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Ebola Hysteria Redux
Canada Free Press ^ | 08/06/14 | Michael Fumento

Posted on 08/06/2014 6:44:58 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony

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1 posted on 08/06/2014 6:44:59 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
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I just remember when Big Media told us the Swine Flu was the end of the world.

What changed?


2 posted on 08/06/2014 6:48:11 PM PDT by DManA
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‘What changed?”

It turned out that Swine Flu could be stopped by...washing your hands!


3 posted on 08/06/2014 6:51:38 PM PDT by DBrow
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I remember when SARS was the plague du jour. After it had spread to Turkey some doctor did some testing in an affected village. Half of the people who came down with it had died, a handful. The doc tested everyone in the village instead of just those who came to the doctor. Turns out everyone in the village had antibodies for it. The actual death rate then was rather less than the ̀50 per cent or more that was widely advertised More like 2 per cent. And in a village in the hinterlands the sanitation would have something to do with that high rate.
4 posted on 08/06/2014 6:52:45 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: DManA

Yeah, but Ebola is really scary. It seems gross. Nobody wants it. Kind of like how we feel about Obama.


5 posted on 08/06/2014 6:53:02 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Sean_Anthony

A panic is always a good time to read about the causes of the disease and related diseases. I had thought, a hemorrhagic fever virus was one type of virus. It turns out, there are five virus families causing different types of hemorrhagic fever from Ebola to Dengue, to Yellow Fever to Lassa Fever to name a few of the better known ones. Tropical climates seem to go with most of them but not all. Supportive care is all you can do with most but such care can save lives. Isolation is critical in the more serious varieties.

Obviously, with such a large number of dangerous diseases, we need to study them. Diagnosis is the key along with isolation. Complacency could kill a lot of people. So could actual panic.


6 posted on 08/06/2014 7:26:28 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Sean_Anthony; wita
Mr. Fumento totally misses the point. That point is; the treasonous administration brought a dread disease into the country!

And that means over a century's worth of public health efforts are being ignored and reversed. Diseases are stopped at the border, not welcomed in.

But this administration has welcomed Ebola into our country and now feels free to do so with anything else, such as placing diseased illegal aliens in every state. We had a healthy country through diligence and hard work. Now that is being systematically destroyed.

Hysterical? No. Justifiably outraged? We d__n well should be!

7 posted on 08/06/2014 7:29:18 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: DManA

What changed is that the public will support CLOSING OUR BORDERS if there’s a 90% death plague on the loose.

That doesn’t fit the agenda.


8 posted on 08/06/2014 7:38:32 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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So does this mean I can’t run into the street naked and cry out “Obola is coming”?


9 posted on 08/06/2014 7:57:23 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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Hey, we can't stop you....
10 posted on 08/06/2014 8:07:05 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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>> the treasonous administration brought a dread disease into the country <<

Sure. Franklin Graham and his organization, Samaritan’s Purse, got together with Obama himself in the darkness of night and conspired to bring Dr. Brantly back.

/s


11 posted on 08/06/2014 8:23:27 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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A poster that then doesn’t participate. Why is that?


12 posted on 08/06/2014 8:30:00 PM PDT by upchuck (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
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To: Sean_Anthony; Gilbo_3; Impy; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; stephenjohnbanker

Sounds like a government cover story, the truth is much worse.....it can only be...
....they are hiding a zombie epidemic.


13 posted on 08/06/2014 9:00:22 PM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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Nor would I want to prevent you from doing such.


14 posted on 08/06/2014 9:28:34 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (The zombies here elected alcee hastings. TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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To: sickoflibs; GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj

Are you watching “The Strain” on FX? ;d

A quasi-realistic take on Vampires.

The bad guys tried to make it look like a corporate and government cover-up and everybody was quick to buy that story.


15 posted on 08/06/2014 10:23:30 PM PDT by Impy (Think for yourself)
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To: arthurus

Unfortunately, nobody seems to be developing antibodies to Ebola.


16 posted on 08/06/2014 10:34:09 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs (.)
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Unfortunately, nobody seems to be developing antibodies to Ebola.

Sure, they are. That's why serum from a survivor can be used to treat a person with a newly acquired infection.

17 posted on 08/06/2014 10:44:46 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: sickoflibs
sadly, the hype is prolly going to prove to be more dangerous than the *epidemic* in the destruction of freedom...

remember to never let a crisis go to waste and all...either that or we really are screwed by the obambams playing with a jr chemisty set...

18 posted on 08/07/2014 3:13:53 AM PDT by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
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To: dforest
Yeah, but Ebola is really scary. It seems gross. Nobody wants it. Kind of like how we feel about Obama.

Be nice. That comparison sounds like hate speech - against Ebola.

19 posted on 08/07/2014 4:42:01 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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RE :”sadly, the hype is prolly going to prove to be more dangerous than the *epidemic* in the destruction of freedom...
remember to never let a crisis go to waste and all...either that or we really are screwed by the obambams playing with a jr chemisty set..”

If I lived in Africa I would be worried but since it's not airborne and must be transmitted through fluids, I guess this will replace the aids epidemic in Africa. Wika says this :
The potential for widespread EVD infections is considered low as the disease is only spread by direct contact with the secretions from someone who is showing signs of infection.[17] The quick onset of symptoms makes it easier to identify sick individuals and limits a person's ability to spread the disease by traveling. Because dead bodies are still infectious, some doctors disposed of them in a safe manner, despite local traditional burial rituals.[20] “

The invasion on our Southern border is definitely a real problem to us unlike this.

20 posted on 08/07/2014 5:18:53 AM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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