Tolstoy Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) So, as I write this, apparently a second case of the Ebola virus has been diagnosed in Dallas, and a patient in Boston is quarantined with a possible case of the virus. What I can't figure out is why we haven't enacted a travel ban to and from countries in Africa with an outbreak of the Ebola virus. Yes, yes, I understand that this causes a huge inconvenience for people with families in the area, or for US citizens in these countries, but isn't the threat of an outbreak of the disease in the USA sufficient reason to take this extreme measure? Why hasn't Obama done this already??? Edited October 13, 2014 by Tolstoy
DC Tom Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 So, as I write this, apparently a second case of the Ebola virus has been diagnosed in Dallas, and a patient in Boston is quarantined with a possible case of the virus. What I can't figure out is why we haven't enacted a travel ban to and from countries in Africa with an outbreak of the Ebola virus. Yes, yes, I understand that this causes a huge inconvenience for people with families in the area, or for US citizens in these countries, but isn't the threat of an outbreak of the disease in the USA sufficient reason to take this extreme measure? Why hasn't Obama done this already??? 1) Because international air travel doesn't work that way. Duncan flew to the US via Brussels...should we institute an air travel ban for Belgium, too? How about England, since lots of flights connect through Heathrow? Or the Netherlands? How many countries do we have to institute a travel ban for, for it to work? 2) The threat is becoming very over-sensationalized. Ebola does not spread easily. I'll let you look up why and how that is, since you won't believe me...but I will point out that even double the confirmed 8000 cases and 4000 deaths in six months is NOT a highly transmissible disease. Travel bans are serious overkill for a minimal threat. 3) If you're going to blame Obama for this, take it to PPP so I can abuse you properly.
/dev/null Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 OMG!!! Ebola!!! We're all gonna die! D :ph34r: MED!!!
Buffalo Barbarian Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 So, as I write this, apparently a second case of the Ebola virus has been diagnosed in Dallas, and a patient in Boston is quarantined with a possible case of the virus. What I can't figure out is why we haven't enacted a travel ban to and from countries in Africa with an outbreak of the Ebola virus. Yes, yes, I understand that this causes a huge inconvenience for people with families in the area, or for US citizens in these countries, but isn't the threat of an outbreak of the disease in the USA sufficient reason to take this extreme measure? Why hasn't Obama done this already??? they want to be pc about it.
shrader Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 I think Obama is Ebola. Seriously, have you ever seen them both in the same room?
/dev/null Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 I think Obama is Ebola. Seriously, have you ever seen them both in the same room? On a *slightly* more serious note, did anyone ever see Obama and Michael Jackson in the same room together? I mean, before MJ conveniently died a couple months after Obama took office I'm just saying...
Deranged Rhino Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 On a *slightly* more serious note, did anyone ever see Obama and Michael Jackson in the same room together? I mean, before MJ conveniently died a couple months after Obama took office I'm just saying... Complete non sequitur: The day MJ died, I was working on the set of a comedy series. Big shooting day, doing a live event at a civic center with a bunch of MMA guys and Sugar Ray Leonard. The news of MJ's death spread fast on set, and one of the guys in the production starts cracking off MJ jokes -- hilarious ones that had the whole place howling. Except Leonard. At the time, we all kind of forgot Leonard and MJ were really close, he had just had lunch with him the day before, and here this one comic was just going off on MJ for a solid ten minutes before he noticed. It was an awkward end to the day, let's just leave it at that. I still cringe when I think about it, felt really bad for Leonard... and the poor comic who had no idea.
IDBillzFan Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Ebola is just the kind of thing that will trigger regret in any progressive who ever blamed Bush for Hurricane Katrina.
DC Tom Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Ebola is just the kind of thing that will trigger regret in any progressive who ever blamed Bush for Hurricane Katrina. Can we keep this sort of crap out of the Michael Jackson discussion, please?
Donald Duck Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Can we keep this sort of crap out of the Michael Jackson discussion, please? can you guarantee me Ebola won't mutate and go airborne, please?
Azalin Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) can you guarantee me Ebola won't mutate and go airborne, please? how would it 'mutate and go airborne'? does that process require a catalyst and is this a common thing with viruses? Edited October 13, 2014 by Azalin
Nanker Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 can you guarantee me Ebola won't mutate and go airborne, please? Yes. Certainly you have my word on it. Now keep calm and breathe on.
DC Tom Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 can you guarantee me Ebola won't mutate and go airborne, please? No. I also can't guarantee you're not going to get hit by a meteorite, or mauled to death by a honey badger. So be sure to panic over those, too.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 No. I also can't guarantee you're not going to get hit by a meteorite, or mauled to death by a honey badger. So be sure to panic over those, too. Wow! DCTom trying to keep the idiots from panicking! Does he have an altruistic side? I think we MAY be seeing it folks! I said: "May." :-P
Nanker Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Just think of it as a form of "population control". Chris Brown does.
DC Tom Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Wow! DCTom trying to keep the idiots from panicking! Does he have an altruistic side? I think we MAY be seeing it folks! I said: "May." No, I'm just telling them they're idiots. Of course they're going to panic.
DC Tom Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Conclusive proof the Ebola outbreak is man-made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNPrH87AZVo
Deranged Rhino Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Conclusive proof the Ebola outbreak is man-made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNPrH87AZVo Love those things. It's like people completely forget about "The Hot Zone" or that there was a fairly popular movie made about Ebola that came out in 1995.
DC Tom Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 Love those things. It's like people completely forget about "The Hot Zone" or that there was a fairly popular movie made about Ebola that came out in 1995. There's an even better one that links it to the Texas State Fair. But my current favorite is that Ebola itself is a hoax: no one's gotten sick or died, "they" are just playing with the statistics to make normal deaths in Africa look like an epidemic, so "they" can vaccinate everyone with a fake vaccine against the fake disease to discredit an upcoming "vaccines cause autism" paper. It's the kind of retarded theory that JtSP would insist we have to keep an open mind about, because...pot! But you want to think of something scary? There have been two US cases so far...and five thousand "false alarms" since the first case. That's because the initial presentation of Ebola is identical to the initial presentation of any other viral infection. I repeat: the initial presentation of Ebola is identical to the initial presentation of any other viral infection. And flu season is coming.
Deranged Rhino Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 There's an even better one that links it to the Texas State Fair. But my current favorite is that Ebola itself is a hoax: no one's gotten sick or died, "they" are just playing with the statistics to make normal deaths in Africa look like an epidemic, so "they" can vaccinate everyone with a fake vaccine against the fake disease to discredit an upcoming "vaccines cause autism" paper. It's the kind of retarded theory that JtSP would insist we have to keep an open mind about, because...pot! But you want to think of something scary? There have been two US cases so far...and five thousand "false alarms" since the first case. That's because the initial presentation of Ebola is identical to the initial presentation of any other viral infection. I repeat: the initial presentation of Ebola is identical to the initial presentation of any other viral infection. And flu season is coming. I hadn't considered that... CNN must be drooling at the thought of that.
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