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To: 21twelve

No, it is rising exponentially. This has the potential for killing 1/2 of the worlds population. The 3rd world countries will be decimated.


23 posted on 09/15/2014 6:07:31 AM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: DownInFlames
I was more interested in why it wouldn't continue that way, as I don't see why it would let up either. A common cold spreads exponentially too.

And I'm not convinced that it is only spreading because of the poor conditions in Africa. It can survive on a door handle from a sweaty hand, a cough, etc. Just as our better sanitary conditions don't stop the spread of a cold. In fact, a person in a small town in Liberia may travel 5 blocks walking from home to work, the market, etc. How many in the U.S. take the bus, then the train and the elevator going 20 miles in a day?

Our treatment may be better, but not if all of the hospitals and clinics are full. Emergency rooms are already crowded most times of the day. Minnesota has a bit over 10,000 hospital beds for the entire state. Add in temporary places run by local clinics, national Guard, etc. that might jump to 30,000?

30 posted on 09/15/2014 11:22:46 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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