President Obama visited the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta last month to help officials reassure the public about Ebola.

Obama repeated what the supposed experts at the agency had been saying for months. First, he said, the odds of the virus making it to the U.S. were “extremely low.” Second, “in the unlikely event” that Ebola came to America, “we’ve taken new measures so that we’re prepared here at home. We’re working to help flight crews identify people who are sick, and more labs across our country now have the capacity to quickly test for the virus. We’re working with hospitals to make sure that they are prepared, and to ensure that our doctors, our nurses and our medical staff are trained, are ready, and are able to deal with a possible case safely.”