President Obama greets Ebola survivor Nina Pham with a hug

President of the United States Barack Obama, currently and for two more years the leader of the most powerful democracy in the world, sought to calm persistent Ebola-based fears this week when he gave a warm hug to Nina Pham, a nurse who had contracted the disease.

Pham was one of the first American citizens to come down with Ebola during the recent spate of infections. She is a nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, which is where Thomas Eric Duncan was being treated.

She tested positive for the disease on October 11, and was declared Ebola-free on October 24.

Which, coincidentally, was the same day that the President had her call on him.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the president was “not at all concerned” about catching the deadly virus.

So far, two cases of Ebola have been contracted in the United States. In addition, four cases were first diagnoses in America, and five patient have been brought to America for treatment.

That brings the total number of cases of Ebola within American borders to eleven. Eleven is the number of people confirmed to have Ebola in the United States.