The Quiet before the Storm...

[lynn]

The answer to all of your questions is no for all of them.

[Perianne]

[PolWatch]

because they were Americans?

[Kurmugeon]

because they were Americans?

I believe that Thomas Duncan was a Liberian Citizen, who had applied for American Citizenship, but it was not yet granted.

In any case, he was a scum who lied to board an aircraft illegally, for his own selfish needs and wants, and in the process exposed his own family, and hundreds of millions of others, needlessly, to a potentially fatal disease.

I have little sympathy for Thomas Duncan.

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[PolWatch]

I was thinking of the health care workers who were returned to the US for treatment.

[donttread]

So, we've argued, demanded, shaken our heads, recoiled in horror at the grizzly photos of victims, stammered in shock at the stupidity... and finally fallen silent in emotional fatigue and dismay at the American Reaction to the first wave of Ebola events.

Now we lie in silent calm, worn out and numb, in the moments of stillness before the gathering storm.

It is not over, far from it. 150 people a day come to America from Western Africa Hot Zones. Several hundred Americans exposed to Duncan and/or his Ebola Positive Nursing Staff, circulate among U.S.

It is not a matter of IF, it is simply a matter of When.

And of all of the blunders, gaffs, and discovered pitfalls and holes in our Ebola Preparedness... have we actually LEARNED and Corrected ANYTHING?

Have we thoroughly trained and practiced Ebola treatment and containment protocols by our Hospital and ER staff?

Do we have a supply of Bio-Waste Storage Containers, and a plan on what to do with them, once full?

Do we have an extra supply of IV-Fluid Bags, Tyvex Gowns, Nitrile Gloves, Face Masks, Hoods, Tape, Booties and body bags on hand at all hospitals?

Do we have road barriers, spike strips, signage, and roadway choke points identified for cutting off travel from widely affected cities?

Do we have Fuel and Delivery Hardware, Concrete Barriers, and Front Loaders for carrying massed corpses to Box-O-Flame improvised incinerators set aside?

Have you made your peace with estranged family members and God?

By the timing of the virus, and its spread, we are now in calm before the next wave...

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The travel ban is long overdue . The sheep are not sufficiently cowed yet . ( yes pun intended)

[Common Sense]

The OP treats it like a zombie apocalypse that will run wild in the streets. Yes, it's killed 4000 people in west Africa. The population of Liberia alone is 4 million. Certainly I'm not a statistician, but that certainly isn't 2/3 of their population being wiped out. This isn't the Spanish flu, this isn't TB and this isn't the zombie apocalypse.

The danger behind the hysteria is that the hysteria poses a potentially bigger risk and cost. Hospitals flooded with people who think they have ebola, the closing of schools and businesses, the loss of important tourist dollars and the real cost to the economy. Be smart, use common sense, but for the love of god, stop freaking the $#@! out.

[Peter1469]

Right. The danger for the US is panic.

The OP treats it like a zombie apocalypse that will run wild in the streets. Yes, it's killed 4000 people in west Africa. The population of Liberia alone is 4 million. Certainly I'm not a statistician, but that certainly isn't 2/3 of their population being wiped out. This isn't the Spanish flu, this isn't TB and this isn't the zombie apocalypse.

The danger behind the hysteria is that the hysteria poses a potentially bigger risk and cost. Hospitals flooded with people who think they have ebola, the closing of schools and businesses, the loss of important tourist dollars and the real cost to the economy. Be smart, use common sense, but for the love of god, stop freaking the $#@! out.

[Kurmugeon]

Yea, just like climate scientists know what is coming based on their models and simulations.

Another Leftie who is supremely confident that they are immune to Ebola..... Why?