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failed to be trained. How do you explain this to an average white person right now, what went wrong . How does this person contract ebola . Well, there was a breach in the protocol, but we dont know the precise breach. We continue to investigate by interviewing every Health Care Worker who had anything to do with the care of eric duncan. And we brought in two Infectious Disease specialists from the cdc and a host more epidemiologist to try to get to where that breach was. We have improved over the last 24 hours some of the Infection Control protocols there. But there was a breach, we dont know whether it was isolated, or whether it was something that affected more people. Thats what our focus is on now. Thank you, judge. Less than a month ago, president obama said it was unlikely ebola would reach our shores, but it
has. When the first case landed in dallas two weeks ago, center for Disease Control director Thomas Frieden announced they were stopping it in its tracks. Today the tone of the conversation is different. We have the first ebola infection in the United States and the cdc assumes more cases are on the way. Were concerned and would not be surprised if we did see additional cases in the Health Care Workers who also provided care to the index patient. Were concerned there could be other infections in the coming days. Would not be surprised if there are more cases, especially of those who cared for the first victim here. Cdc director frieden called for an elevated level of readiness at hospitals around the country. Heres more of what he said today. Well work with hospitals throughout the country to think ebola, in someone with a fever or other symptoms who has had travel to any of the three affected countries in the previous 21 days. So, anthony, thank you very
much. Youre very used to this, but most people are not, Infectious Diseases. Right. What do you think we know and what we dont know . Whats the known unknown here about whether it could be this person apparently did follow the rules, they thought. Right. Nina fong, and caught it. First of all, when we say breach, we better be careful that we dont give the impression that its her fault or she did something wrong. Breach is a Public Health terminology. It could possibly be that she may not have been actually trained or practiced in what she was doing. So she tried her best, and then you have to look at more proactive training, making sure theres good supervision there. So a breach can be a lot of things. Its that catch word for something went wrong. I think the important thing you just mentioned, there are things that did go right, despite the tragic event. One, this person was being
monitored because she was selfmonitoring. Soon as she got a fever on friday night, she reported it the next morning, went into isolation, and thats what tom frieden was talking about, when he said, there wont be an outbreak, because when you do Contact Tracing and do the isolation, youre not going to have an outbreak. So americans should not be concerned about an outbreak, but thats different than a significant serious situation, about making sure you protect our Health Care Workers. Weve got to make sure they get the best of equipment and the best of training so that we dont have an unfortunate incident. But dr. Frieden also said he would not be surprised if there were more cases coming out of people who were in contact with the first victim . Right. Health care workers, because if in fact what was going on in that intensive care setting allowed a single Health Care Worker to get infected, none of us would be surprised, we hope it doesnt happen, but we wouldnt be surprised if we saw
another one or more Health Care Workers, thats why theyre being monitored extremely closely. Whats the atmosphere like in texas . Are people concerned hes wouldnt be surprised if there were more cases of ebola . The vast majority of our people are calmly concerned for these Health Care Workers and are praying and thinking about nina and her family. And let me say this, i consider her to be a hero. She is a person who knew when she went into this field that theres always a risk of getting the very disease youre treating. Its happened to her. And shes dealing with that, with grace, and with dignity. And she has a brave and heroic family, and theyre giving her
great support. And im pleased but the president said it was unlikely that there would be cases in this country. And now the implications seem to be in the first couple days here, that we would be unlikely to see any more cases develop because of contact with this first patient, mr. Duncan. And then here we are, is there any way to spread the news that its possible, its unlikely, but its possible and throw in that word possible so people retain their authority to speak on the matter . Judge . Well, yes. Heres the situation. If you didnt come into contact with the bodily fluids of eric duncan, you dont have ebola and youre not going to get ebola. But in this situation, we have a new area of concern for Health Care Workers who we believed were following protocols sufficient to keep them safe while caring for mr. Duncan. There was a breach, which is a term of art, but there was a breach that allowed her to get
sick. It means that we are focused on those other Health Care Workers. Of the 48 people outside of those Health Care Workers that are contacts, theyre asymptom attic and have no fever and were now well past the most likely time for them to get sick. Theyll be fully in the clear on october 20th. But now we have a new concern, and thats the protocols and the Health Care Workers. The United States has been without a Surgeon General now for more than a year. In july of last year, Surgeon GeneralRegina Benjamin resigned. In november, president obama nominated a replacement, dr. Vivek murthy. Then democrats passed a measure to make it easier to confirm. Only a simple majority is needed. But then they moved to bock the nomination. Including comments where murthy said guns are a health care
issue themselves. Th the confirmation vote was called off that same month. What do you think of this . Im looking at a pack of cigarettes right now. I dont smoke, havent in 25 years. But for an authority figure, we look at this, Surgeon General warning, smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth and low birth rate. It talks about cancer. So the Surgeon General is the big daddy of the country who tells us what we should be afraid of. We dont have one. We have you, dr. Frieden. Do we need a Surgeon General to come on television to do psas and say, heres what you shouldnt be worried about. This is what you should do . Well, it would be nice to have a Surgeon General, but the problem right now, chris, is not not having a Surgeon General. I think its a problem with the american government. Im in a different field. Politically, we cant even do the basics, like approve aSurgeon General. Thats a different story. I think theres a bit of a nonsec witter. Were not in the situation we are now because we dont have a Surgeon General. That would be making some majestic leaps. But we need somebody to talk to the American People. Sure. Health officials and i have been on the air almost continuously, as has tom frieden and secretary bur wel. Theres a lot to be done. Were in an epidemic of fear, and we need to break that so we dont need a tsar . I dont think so. We have good coordination from the white house, from the National Security council. We have the division in labor, in country, its usa i. D. Here its health and human services. The military are doing a great job helping with logistics. Its working smoothly. We need to get more resources. Right now, the thing that people forget when they see the headlines that you just showed about a single case, which is tragic, that should not have
happened. But the way we can stop this from ever happening is to get rid of the epidemic in west africa. If we do that, we wouldnt be talking about this right now. Well send 3,000 guys over there. The question is, will they get it . We must stop it in west africa. The lack of a clearcut personage, for the president to say, this person is in charge. When he was asked who was in charge of the rollout for health care, he said its the coo are the someone he never met. But thats a problem. But he knows you. Thank you judge clay jenkins. Coming up, my interview with senator kay hagan. Shes Holding Strong in North Carolina, where republicans have tried to take away the vote of minorities and young people. Guess what . Its driving people to get out their vote in reaction. They might vote more in greater numbers because of this effort
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opponent. Usually races that are this close bounce back and forth, but shes maintained a two to fivepoint lead nonstop for the last six weeks or so. The latest polling has hagan up two points 4745. I think voter turnout is the key. Its certainly the key in my election, in an offpresident ial election year. We know voter turnout goes down. And i have put together one of the biggest voter turnout operations weve ever seen in North Carolina. But new voting restrictions passed by the conservative North Carolina legislature, might affect turnout on election day. The intent was to suppress democratic turnout. Its wrong. People have fought and died for the constitutional right to vote. They took away a number of early voting days, they took away sameday registration. We allowed in civics classes as a senior in high school, that students could register to vote. You want to ask yourself, why . Hagans republican opponent is the speaker of the house in the North Carolina legislature. He pushed for the new voting restrictions which he must have known would weigh heaviest on his democratic rival. Did he do this to suppress the vote . Yes. When you look at these barriers to the ballot box. There are two states in the nation that he brought suit in, North Carolina and texas, because of the egregious violation of the constitutional right to vote. Its 2014. Why are there barriers to the ballot box . Thats what theyve done. The restrictions are going to hurt the African Americans the most. The naacp has been leading the fight to inform voters . What do you think Voter Suppression is about . Partisan or racist . I think its both. The people who are going to be affected, its African Americans. There are people who dont want to see progress. But these folks here do want to see it, and theyre leading the nation. This is where the action is. This is where the leadership is right here. Among those leaders, a civil rights advocate in the tar heels state. When you talk to republicans and i think you do, about why they push for the new voter laws, do they admit its suppression . Thom tillis admitted on msnbc, where he said it wasnt about fraud. He admitted that. Why is this a legislative priority . We call this restoring confidence in elections. There is some voter fraud, but thats not the primary reason for doing this. Theres a lot of people who are just concerned with the potential risk of fraud. In our state, it could be significant. Reverend barber gained wide
recognition for leading moral mondays in North Carolina, a weekly protest movement with civil rights and voting fairness at the top of its agenda. We talk about whats constitutionally inconsistent. Weve had republicans and democrats stand on the stage and say, some politicians that will get elected and then use their power to keep from voting, is wrong. Senator hagan has for her part made Voting Rights a key component of her reelection fight. We need to have a huge turnout on november 4th. With your help and support, we are going to get out the voters. We are going to inform them, tell them what the rules of the road are. This election is that critical. So is this based on racial racism or partisanship . Why are they trying to screw the black voter to put it bluntly . I think the