NIH’s Dr. Fauci Explains Ebola ‘Clipboard Guy’ to CNN

The Ebola #falseflag theories got going in ernest this week at the specter of “clipboard guy,” who can be seen in a video during the transfer of an Ebola patient not in a hazmat suit. Everybody had a nice freakout (IS THE EBOLA OUTBREAK A HOAX?!?!?!) before it turned out that he was in plainclothes by design.

But still State of the Union host Candy Crowley asked National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci about him Sunday morning, either feigning ignorance or not watching her own network’s reporting when she said “this was hard to understand.”

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“Okay,” Fauci said, with noticeably impatience. “You’re talking about direct contact with body fluid. So the risk of that person walking next to them is essentially zero.”

In fact, protocol recommends having one person out of hazmat gear, as the full-body suits can limit hearing and visibility.

Fauci added that for public relations purposes perhaps clipboard guy should have been wearing some sort of protective gear.

Watch the clip below, via CNN:

[Image via screengrab]

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