Posted on 10/13/2014 7:01:26 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Julie Bishop will not let the workers go to west Africa until treatment and evacuation plans are in place
Australia will not send health workers to Ebola outbreak zones until their welfare can be guaranteed.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Our response seems to be “ready, fire, aim.”
Glad the Aussies have some common sense.
Quite the contrast.
That’s how you do it. Common sense. We look like a bunch of fools.
That’s why Barry is sending our military into the “Hot Zone” you sillies.
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...
Troops fight Ebola. Health workers fight ISIS. Makes sense.
It turns out that there is only one of those special planes for transport, in existence, and it is American owned.
That is another big oversight that we have learned about.
Some Aussies have good sense. Even though they begged for ABBA to come perform on tour and then hated ABBA after they left.
(Now WHY did I think of THAT.)
They had the rabbit plagues, they know what they are talking about.
Smart country.
Some still exercise common sense and prudence.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Have the Austrailians blocked flights and passengers from the affected areas?
Austailia is praising the Austrailian doctors that have gone to West Africa voluntarily to fight the disease. It’s simply refusing to to force doctors to go.
“I do not have in place a guarantee that should an Australian health worker — sent there by the Australian government — contract Ebola, they would be able to be transported or treated in a hospital either in the region or in Europe,” she told reporters.
“And until I have that in place we will not be sending Australian health workers,” she said.
In other news: AMERICA SENDS ALMOST 5000 TROOPS INTO DEADLY PANDEMIC HOT ZONE WHILE ISIS SURROUNDS CRUMBLING BAGDHAD!
Hate to break it to Australia but that’s kind of the point. If it wasn’t dangerous they wouldn’t need the help. It’s like withholding your firefighters until the fire is contained.
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