Ebola: It's Here!

Hijinx

Well-Known Member
I suppose that urging health officials to stop flights in from Africa and to quarantine those flying in from there would not be politically correct.

Can't help but think where we would be today had we quarantined those with AIDS. but that wasn't politically correct either.
 

LibertyBeacon

Unto dust we shall return
I suppose that urging health officials to stop flights in from Africa and to quarantine those flying in from there would not be politically correct.

For the love of kee-rist you are one stupid mother####er. Did you bother to read the article?

The dude wasn't presenting symptoms when he left Liberia. Only those presenting with a fever are prevented from boarding a plane. He didn't have a a fever when he left Liberia.

As to your other moronic comment about quarantine … do you realize how stupid that is? If you prevent anyone from from that region from flying at all, it will just cause them to seek other paths for transit, like a stowaway for example. You know, transit paths which aren't likely to have any medical personnel giving these people a gander before they leave. Think it through, dummy. If you were in a country with a quarantine in effect, would you want to stay if you thought you weren't sick?

Have you ever considered shoving yourself through a wood chipper? I'll give an assist if you'd like.
 

mAlice

professional daydreamer
For the love of kee-rist you are one stupid mother####er. Did you bother to read the article?

The dude wasn't presenting symptoms when he left Liberia. Only those presenting with a fever are prevented from boarding a plane. He didn't have a a fever when he left Liberia.

As to your other moronic comment about quarantine … do you realize how stupid that is? If you prevent anyone from from that region from flying at all, it will just cause them to seek other paths for transit, like a stowaway for example. You know, transit paths which aren't likely to have any medical personnel giving these people a gander before they leave. Think it through, dummy. If you were in a country with a quarantine in effect, would you want to stay if you thought you weren't sick?

Have you ever considered shoving yourself through a wood chipper? I'll give an assist if you'd like.

You must be delightful to live with.
 

GURPS

INGSOC
PREMO Member
What a basement that would be with LB and the boy......

And BTW, heard yesterday British Airways is halting all flights from that portion of Africa through the end of the year.

there was a time, the country would have protected itself and refused any travel from Africa .... until such time this burned itself out
 

Hijinx

Well-Known Member
Did you ever read history? Just wondering. Thousands of people used to be kept in quarantine at Ellis Island when entering this country.
Animals are still quarantined. Gee: Must be a reason.
Certainly anyone living in a country under quarantine would want to leave. That is all the more reason to have the quarantine.
How much sense does it make to just take someones temperature before allowing them on a plane when the disease takes up to 21 days to appear?
I could take a hundred people who have been exposed to the disease and take their temperature the next day and not see one of them infected.
You think it's a good idea to let them walk around in our country?
Maybe you should think again the reason for a 21 day quarantine.

This Ebola thing is not your run of the mill disease, that we can allow people who may have been exposed to walk around our country exposing others to.
 

mAlice

professional daydreamer
I think this article inadvertently brings up some interesting points.

Top ten things you need to do NOW to protect yourself from an uncontrolled Ebola outbreak
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/047078_Ebola_outbreak_preparedness_personal_protection.html#ixzz3EtcT161v

-Or, if you prefer to die, just follow the CDC's official advice to "wash your hands" and wait around for an experimental vaccine while doing nothing to help yourself in the interim.

-medical quarantine, restricts movement of transport traffic into and out of the quarantine zone, Drivers of transport vehicles refuse to make deliveries into the quarantine zone, economic collapse of the region,

-Anticipate disruptions in everything: banking, emergency services, water, power and more

-Most people seeking medical care will be sent home to die

-Medical quarantines should truthfully be called "death zones" because once they're put in place, no one is allowed to leave until they're either immune or dead... or until the viral transmission has completely halted (which usually only happens after everyone is either immune or dead).

-financial and electronic commerce disruptions

-looters

I'm sure there are even more things of concern that are not in the article.
 

LibertyBeacon

Unto dust we shall return
there was a time, the country would have protected itself and refused any travel from Africa .... until such time this burned itself out

You're probably right. Fortunately, we're a lot smarter about disease and disease vectors today then we used to be.

Everyone should really calm the #### down. The chance of this getting out of control in this country vs. an 8th world ####hole like Africa are really low.
 

LibertyBeacon

Unto dust we shall return
Did you ever read history? Just wondering. Thousands of people used to be kept in quarantine at Ellis Island when entering this country.
Animals are still quarantined.

They were kept in quarantine if they showed one or more of a range of symptoms you dummy. Exactly what they are doing now. If you present with fever, you don't get on the plane. If you are asymptomatic, you can fly. You are not contagious unless/until you show signs of fever. Being in this country is the *best* thing that could happen if you have Ebola, at least if you want a reasonable chance at surviving.
 
They were kept in quarantine if they showed one or more of a range of symptoms you dummy. Exactly what they are doing now. If you present with fever, you don't get on the plane. If you are asymptomatic, you can fly. You are not contagious unless/until you show signs of fever. Being in this country is the *best* thing that could happen if you have Ebola, at least if you want a reasonable chance at surviving.
So what about that first trip he made to the hospital when he was presenting with symptoms of being sick and was feeling sick enough to seek emergency care? He WAS infectious at that time when he checked in at triage, sat in a waiting room of many other folks some of whom had compromised health for other ailments, he then was checked out by the medical team, then sent back home. That's a LOT of people exposed to this dude while he WAS contagious. What about those people, huh? If even one of them have been contaminated they are right this very minute getting ready to expose a number of other folks to this virus just and he did. BTW, the 2nd trip to the hospital also exposed a new number of people to the virus before it was recognized he had to be quarantined.
 

mAlice

professional daydreamer
So what about that first trip he made to the hospital when he was presenting with symptoms of being sick and was feeling sick enough to seek emergency care? He WAS infectious at that time when he checked in at triage, sat in a waiting room of many other folks some of whom had compromised health for other ailments, he then was checked out by the medical team, then sent back home. That's a LOT of people exposed to this dude while he WAS contagious. What about those people, huh? If even one of them have been contaminated they are right this very minute getting ready to expose a number of other folks to this virus just and he did. BTW, the 2nd trip to the hospital also exposed a new number of people to the virus before it was recognized he had to be quarantined.

This. This scares the hell outta' me.
 
Top