{"id":140941,"date":"2014-10-20T13:59:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T13:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=140941"},"modified":"2014-10-20T13:59:31","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T13:59:31","slug":"cdc-memory-holes-unacceptable-ebola-safety-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/cdc-memory-holes-unacceptable-ebola-safety-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC Memory-Holes \u201cUnacceptable\u201d Ebola Safety Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A CDC safety guide that was flagged up by a prominent doctor as dangerously wrong has been quietly removed from the agency\u2019s website, despite the fact that CDC head Thomas Frieden defended the instructions on live TV.<\/p>\n<p>Calling the CDC\u2019s instructional guide \u201cunacceptable\u201d, George Washington University hospital laboratory director Dr. Jonathan Reiner noted last week that government produced diagrams showed health care workers with exposed areas of skin around the face and neck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is from CDC web page for Ebola personal protective equipment,\u201d Reiner tweeted. \u201cNotice exposed skin at face &amp; neck. Unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is from CDC web page for Ebola personal protective equipment. Notice exposed skin at face &amp; neck. Unacceptable. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ChTJwOFGE7\">pic.twitter.com\/ChTJwOFGE7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jonathan Reiner (@JReinerMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JReinerMD\/status\/522547319317987328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reiner also noted that the advice for removing protective gloves is simply \u201cwrong\u201d and increases the risk of contamination.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is how CDC advises how to safely remove gloves. It is wrong. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/qCiRiub10a\">pic.twitter.com\/qCiRiub10a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jonathan Reiner (@JReinerMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JReinerMD\/status\/522376351761039360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Frieden was called out about the inaccuracies by Fox News host Megan Kelly. Despite the obvious faults with the diagram, and the fact that he had even been filmed \u201cdouble gloving\u201d and in a full body hazmat suit when visiting Ebola patients, Frieden denied that the instructions were wrong.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zKYwjXTN5nA\" width=\"620\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now, however, the CDC has removed the materials from their website. The link to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vhf\/ebola\/pdf\/ppe-poster.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">PDF that was here<\/a>, now turns up a \u2018page not found\u2019 notice.<\/p>\n<p>When checking the link via internet archive site\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20141016091744\/http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vhf\/ebola\/pdf\/ppe-poster.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Wayback Machine<\/a>, the link to the now-deleted poster is viewable.<\/p>\n<p>To date, the CDC has failed to explain why the materials have been removed, prompting some, including Louis Ide, a member of the European Parliament, to demand answers:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EbolaPhone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EbolaPhone<\/a> Yes indeed. And when <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDCgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CDCgov<\/a> removed link guideline they should explain it on their site why they dit so.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Louis Ide (@louis_ide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/louis_ide\/status\/523540689301565440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EbolaPhone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EbolaPhone<\/a> This was the link: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/PFRUia3NZm\">http:\/\/t.co\/PFRUia3NZm<\/a> I still have the pdf on my PC in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Louis Ide (@louis_ide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/louis_ide\/status\/523541630612430848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EbolaPhone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EbolaPhone<\/a> It was a three pager pdf especially created for PPE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ebola?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ebola<\/a> with cartoons. Yours is an general one.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Louis Ide (@louis_ide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/louis_ide\/status\/523542994964996096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is, once more, indicative of a seemingly\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/thanks-to-obamas-incompetence-ebola-is-now-out-of-control-in-america.html\" target=\"_blank\">endless string of calamities<\/a>\u00a0at the hands of the CDC and the government that has contributed to the outbreak of the Ebola virus within the United States, and the panic and fear that goes with it.<\/p>\n<p>From allowing a Ebola infected nurse to fly from Texas to Ohio, to allowing unprotected police and clean up crews into the first patient\u2019s infected apartment, the CDC has dropped the ball every step of the way.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that this agency is ill prepared to deal with this medical emergency. It is now<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/stopebolastrike-national-strike-to-force-obama-to-stop-west-african-flights\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0down to independent medical experts, alternative media outlets, and activists<\/a>\u00a0alike to force the government to address the fact that the border is still wide open to flights from Ebola ravaged nations, and even then it may already be too late.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013-<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Steve Watson\u00a0<\/strong>is a London based writer and editor for Alex Jones\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/infowars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Infowars.com<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/prisonplanet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prisonplanet.com<\/a>. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/cdc-memory-holes-unacceptable-ebola-safety-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\">This piece<\/a> was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rinf.com\" target=\"_blank\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CDC safety guide that was flagged up by a prominent doctor as dangerously wrong has been quietly removed from the agency\u2019s website, despite the fact that CDC head Thomas Frieden defended the instructions on live TV. Calling the CDC\u2019s instructional guide \u201cunacceptable\u201d, George Washington University hospital laboratory director Dr. Jonathan Reiner noted last week [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487,955],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-140941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"category-health"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}