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In reply to the discussion: What We’re Afraid to Say About Ebola [View all]grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)45. Need money for war, thanks.
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It may become the new Black Death and alter society as it did in the 14th century.
hobbit709
Sep 2014
#1
Just a local grocery store over in the produce area. Small town, just a couple
LiberalArkie
Sep 2014
#56
If I was still working for the phone company, I would probably hear it more.
LiberalArkie
Sep 2014
#105
I would not even make appearances at our local groups HQ and if I had to it was in and out.
LiberalArkie
Sep 2014
#107
Unless something truly bizarre, worthy of perhaps a comic book or bad horror novel, happens.........
AverageJoe90
Sep 2014
#63
Couple things. It's pretty well documented that when pigs get sick, they tend to do it in a very
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2014
#108
We are all afraid to face the fact that that ebola could come to our own community.
JDPriestly
Sep 2014
#3
We don't put them on pikes, we just burn and blow up innocent children and others. There is no diff
jtuck004
Sep 2014
#54
It'd only spread to the West if we suddenly decide to become completely careless.
AverageJoe90
Sep 2014
#64
Hal Rogers, Chairman of the House Appropriations committee slashed the Ebola budget to $40 million.
greatlaurel
Sep 2014
#4
It's much more than one city and has nothing to do with concerns over surplus population
IDemo
Sep 2014
#19
I think if people start showing up infected after coming from from Nigeria
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2014
#92
If anyone wants to see what a libertarian society would be like, all they have to do is look
LiberalArkie
Sep 2014
#25
this is an opinion piece by the Director of Infectious Disease Research & Policy
magical thyme
Sep 2014
#41
ok, I agreed with your disapproval of a single word in the article. so the strain mattered
magical thyme
Sep 2014
#57
I would bet that, if there is a list of people who would get an Ebola vaccine first, Congress is on
djean111
Sep 2014
#30
Just hope you're immune when it comes through town. The Flu killed 20 million a hundred years ago.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2014
#46
"The Flu killed 20 million a hundred years ago." And that was mainly due to poor sanitation.........
AverageJoe90
Sep 2014
#62
Again, poor sanitation and lack of medical knowledge were among the primary reasons....
AverageJoe90
Sep 2014
#71
The reason it killed young people was that all the older ones -- fifty and older --
SheilaT
Sep 2014
#83
the first possibility is the more likely, and in fact Lagos already has ebola
magical thyme
Sep 2014
#72
Actually they've- so far- done a decent job of containing it in Lagos, given the circumstances.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2014
#90
Hopefully it will be contained within the countries now affected with another hope
Iliyah
Sep 2014
#70
Odd how the show "The Last Ship" just finished its first season while this is happening.
7962
Sep 2014
#78
You're welcome! I didnt know there was a BOOK! Guess I should read the credits closer.
7962
Sep 2014
#101
Let me start by saying that this ebola outbreak is something I've been worried about since April.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2014
#82
Aeresols are one thing, real airborne transmission is another AFAIUI.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2014
#112
It's different primarily because in the past it broke out in remote villages
magical thyme
Sep 2014
#111
What scares me are armageddonist types WANTING Ebola to be a fulfillment of prophesy....
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#94