Ok, so the CDC has confirmed..and other things!

[Ed Rybicki]

> From:          Vampire Junction <vampires at freenet.ufl.edu>
> Subject:       Re: Ok, so the CDC has confirmed..and other things!

> On 14 May 1995, SaraConn wrote:
> 
> > order not to cause panic. But as the news spreads, so does fear. I wonder
> > about the reporters covering this outbreak. Are they wearing anything
> > protective? I've seen footage from areas of Zaire and I think "Dangerous."
> > I wouldn't want to be anywhere near a level four hot zone. No thanks.
> 
> From what I've seen on tv, the reporters seem to be almost right in the 
> middle of things---no protective gear.  Are they stupid or what?

A little poetic justice: a leader in the radio news in SA this 
morning was an item stating that a group of international journalists 
who had just been in Kikwit were detained on the runway in Kinshasa 
at gunpoint until they managed to arguee their way out of quarantinme 
and were allowed to go to their hotels.  Serves them right; do they 
not understand what the word "quarantine" and "infectious" MEAN?  I 
would have detained 'em for a week just to be on the safe side....

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