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100 N.J. residents with no Ebola symptoms being monitored at home, state says
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221621/posts
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NYC tracking 117 people for Ebola symptoms
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221624/posts
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Spanish Intel — Jihidist Plot to Weaponise Ebola
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221557/posts
Breitbart London:
(VIDEO-AT-LINK) Spanish intelligence has intercepted messages passed between jihadists online discussing the weaponisation of the deadly Ebola virus for use against the West, while a blackmailer in Prague has threatened to unleash the virus unless the Czech Republic pay him one million bitcoin, a volume of online currency worth over £200 million. The national secretary of state for security in giving evidence to the Spanish Senate revealed online jihad propagandists had issued an edict to followers to kill Westerners by any means possible. Some of the methods suggested included “deadly chemical products from laboratories”, “poisonous injections” and “Ebola as a poisonous... [snip]
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China Is Sending An Elite Army Unit To Ebola-Hit Liberia
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221606/posts
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Fearing Ebola? Doctors Say Get Flu Shot...
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/fearing-ebola-doctors-flu-shot-26574214
[I had a flu shot last week primarily because of ebola. Been avoiding them for over a decade. Other than feeling lame and suffering dizzy spells, no long term ill affects — thank God. Just saying, we might not want to visit clinics any time soon, especially if having the flu leads to being herded to a communal quarantine tent. I don’t expect this misanthropic president to encourage individual isolation for quarantines. ]
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Senate campaign ad [Deleware]: Chris Coons & Ebola
[actual headline ...]
Delaware TV gets the hottest U.S. Senate campaign ad: Chris Coons Ebola Zone
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221512/posts
Incumbent Democrat Freshman Chris Coons is the Chair of the Africa Subcommittee in the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate. Thus, Republican Kevin Wade accuses Coons of failing to perform his job for Delaware and the nation over the preceding year since the Ebola outbreak began in the Fall of 2013. Wade alleges that Senator Coons is the Democrats’ and Senate’s #1 voice on Africa as well as eyes and ears... [snip]
[Bad idea for natonal campaign as a whole? Depends on how wimpy the GOP is after the D.isease Party retaliation.]
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Why Ebola Quarantines Will Grow Larger — And More Troubling
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221486/posts
[Scott Gottlieb / Forbes agree that the flu season could heavily increase the need for quarantines.]
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Just let Kaci Hickox have a pizza (The Left’s New Poster Girl)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3221440/posts
“... a Bangor Daily News reporter tweeted this photo of the pizza being delivered...”
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Executive Order 12452 [1983 quarantine policy]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3221404/posts
[Speaking of the 1980s, we had another poorly managed outbreak — AIDS. Homosexuals demanded it not be quarantined, and so they suffered the consequences along with thousands of others.]
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Where’s the czar? Ebola raises management questions
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221396/posts
[My guess would be that Rush has good instincts — the czar is out greasing some palms, such as perhaps the AP which admitted a news blackout. Not something you want to ‘photo-op’.]
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WHO: Liberia’s Ebola Infection Rate Declines
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221395/posts
[Got to wonder — did the Ebola Czar part with some ‘walking around’ money to get this timely update?]
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Business returns at bowling alley visited by Ebola patient, Dr. Craig Spencer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221394/posts
The Williamsburg bowling alley visited by the New York City doctor with Ebola is receiving an outpouring of support from the community. Dr. Craig Spencer was at The Gutter the night before he became the first person in the city diagnosed with the virus, but regular customers have been hitting the lanes again. The Gutter was temporarily closed for a thorough cleaning, and... [snip]
[Sure, the first and high-profile businesses can be supported by the public. But if it becomes a wide-scale problem then there will be too many victims to support.]
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CHRIS CHRISTIE FIRES BACK AT OBAMA: WE NEED LEADERSHIP ON EBOLA NOT LECTURES [Not his BFF anymore]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221376/posts
... his policy was based on “common sense.” “If you’ve been a healthcare worker who’s been directly exposed to the virus, active virus, and you come back to the U.S. you should quarantine for 21 days,” he said simply. Referring to Obama’s statement on the quarantine issue, Christie alluded that he was tired of being lectured for taking action in his state. “I don’t know when the White House is going to get... [snip]
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Obama’s quarantine remarks draw fire from military spouses
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221353/posts
... The president’s comments sparked immediate criticism online, including from military spouses who said soldiers were also “volunteers” whose time away from family and loved ones was not any less valuable than for civilian volunteers. “The President’s comments on the differences between the quarantine policies for members of the military and civilian volunteers seemed to dismiss the fact that every member of military has, indeed, volunteered to serve,” said Rebekah Gleaves Sanderlin, Army wife and board member for the Military Family Advisory Network. “In pointing out that the civilian volunteers would be sacrificing time away from their families, the President... [snip]
[In a sane nation, this hypocracy alone would be perceieved as a clear high crime and misdemeanor. It’s a calous, lingering, multi-day insult-cluster by the C-i-C whether intended or not.]
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Louisiana tells anyone who’s been exposed to Ebola: Stay away
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221548/posts
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North Korea to quarantine all foreigners because of Ebola fears (for 21 days)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221580/posts
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Ebola Outbreak Has Had Little Effect On African Cocoa Supply
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3221317/posts
West Africa is the world’s largest producer of cocoa beans with an estimated 73% of the world’s beans coming from the area, according to the International Cocoa Association. To date, the disease has not affected cocoa production and cocoa operations continue uninterrupted even as cocoa farmers on the Ivory Coast ramp up exports as a preventative measure...
[Sigh of relief! emphasis ... melodramatic.]
[ ~~~~~~~ end of ebola post ~~~~~~~ ]