Liberia – UN Ambassador Knocks Elbows In New “Ebola Handshake” In Disease Ridden West Africa

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    Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, right, gives U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power what is know as the 'Ebola hand shake' during a news conference in the city of  Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)Liberia – In what is termed the new “Ebola handshake” in West Africa, UN Ambassador Sammantha Power knocked elbows with World Health Organization (WHO) reps after touching down in disease-ridden Liberia on Wednesday.

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    NYPOST.com (http://bit.ly/1nT0eYL) reports that the garment-covered touching of elbows has now replaced the traditional skin-on-skin handshake greeting in the region that has been devastated by the disease.

    After demonstrating the new greeting with the WHO’s Dr. Peter Graaf, Ambassador Power championed U.S. efforts in fighting Ebola, saying the U.S. is “walking toward the burning building.”


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    GMalka
    GMalka
    9 years ago

    Samantha Powers should knock heads with the WHO reps.

    Rafuel
    Rafuel
    9 years ago

    The Barack lackeys are telling us that Ebola is exceedingly difficult to contract. Yet, his ambassador and the friend of his younger years is afraid to shake hands with that wretched country’s president?

    StevenWright
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    StevenWright
    9 years ago

    They’ve been doing that in the ghetto for years.

    9 years ago

    Dumb. What if someone coughs, spits etc on them???
    Not shaking hands won’t help unless they will be in hazmat suits…

    Not testing positive does not mean they aren’t carriers or that they won’t get sick 2 days from now!! The test only shows that they developed an immune response to it. However- it stays DORMANT for up to 21 days- no immune response can be had while it it dormant. (They can’t pass it to others while dormant either). But everyone has a different incubation period and they may think they are clear (or just dormant) but they are already a public hazard (slightest change… Problem)