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What script is that?
The one Rappoport writes?
No, that would be you.
Sorry, but Rappoport is a wackjob - and anyone who takes him seriously needs to have his head examined or ease up on their recreational drugs.
I've no interest in the guy or in anything he has to say.
My time is too important to waste it on the likes of him.
But if you like fiction, go ahead and read his blog.
Me, I've got better things to do - like take a nap.
Ken
PS - I wonder when Rappoport will re-appear on Noory's show alongside those folks who are "experts" on those subterranian reptilian aliens, demon spirits, and those stupid "2012 end of the world" theories. He fits right in with those clowns.
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Christ, this topic is 50 pages too long.
Ebola is not even remotely close to being near a global epidemic.
First of all, Ebola has been around for a while. It's been a problem in various parts of the Middle East and Africa for decades. Now that an American has it, we think the threat is more real, when it really isn't.
Ebola doesn't spread through the air, it's spread through physical contact, so air travel really isn't a concern so long as the victim is kept a reasonable distance from others. Basically, don't let them spit, bleed, vomit, or dedicate on any open sores, cuts, in your mouth, or any other way a boldly secretion from them can get into your body. Keep the victims away from others and those who are working with the victims should wear protective clothing and handle with care (this included handling the bodies of dead victims).
This disease can be contained with relative caution. We'd have to do something drastically stupid to actually cause this to become a global pandemic.
you got a lot of faith in humanity I don't!!! all it takes is one or two whack job ISIS or other terror groups to infect themselves and spread it all over Africa.. people have done it with aids why not Ebola.?? if Ebola gets into like 10 African countries it will be really hard to stop. it will leap like wild fire does in high winds!!! 5 African countries already have it, and I doubt they will contain it..
you got a lot of faith in humanity I don't!!! all it takes is one or two whack job ISIS or other terror groups to infect themselves and spread it all over Africa.. people have done it with aids why not Ebola.?? if Ebola gets into like 10 African countries it will be really hard to stop. it will leap like wild fire does in high winds!!! 5 African countries already have it, and I doubt they will contain it..
First off, ebola would be a poor choice for such a "weapon" because you can't pass it along until you are already pretty obviously sick.
Secondly, disease doesn't care who it infects and such disease would spread to ISIS home territory just as it would spread here. The difference is, HERE we have modern facilities to isolate and treat cases, in ISIS territory that's not so much the case. The result is that it would affect THEM far more than it would US.
All in all, while it COULD happen, it's a REALLY LOUSY plan.
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First off, ebola would be a poor choice for such a "weapon" because you can't pass it along until you are already pretty obviously sick.
Secondly, disease doesn't care who it infects and such disease would spread to ISIS home territory just as it would spread here. The difference is, HERE we have modern facilities to isolate and treat cases, in ISIS territory that's not so much the case. The result is that it would affect THEM far more than it would US.
All in all, while it COULD happen, it's a REALLY LOUSY plan.
Ken
I think its more contagious than what they are saying.. terrorist use what ever methods they can, usually low budget ones..
look at Hamas shooting rockets at Israel, that's like a mouse poking an elephant .. every time the mouse pokes the beast the beast stomps on it..
I think its more contagious than what they are saying.. terrorist use what ever methods they can, usually low budget ones..
look at Hamas shooting rockets at Israel, that's like a mouse poking an elephant .. every time the mouse pokes the beast the beast stomps on it..
Well, for a disease that is "more contagious than what they are saying" doctors have been remarkably successful in stomping out outbreaks for 3 decades now. If it was that contagious it would have spread big time decades ago. Even the current outbreak, large as it is (and compared to past outbreaks it's huge) is in reality pretty small when compared to outbreaks of other diseases around the globe. There's about 2,000 cases worldwide. That's a drop in the bucket. There's 60 TIMES that many HIV cases in Florida ALONE (as an example).
Ebola is a frightening disease because it strikes hard and fast and kills so many of the people who get infected - but it doesn't spread easily. If it DID it would have spread all over a longggggg time ago. Look how quickly new strains of the flu spread each year, or even norovirus. Ebola is a slow poke in that regard. It just hasn't spread very quickly. Even this current outbreak - as big as it is - is pretty small for an outbreak that's been going on for 4 months or so - especially when you consider that the doctors treating it are working under very primative conditions. Malaria cases would have been in the tens of thousands by now.
Well, for a disease that is "more contagious than what they are saying" doctors have been remarkably successful in stomping out outbreaks for 3 decades now. If it was that contagious it would have spread big time decades ago. Even the current outbreak, large as it is (and compared to past outbreaks it's huge) is in reality pretty small when compared to outbreaks of other diseases around the globe. There's about 2,000 cases worldwide. That's a drop in the bucket. There's 60 TIMES that many HIV cases in Florida ALONE (as an example).
Ebola is a frightening disease because it strikes hard and fast and kills so many of the people who get infected - but it doesn't spread easily. If it DID it would have spread all over a longggggg time ago. Look how quickly new strains of the flu spread each year, or even norovirus. Ebola is a slow poke in that regard. It just hasn't spread very quickly. Even this current outbreak - as big as it is - is pretty small for an outbreak that's been going on for 4 months or so.
Ken
Because it was isolated.
It was never an international threat.
It is now and both the CDC and WHO acknowledged it.
Latest release from WHO (8/8): http://www.who.int/csr/don/2014_08_08_ebola/en/
-the Ebola outbreak in West Africa constitutes an ‘extraordinary event’ and a public health risk to other States;
-the possible consequences of further international spread are particularly serious in view of the virulence of the virus, the intensive community and health facility transmission patterns, and the weak health systems in the currently affected and most at-risk countries.
-a coordinated international response is deemed essential to stop and reverse the international spread of Ebola.
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I don't!!! all it takes is one or two whack job ISIS or other terror groups to infect themselves and spread it all over Africa.. people have done it with aids why not Ebola.?? if Ebola gets into like 10 African countries it will be really hard to stop. it will leap like wild fire does in high winds!!! 5 African countries already have it, and I doubt they will contain it..
