Texas, first declaration of Martial Law? Red state. Seems fishy that it would be Texas.
This is not nuclear physics. There is no cure or vaccine. Infected individuals may not exhibit symptoms for up to six weeks. If the government continues to allow air travelers from West Africa to enter the country, there will be more deaths and hugely expensive endemics in the United States.
declare a disaster over a “maybe”?
I think all air travel should be shut down for at least 21 days - if that is really the period during which anyone who is going to get it comes down with it.
Just seems to me it’s insanity to allow even the slightest possibility that people who are affected are traveling on airplanes - and for all we know they’re contagious before they start showing a temperature.
Air travel was shut down after 911 - it wasn’t the end of the world. The US survived. If we’re going to prevent massive ebola deaths then it seems we need drastic action.
So let me get this straight. The reason we are NOT issuing a travel ban on West Africa is there is NO risk of asymptomatic people transmitting Ebola.
But asymptomatic US HEALTHCARE WORKERS are now banned from travel and public transport?
Can we go to the gym?
Grocery store?
See a movie?
Can they go to work?
Does anyone NOT see what a cluster f##k is going to develop if more Ebola patients are allowed into the US from West Africa.
Great post. Thanks. Also…here (400+ comments)…
Thanks to all researchers/linkers/educators at FR & zh.
Health/life BUMP!
Just saw on twitter that two Solon, Ohio schools are closing because and employee was on one of the Frontier flights with the nurse.
I will laugh my rearend off if Democrat “Judge” Clay Jenkins comes down with Obola.
Will serve him right. He looked a little worried this morning
They ought to restrict his travel - and his mouth as well.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
I remember Rick Perry on FoxNews when Duncan was first taken to Presbyterian on how they were the best in the country and they would handle this with no problems. Pure blind confidence based on nothing.
America has no “outbreak” plan, we’ve spent all our money on garbage projects and ignored what we know is inevitable one day, a global pandemic. Thus, we are completely unprepared to handle one. I would be the farm if we dodge this Ebola bullet there will be all kinds of talk about shoring up our abilities but nothing but a token effort will happen, and the CDC will get back to buying new office furniture and throwing parties in Vegas.
Just like the southern Border, we’ve ignored it for 50 years and it will lead to the destruction of this country and is already doing so.
Sometimes something is so stupid it doesn’t deserve to exist, I think the US has reached this point. Imagine the history books, we will go down as perhaps the most foolish example of mankind ever. The Height of Folly, that is us.
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...