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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMike Adams and NY Post promote more hysteria over Ebola
I'm a big fan of Tara Smith. She's an infectious disease epidemiologist, and a science blogger, and has written a bunch of really good stuff about Ebola lately. Here's her latest, where she takes on Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, and operator of dumbest of dumb websites naturalnews.com.
Ive been asked several times about this NY Post article on the CDCs admission that a sneeze could spread Ebola. The Post (which, I should note, is the least credible newspaper in New York City, for those not familiar with the paper) suggests that the CDC has changed their tune regarding the spread of Ebola.
Except, they havent, and this is a ridiculous, trumped-up non-story, passed along not only by the Post but by others of the typical suspects like conspiracy theorist extraordinaire Mike Adams, aka The Health Ranger of Natural News.
Heres what the NY Post claims:
Of course, no poster is linked in their article, so I feel like Im playing a game of telephone, trying to figure out just what has been added.
Except, they havent, and this is a ridiculous, trumped-up non-story, passed along not only by the Post but by others of the typical suspects like conspiracy theorist extraordinaire Mike Adams, aka The Health Ranger of Natural News.
Heres what the NY Post claims:
Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose or mouth of another person, the poster states.
Nass slammed the contradiction.
The CDC said it doesnt spread at all by air, then Friday they came out with this poster, she said. They admit that these particles or droplets may land on objects such as doorknobs and that Ebola can be transmitted that way.
Of course, no poster is linked in their article, so I feel like Im playing a game of telephone, trying to figure out just what has been added.
http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2014/11/01/mike-adams-and-ny-post-promote-more-hysteria-over-ebola/
Sadly, we've seen the same claim about the CDC posted at DU recently.
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Mike Adams and NY Post promote more hysteria over Ebola (Original Post)
SidDithers
Nov 2014
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WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)1. Sadly, we've seen the medical community try to deny the common-sense definition, such that
doctors are seeking a better way to differentiate transmission methods.
But this?
"...the CDC and others have tried to emphasize that droplet transmission is still direct contact" IS A PREVARICATION.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)2. Rec and kick!