[Vaquero]

Block ALL traffic from CRAP HOLE parts of the world.

[allendale]

Obama refused to quarantine to protect the United States during the last outbreak. Suspect Trump will act differently.

[Texas Eagle]

In all eight of the previous known Ebola outbreaks in Congo,

When I first read this, I thought it said Chicago.

My apologies to Congo for confusing it with an uncivilized society.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Here’s a solution: Stop bathing in, washing clothes in, and carrying water on top of your heads from, the very rivers.

[Steve_Seattle]

One more reason to enforce the borders.

[null and void]

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[Snickering Hound]

Waaayyy too much hygiene in the West for Ebola to take hold.

India and China are another matter.

[iceskater]

1) This article quotes Tom Frieden who is a total idiot and was a complete disaster as head of the CDC. Any article that quotes him is immediately suspect.

2) I am glad to see that Trump is planning to send CDC staffers there rather than bring infecteds here.