron) and commence the planning for her upcoming wedding;

• People will often run low-grade temperatures for a variety of reasons, not necessarily due to illness, and her 95.5ºF temperature clearly did not meet the CDC's stated threshold of 100.4ºF for her to be considered a possible risk for active contagion; and

• Up to the time of her planned departure, she had been -- and continued to be -- completely asymptomatic.

At present, the CDC merely says that it did not tell Ms. Vinson that she couldn't fly on a commercial airliner. From that statement, it is unclear whether Ms. Vinson had disclosed to CDC staff -- or for that matter, whether they even asked her -- how she specifically planned to travel between Ohio and Dallas, i.e., by plane, car or some other means.

Now, regarding your other assertions, I'd first note that two infected patients from one single hospital in one locale, out of a nation of 50 states and 315 million people that spans over 5,000 miles east to west, does not a "budding epidemic" make.

Further, CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., is a graduate of both Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons (1986) and its School of Public Health (1985). Prior to taking the reins at the Centers for Disease Control in 2009, he served in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's cabinet for eight years as Commissioner of New York City's Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene.

And what, pray tell, are your professional credentials, that you should consider yourself somehow qualified to condemn Dr. Frieden and his colleagues at CDC as "completely incompetent," on the sole basis of one CDC staff member's obvious misjudgment?

Much as some people like to believe otherwise, human beings are hardly infallible creatures. They can and do make mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes end up being quite serious. I hardly think you'd appreciate someone cavalierly questioning your own professional fitness due to an underling's error.

So unless you happen to possess irrefutable evidence of gross negligence or incompetence on the part of Dr. Frieden and the CDC leadership, which I seriously doubt you do, you really ought to grant to others those same courtesies you would otherwise reserve for yourself.

And finally, what exactly does "Obama-style" mean in this particular context? I think it's pretty evident that you have another agenda at work here which prompted you to offer that derogatory remark, and that agenda actually has very little to do with public health policy.

So please, get a grip on yourself and talk in rational terms, or take your anti-government bashing and fearmongering someplace else where it'll be much better appreciated -- like, say, the Light Foot Militia HQ and boot camp in eastern Idaho.

And in fact, the 1985 Kansas City Royals are the only team in MLB history to successfully rally from 3-1 deficits twice during the same postseason -- first over the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS, and then again against the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series (arguably, thanks to a now-infamous miscall by umpire Don Denkinger in the bottom of the 9th in Game 6).

If I even watch the Series...

Orioles had a great season; the ALCS games were games of inches - no blowouts, neither team's starting pitchers going more than 6 innings, hitting at a premium - but I think the absence of Machado and Wieters and Davis did finally catch up to them.  The team that vanquished 3 Cy Young award winners was supposed to vanquish the team that was a little more upstart than they were, and it didn't happen.  

But I'm curious: where are you seeing that CDC protocols do not call for the use of PPE until after a diagnosis?  Because I'm seeing this, directly in CDC materials:

Standard, contact, and droplet precautions are recommended for management of hospitalized patients with known or suspected Ebola virus disease (EVD) (See Table below)

Additionally, here:

As part of the care of patients who are persons under investigation, or with probable or confirmed Ebola virus infections, hospitals are recommended to:

    Be sure environmental services staff wear recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) including, at a minimum, disposable gloves, gown (fluid resistant/ impermeable), eye protection (goggles or face shield), and facemask to protect against direct skin and mucous membrane exposure of cleaning chemicals, contamination, and splashes or spatters during environmental cleaning and disinfection activities. Additional barriers (e.g., leg covers, shoe covers) should be used as needed. If reusable heavy-duty gloves are used for cleaning and disinfecting, they should be disinfected and kept in the room or anteroom. Be sure staff are instructed in the proper use of personal protective equipment including safe removal to prevent contaminating themselves or others in the process, and that contaminated equipment is disposed of appropriately. (see question 8).

And more (updated August 22, 2014):

Controlled movement

Controlled movement requires people to notify the public health authority about their intended travel for 21 days after their last known potential Ebola virus exposure. These individuals should not travel by commercial conveyances (e.g. airplane, ship, long-distance bus, or train). Local use of public transportation (e.g. taxi, bus) by asymptomatic individuals should be discussed with the public health authority. If travel is approved, the exposed person must have timely access to appropriate medical care if symptoms develop during travel. Approved long-distance travel should be by chartered flight or private vehicle; if local public transportation is used, the individual must be able to exit quickly.