Posted on 09/30/2014 7:40:47 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
Here is the math:
Ebola had infected about 4000 known cases by 2014-09-16.
Incubation up to 21 days.
Rate of new infections during incubation period: R2.0 (i.e. roughly doubling)
Population of earth: ~7.2 billion
Number of doublings from initial ~4000 to ~8 billion: 21
21 X 21 days = 441 days from September 16, 2014 = December 1, 2015
I could have sworn you first started on me at post 105, but at least it looks like it is over now.
Better post a link to that comment.
I have been advocating for keeping the disease there and sending them help for months, but have always been against bringing it here. So I'm not sure if there is some sort of misunderstanding here, but I'm going to raise my little WTF? flag anyway.
Ooops, wrong guy. Sorry.
Oh, youre the moron who did not want to block returning folks from Liberia yesterday. Hows that working for you?
It was this moron.
You haven’t even learned how to write a post?
You make it look like you are quoting me, when it is you that is raving about “morons”.
If you want to block American soldiers from returning from Liberia you need to speak to someone, because I don’t think that is going to happen.
How are things working for you? Are returning American soldiers and doctors who went through the military screening process causing a problem in Dallas?
This is one more time when your mother was right.
Wash yours hands.
Cover your sneeze.
Always wear clean underwear.
Don’t fart in public.
Three out of four ain’t bad.
It is okay. I was more puzzled than anything else. My position on all this has been pretty well stated, so I wasn’t sure what that was about. Thanks.
You people are arguing about nothing.
AT THIS VERY MOMENT
Islamic fighters from ISIS and Boco Haram are on the way to the US or already in the US smearing ebola on buffets and grocery counters all over America and in a few weeks it is going to hit the world like a nuclear EMP.
I went shopping at the grocery store and a thrift store and thought What if someone put germs all over?
If it’s really that bad, enjoy life while you can.
No Christmas this year.
My position is that hopefully this serves as a wake up call for the system to be ready for a real biological attack, one that is planned and delivered full bore.
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