An exclusive scoop with Obama's new Ebola czar, James Ebolazar, before he is officially appointed. James is in charge of fighting the spread of the Ebola virus in the United States, and he joins us on the show to talk about how to prevent getting infected with the virus, and what to do about it.
00:00:06.000An exclusive scoop with the newly just announced, people don't even know appointed, but we have him before he's been appointed, Obama's Ebola czar.
00:00:16.000Thank you so much, sir, for being a guest on the show.
00:01:03.000Well, you know, it's very important to take preventative measures in a situation like this.
00:01:09.000And, you know, you don't want people going off the wall and thinking that Ebola is just some crazy virus that's going to destroy the whole universe because that's just truly not the case.
00:01:21.000So for preventative measures, you want to make sure that, you know, if you're going to eat food or, you know, after you go to the bathroom and...
00:01:37.000That's always a good tip to start with.
00:01:39.000But what can you do to treat Ebola, let's say once someone might have been exposed?
00:01:46.000Well, say, you know, if you were in contact, direct contact with a person that had Ebola, I would say that portion of you that had the contact with the Ebola carrier, just make sure you get some warm water and some soap if you have it, and wash that area thoroughly.
00:03:28.000How did the nurses – I guess clarify this for us since you're the authority on the issue.
00:03:32.000How did the nurses catch the Ebola virus, James?
00:03:36.000Well, it is in my expert opinion that probably these nurses were – Working in a close environment with a patient, and during that time that they were working with the Ebola patient, they probably did not have access to soap or water or hand sanitizer, and I'm guessing that they did not wash their hands.
00:06:01.000I've been working close with him the last week.
00:06:03.000We've been talking about the Ebola, and he asked me if it was okay to kind of go on with the usual business, and he was very concerned about he had a party to go to in Hollywood with Gwyneth Paltrow.