Posted on 08/10/2014 12:46:23 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe
I have spent a little time compiling links to threads about the Ebola outbreak in the interest of having all the links in one thread for future reference.
Please add links to new threads and articles of interest as the situation develops.
Thank You all for you participation.
American owned cargo vessels are commonly flagged in Liberia—different rules and liabilities, although I confess I am not completely sure how that works.
Monkeys and other nonhuman primates (NHP) may not be imported as pets under any circumstances. Importation for permitted purposes is strictly controlled through a registration process. CDC's Division of Global Migration and Quarantine administers these regulations....
Do you think travel restrictions would be of any importance to the oil import?
In ‘Digging Deep’, I had posted several Ebola links [post 149 to 238]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2636478/posts?page=149#149
[I now defer to here. Most of my links overlap. GREAT WORK!]
Just a layman’s opinion but ...
Since a ship travels more slowly than a plane, symptoms would manifest long before a tanker reaches the US. If someone legislates in a knee-jerk fashion it could be bungled, but surely we could work something out with sea trade.
But there is the political consideration. This does give Liberia ‘polical pull’. Freighters and oil tankers choose flags based on the tax burden. I don’t know how long it would take to change their national status, but a transition period could temporarily hurt oil prices I would guess.
A terrorist would have one easy time chopping up a dead Ebola victim, flying remains over to Mexico, and smuggling the plastic bagged ‘package’ across the border to an operative here in the US. From that point, anything is possible.
SECURE THE BORDER!
There would likely be significant economic impact on those nations suffering from ebola outbreaks, as ships which had been in those ports might not be allowed in ports elsewhere until the outbreak has burned out. That would amount to a trade moratorium, unless they first shipped cargoes by land or sea to other ports fro transshipment.
I am not sure how well that would play out.
I had noticed your thread, and you have some good stuff there. I also noticed Ebola had only become a recent focus on your thread, which has deep roots. Chronicle on, you are doing great work, too, and please link this thread on yours.
Not good. When they get a 'tsar' they want to 'manage' something, not eliminate it.
Regarding this ...
The US Is Scrambling To Produce The Experimental Ebola Drug ZMapp [UK/Telegraph]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3210701/posts
“...they may not be able to produce more than a few hundred treatment courses by early spring.”
I have trouble imagining what the bottleneck is here. I seriously doubt that any republican would want to block more funding of ZMapp after it offered so much promise. Tobacco isn’t the bottleneck — harvests are in the fall. And we could plant it in hothouses year-round.
I can only imagine that the Executive Branch is failing Ebola victims.
Thank you but this is where Ebola research should be concentrated. My ‘side show’ is an unfortunate accident.
Actually, I grew up on a tobacco farm. It takes the plant 3.5 to 4 months to reach maturity. I’m not exactly what tinkering they do with the plant beforehand, but I can see problems with growing a 5-6 ft. tall, 4 ft. diameter (at the bright leaf) plant in hothouses. What part of the plant are they using? (Leaf, stem, root, all?)
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