Posted on 09/09/2014 4:29:59 PM PDT by Kartographer
According to CDC director Tom Frieden, the ‘window of opportunity’ for stopping the spread of Ebola is closing rapidly. In July, as the virus surged across west African borders, Frieden downplayed its potential to reach U.S. shores. “It is not a potential of Ebola spreading widely in the U.S.,” claimed Frieden in a preemptive effort to prevent panic. “That is not in the cards.”
The cards, apparently, have been reshuffled, as Frieden now joins a growing chorus of concerned officials around the world. “This is not just a problem for West Africa, it’s not just a problem for Africa,” Frieden said last week. “It’s a problem for the world, and the world needs to respond.”
In the United States, hospitals are quietly preparing Ebola infection wards and procedures for what many believe is the inevitable arrival of the virus on U.S. shores.
Mathematical models performed by numerous researchers suggest that anywhere from 20,000 to 100,000 people globally could contract the virus by December of this year.
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By the way, it has been completely routine and normal news that the Army has always studied Ebola and other such diseases as a bio agent,
So.... during those 'studies' did the Army ever have the virus escape the lab ?
I’m not here to answer questions for conspiracy nuts.
As a conspiracy nut, why don’t you just lay it all out for us about how we Americans are responsible for this Ebola crisis.
Just roll it on out there.
See, I knew you were afraid to answer the questions.
Besides, I’m having more fun reading your posts on the other thread where you lay out how the US ARMY has been deeply involved in researching and testing bio-weapons for the last 50 years or so.
Why not just read it in posts 20 and 40 on this thread. Your personal knowledge seems to be lacking in regards to the military, but most of us know that the Army does NBC research, and has for generations.
As you can see in post 40, your conspiracy nuttiness and anti-Americanism, is old hat.
Biological research is an area of expertise for the US Army.
“The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases is the U.S Army’s main institution and facility for defensive research into countermeasures against biological warfare. It is located on Fort Detrick, Maryland and is a subordinate lab of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), headquartered on the same installation.
USAMRIID is the only U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) laboratory equipped to study highly hazardous viruses at Biosafety Level 4 within positive pressure personnel suits.
USAMRIID employs both military and civilian scientists as well as highly specialized support personnel, in all about 800 people. In the 1950s and ‘60s, USAMRIID and its predecessor unit pioneered unique, state-of-the-art biocontainment facilities which it continues to maintain and upgrade.”
Yes, that’s all well and good.
But let me tell you, the virus is not impressed.
What a strange nonsensical response, shouldn’t you be explaining your Anti-American military, anti-American, conspiracy and trying to spread the rumor that we are murdering people in Africa in Ebola experiments?
I'm pretty sure I said that already.
No, you are doing a fine job yourself. Besides, I still think it's the virus that has outsmarted those who try to control it, no matter whether it's CDC, WHO, or USAMRIID.
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