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Barack Obama: I think we've got to let the science guide us and you know, I don't think all the information is in on whether this drug…

On the recordAugust 5, 2014
I think we've got to let the science guide us and you know, I don't think all the information is in on whether this drug is helpful. What we do know is that the Ebola virus, both currently and in the past is controllable, if you have a strong public health infrastructure in place and the countries infected, are the first to admit that what happened here is that there were public health systems had been overwhelmed.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama discusses the need for scientific guidance in response to the Ebola outbreak and emphasizes the importance of public health infrastructure.

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