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.
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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Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.
When we choose, when we make that decision, I do believe – and there is evidence for this – that the world gets incrementally better, and that is a worthy goal and it’s worth fighting for.
It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.
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