Nurse Who Had Ebola to Meet With Obama in Oval Office

[Kingofalldems]

Source: CBSDC

A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for the patient diagnosed in Dallas was released from a hospital Friday, free of the virus, and was to meet later in the day with President Barack Obama at the White House.

Read more: http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/10/24/nurse-who-had-ebola-to-meet-with-obama-in-oval-office/

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Fox news not liking this one.

Good news!

[randys1]

1. Obama is a class act, doing sometihng no righty would do...can you see W or Cheney

they would say are you crazy, what if she can still infect me...

[Kingofalldems]

6. Waiting for the Fox news crawl: Should Obama be quarantined?

[Fla Dem]

14. OMG, yes, absolutely yes. You know they want to. But some cooler head will prevail. nt

[Iliyah]

19. Still haven't heard from Governor Good Hair.

[randys1]

34. yep

[MADem]

2. Watch the right freak out...!!!! nt

[underpants]

5. Tonight on Hannity, some good news...

Yes they be hard pressed to contain themselves

[Cha]

37. They can Freak out at this..

President Obama hugs nurse Nina Pham, who was declared free of the Ebola virus after contracting the disease while caring for a Liberian patient in Texas, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House


President Obama speaks with Nina Pham as her mother Diana and sister Cathy look on

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/10/24/a-hug-from-the-president/

[MADem]

42. Oh, I can hear them now!!!

It's a "Blaaaaaaah"-Asian conspiracy to bring down the Great Nation of 'Murica!!!! Obama's gonna introduce EEEE-bola to all of the "real" 'Muricans via "minorities" disguised as health care workers!!!!



Why does he hate 'Murica??




Obligatory disclaimer: for the irony-impaired!

[BeyondGeography]

3. Sometimes I really love this guy

aka our President.

[Dopers_Greed]

4. But...

It's President Obola's fault she got it in the first place. This never would've happened with President Romney!!!

[KinMd]

15. So true, Mitt had binders full of ebola experts..

and would have stopped it at the waters edge

[karynnj]

18. Hey - that's what Scott Brown actually said -- and no ISIS either with Romney

Unlike you, he did not have the wisdom to indicate that he was just being sarcastic.

[kestrel91316]

8. Why would Nina Pham feel the need to do that? Just curious.

[gwheezie]

12. To avoid being shunned?

she has to try to resume her life

[kestrel91316]

13. Huh? The post I was replying to was deleted and the poster PPR'd.

He was a racist troll who apparently thought the nurse in question was Amber Vinson and he made a crack about her and Obama and payback for slavery.

What on earth are YOU talking about???

[gwheezie]

24. Oh dear sorry

i thought you meant why would she go to the wh. These folks are going to have to resume their lives and I thought going to the wh would be reassuring.

[kestrel91316]

33. Well that wasn't the subject under discussion in the subthread.

Of course I applaud President Obama for meeting with Ms. Pham.

[deurbano]

9. This is a great use of his leadership and international forum.

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Got to love it!!!!!

I've said this before,it's all about the OPTICS gang. And,our President is going to blow this EBOLA scare right up the Fundies and Wingers bung holes. Just hope the MSM report this. Way way over due,noticed Bloomberg is all full out panic and the on air people this A.M. normally don't go panic. So F----n predictable.

[LeftInTX]

11. Kick

[Kingofalldems]

16. Here's a pic:

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/10/24/nurse-who-had-ebola-to-meet-with-obama-in-oval-office/

[KMOD]

20. awww, beautiful photo!!!

Thank you for the link.

[LeftInTX]

23. A hug

[jen63]

35. Awww, I'll bet that hug

felt good. She's been through so much. Our President is a class act.

[DallasNE]

17. What A Powerful Message This Sends

To all of the critics saying we are all going to die. And what better time for this message to get out. So far the only patient to die of Ebola in this country is the one that did not have health insurance and that is also the only case of where it spread. Texas, remember, did not opt for Medicaid expansion which could have resulted in a better outcome should Texas made a different choice.

[Marrah_G]

21. Good- can people stop with the hysteria now?

[Iliyah]

22. GOPers have such warped minds

I can see them screaming that Pres O wants to bring back the disease to D.C and affect, mind you, all GOPs, only.

Pres O is a leader. . .

[riqster]

25. Good on her, and him!

People doing their jobs. Never mind the Panic Platoon.

[blackcrowflies]

26. excellent

I didn't even think of the kind of hysteria AIDS used to produce, and already he's helped defuse it.

[notadmblnd]

27. Good to hear. She seems to have gotten over it pretty quick.

Anyone know how the other lady is doing?

[magical thyme]

31. her family says she is negative for the virus but getting additional treatment

it can be very hard on your system. Just read that Emory announced today that Vinson has tested neg for virus but they are continuing supportive treatment. They tested Pham 5 times and got 5 negs before releasing her, but they said that's because they're doing research. Still, they may want a couple confirmatory negs on Vinson too. Iirc they'll do at least 1 or 2 confirmatories on Bentley as well. And he still needs to complete his 21 day quarantine.

[notadmblnd]

32. All positive information

Hopefully, all those with their hair on fire who have been running around bemoaning the "coming epidemic" can finally get some rest.

[magical thyme]

36. we'll see how Belleview does...

I want to see the new Ebola treatment hospitals perform.

When Spencer walks out of Belleview, I think a lot of people will breathe a sigh of relief. I was concerned with the CDC's assurances that any hospital in the US could handle it because I knew first hand that was simply not the case and it didn't make sense to try to prepare 5,000 hospitals for a 1 in a million chance of a walk-in. The new guidelines and plans make much more sense to me.

Given the totally out of control situation in W. Africa, there is no doubt there will be more cases showing up here. In time, it will just be the alarm bell ringing one time too often and people will tune it out. But that will happen faster when regular hospitals successfully treat patients.

[pangaia]

28. FOX will say he is using her for politics.

You betcha....

[Kingofalldems]

29. I'm sure they are dreaming up something as we speak.

[freshwest]

30. Next from GOPland: Restrict Obama from traveling!

[Cha]

38. Exactly, fresh. Meanwhile.. some pics of President Obama and Nina Pham..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=927320

[Ash_F]

39. I wonder if she brought up the workers rights issues that enabled the spread of the disease

http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/blog/entry/statement-by-registered-nurses-at-texas-health-presbyterian-hospital-in-dal/

[Tumbulu]

40. Thanks for posting that- my goodness, what a read!

it sounds exactly as I would have expected it to sound. Always understaffing, always belittling the nursing staff. And yes, where is all the waste supposed to go?

Hoping things get better for all of the medical people!

[Ash_F]

41. Please pass it around.