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View Poll Results: Should we stop sending people/aid to Ebola infected nations?
Yes 92 42.59%
No 95 43.98%
Other 17 7.87%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 216. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-09-2014, 10:59 AM
 
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I think it's likely one or more of the people in that apartment will be diagnosed with Ebola. If this does not happen, a bigger question will be , why not?
Why would that be a big question?

Ebola is not an easy disease to transmit. It's possible he gave it to 1 or 2 or even all 3 of the people in that apartment. It's equally as possible that he gave it to none of them.

 
Old 10-09-2014, 11:00 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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How about if we send them the bills for all the care, housing, food, clean up, and then sue them for all the people he put in risk for LYING! Oh and let's not forget the money lost by people cancelling trips and vacations because of fear of more like this guy. We will send them the bill for all that.
Sorry to burst your outrage but the timeline now suggests Duncan was unaware he had contact with Ebola before he departed and arrived in the US.

It appears the Liberian government official who claimed he lied was mistaken, or for those prone to making all mistakes the worst moral case, the Liberian Government lied to CYA.
 
Old 10-09-2014, 11:00 AM
 
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Thing Don't Add Up About Ebola
True, the level of panic and fear does not add up to the actual threat, especially in the light of the fact that there are so many other things far more likely to kill you, heck you are more likely to be struck my lightning than to catch or die of Ebola. So maybe those in PANIC mode should simply take a few deep breaths and relax, I would suggest taking a break from the news stations for a while, they are all milking the thing like it is going out of style, as they always do.
 
Old 10-09-2014, 11:02 AM
 
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You don't let a highly contagious and deadly disease into the country unless you want it here.
Enjoy living under your bed, just be careful there might be some evil Butterflies under there and they like to lick people.
 
Old 10-09-2014, 11:03 AM
 
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Well government controls international travel so they are in bed with business no matter how much you wish it weren't true.
The Free Market doesn't need government's permission to stop flights to a region.

If it makes sense to stop flights to West Africa, then the Free Market will do it. If the Free Market doesn't do it, then that means it didn't make sense.

Who are you going to trust when it comes to evaluating and making decisions about a potential outbreak of Ebola - the government or the Free Market? Don't you know that there is nothing the government can do better or more effectively or efficiently than the Free Market?
 
Old 10-09-2014, 11:04 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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He didn't have health insurance. He was not a citizen.

Easy discussion.
It's possible but unlikely he had travel/ accident insurance for the intended duration of his trip.

Most people , including US people, don't buy such insurance, when traveling abroad.
 
Old 10-09-2014, 11:06 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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They did not stop those wheels while hundreds of Thousands die of the Flu every year so why would they for one that has killed exactly one person in the US. How many people were murdered yesterday, how many died in auto accidents, but hey, that is just a normal day and nothing to be concerned with.
First of all it's an estimate based on computer modeling, not an actual body count.
Estimating Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the United States: CDC Study Confirms Variability of Flu | Seasonal Influenza (Flu) | CDC

And they have been reporting 36,000. Where are you getting your "hundreds of thousands" from ?
That 36,000 was modeled back in 1999.
Newer models using the same data have changed that to 23,000.
Estimates of Deaths Associated with Seasonal Influenza --- United States, 1976--2007

I put that 36,000 annual flu deaths right up there with the 11 million illegals.
Same numbers for over a decade and they never change.
 
Old 10-09-2014, 11:08 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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They shut down an entire ward and an entire floor, for this guy that knew he had been in very close contact.
The timeline suggests Duncan had no way of knowing the cause of death of the pregnant girl.
 
Old 10-09-2014, 11:10 AM
 
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Enjoy living under your bed, just be careful there might be some evil Butterflies under there and they like to lick people.
I'm not sure what your comment has to do with pointing out discrepancies but thanks anyway.
 
Old 10-09-2014, 11:10 AM
 
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There is no law against disinfecting your PPE before taking it off.

A non-noxious disinfectant would be a colloidal silver/vinegar shower and using colloidal silver hand soap.

Disinfect your gloves BEFORE you take them off; they're going to get disinfected somewhere along the line, it's a matter of sequence.

Nothing wrong with using non-toxic disinfectants on, and in, the patient, periodically, either.

"Ebolavirus is susceptible to 3% acetic acid . . "

Ebolavirus - Pathogen Safety Data Sheets
Wouldn't it be a b*itch for the World Health Organization if it turned out that colloidal silver was an effective cure-treatment for ebola?

The CDC wouldn't like it.

The NIH wouldn't like it.

Big Pharma wouldn't like it.
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