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leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 11:12 AM Oct 2014

Another new conspiracy theory.

I love conspiracy theories.

The Ebola outbreak is going to cause the govt. to burn all paper money.

I couldn't figure this one out but I think it's because Ebola could possibly be spread thru touching paper money and then passing it on. Well, this one kind of makes sense. More sense than the guillotines being built all over the country so that the true believers can be beheaded.

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PeoViejo

(2,178 posts)
5. People with Fever sometimes have sweaty hands.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 06:16 PM
Oct 2014

I refrain from handling Bills as I don't know where they have been.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
7. With the current number of people who contracted ebola in the US at exactly ZERO
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 08:04 PM
Oct 2014

I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

I recommend that those terrified by ebola lock themselves into their homes, tape plastic sheeting over the windows and remain there until the outbreak in Africa burns itself out, or at least until November 5th.

former9thward

(31,981 posts)
10. Nurse in Dallas contracted it.
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 12:25 PM
Oct 2014

And she was following all CDC procedures. Dallas is in the U.S. I believe.

former9thward

(31,981 posts)
12. Ah the famous weasel words for an out.
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 12:44 PM
Oct 2014

People either day "at the current time" or they give a prediction of something happening 20 years from now knowing if they are wrong no one will ever remember it.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
13. Huh, one would think a lawyer would have some sort of sense of time lines...
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 12:54 PM
Oct 2014

What I said was true when I said it. The world is subject to change.

Now there is exactly one person who may have contracted. (Now being a bit before noon Central time Sunday, October 12, 2014 for the time impared.) Still not going to lose any sleep over it, as I am not a hospital worker who has taken care of an ebola patient, nor do I even know anyone who knows anyone who has had contact with an ebola patient

former9thward

(31,981 posts)
14. Though you may disagree I am not trying to jump on you about some word.
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 02:32 PM
Oct 2014

It is just that every disease changes over time and just because the "experts" think they know all the routes of transmission does not mean they really do. I am not worried about it either. Even if it evolved into something very easily transmitted I am not going to walk around with a HazMat suit on or even wear a mask as Asians commonly do.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
15. No, you didn't bring up the word, I did.
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 02:40 PM
Oct 2014

You were just too anxious to try to catch a faulty statement. And instead got burned because you didn't read for comprehension.

I'm sure your background makes you know more than the people that are paid to deal with fatal viri.

former9thward

(31,981 posts)
9. Ebola or no Ebola paper money is going the way of the Model T.
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 12:23 PM
Oct 2014

I never carry it anymore and many people I know don't either.

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