All of this would have been prevented by a travel ban

Second Texas health care worker tests positive for Ebola.

Remember, according to our government, Ebola is hard to catch and there is no chance of a serious outbreak here in the states.  Aaaand there is a bridge in Brooklyn I have for sale.

From commenters on the internet, evidence that trust in the CDC and their PC statements has already broken down:

Fen:

“People are not contagious before symptoms such as fever develop.”

Thats simply not true.

1) they don’t know with 100% certainty that people are not contagious before symptoms develop

2) there are cases of carriers that never showed symptoms and were contagious.

I wish they would stop bullshitting us when the truth is “we really don’t know”. Its going to cause a panic because after the first few broken platitudes, no one will trust anything CDC et al says, even when they are right.

Observer:

Also troubling is a report by WHO out today that says the Ebola incubation period can be twice as long (42 days) as the CDC has been telling people. The CDC has been monitoring people exposed to the virus for 21 days — but if, as WHO reports, the virus can incubate for as long as 42 days before a person shows symptoms, the CDC may be giving the “all clear” to people who are infected (and who can then go out and infect others).
http://twitchy.com/2014/10/15/whoa-if-true-world-health-organization-says-ebola-can-incubate-for-more-than-21-days/
The only thing that is clear at this point is the fact that the CDC (and the U.S. government) can’t be trusted to competently handle the containment of this deadly disease.

And then there is this.  At least our actual experience in West Africa shows that this disease isn't as infectious as many common colds, so there is some hope that with proper, rigorous and non PC actions by the authorities, it can be controlled. However, that sort of effective action would require non political application of the protocols, which unfortunately simply can't happen with the CDC's current leadership.  How much damage, both actual and to their credibility, they will do in the meantime, remains to be seen.