Paul is stressing that Ebola is actually easier to contract than AIDS if you come in contact with someone who is effected. This message is reflected in the CDC information about the two diseases. The CDC states that “only certain fluids—blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, and breast milk—from an HIV-infected person can transmit HIV.”
In an interview with Bloomberg Politics’ Mark Halperin set to air on the new With All Due Respect show tonight, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) expressed his criticism of the way President Barack Obama’s administration has handled the Ebola issue over the last few weeks.
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Paul accused the White House of not “being completely forthright” with the American people about how Ebola is transferred. “They have so wanted to downplay this that they really, I don’t think, have been very accurate in their description of the disease,” he said.
When officials said Ebola can only be contracted through a “mixture of bodily fluids through direct contact,” Paul said he immediately thought of AIDS. “You don’t get AIDS at a cocktail party, so my level of alarm goes down,” he said.
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