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Exponential: Ebola Cases Now Double Every 3 Weeks; CDC Warns As Many As Half A M
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2014 Sep 19, 10:53am 38,614 views 89 comments
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Vicente
2014 Sep 23, 2:02pm
Exactly... The CDC is just doing this to keep the conservatives cowering in their houses so they don't walk the street...
Why would Teabaggers care if Africans die in the millions? They haven't shown much evidence of being overly concerned about this in past.
indigenous
2014 Sep 23, 2:13pm
Why would Teabaggers care if Africans die in the millions? They haven't shown much evidence of being overly concerned about this in past.
Actually quite the opposite.
Enlightened self interest
Something I rarely see in the Ds
MisdemeanorRebel
2014 Sep 24, 1:39am
Typhoid, Malnutrition, Cholera, all much worse than Ebola so far...
Unless you are walking around through sewage and waste barefoot, I see little reason to trouble about Ebola.
"What if it goes airborne"
Diseases don't just go "Airborne" at the drop of a hat. "Hey Herpes, you wanna go airborne this morning?" "Sure, Ebola" If it hasn't happened in tens of thousands of years, it's unlikely to happen tomorrow.
Shaman
2014 Sep 24, 3:15am
Typhoid, Malnutrition, Cholera, all much worse than Ebola so far...
Unless you are walking around through sewage and waste barefoot, I see little reason to trouble about Ebola.
"What if it goes airborne"
Diseases don't just go "Airborne" at the drop of a hat. "Hey Herpes, you wanna go airborne this morning?" "Sure, Ebola" If it hasn't happened in tens of thousands of years, it's unlikely to happen tomorrow.
Yah, I don't think those are worse. More widespread, certainly, and also more of a clear and present danger to populations.
Unless Ebola comes to town. Then all bets are off. From all reports, the infection can happen if you so much as touch something an infected person touched. Here, can you imagine using an ATM or card reader at a store? Imagine how many thousands have touched that device. Ebola is scary not just because of this, but because of its high kill rate of 60%, with children and older adults at higher risk. To anyone with children, it's a worst nightmare.
Vicente
2014 Sep 24, 3:26am
There was a good Frontline documentary following healthcare workers in Sierra Leone, it's only 27 minutes watch it online it's very good.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ebola-outbreak/
Of course at that time, they predicted only 20K cases. Healthcare in Africa is overwhelmed and unable to cope. The lack of any sort of real treatment means people don't see any HOPE in going to the hospital.
Meanwhile we drop million-dollar bombs on 3 people in a pickup truck.
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