There is no such thing as a pure discussion on Free Republic except maybe some of the devotional threads in the religion forum.
They go all over the place in a stream of consciousness type of pinball. I can see how a big issue can connect with another story, as with the ‘borders’ comment. And while ebola won’t be that disease — as someone has pointed out, the carriers would be dead — other deadly diseases might well be.
That said, I am impressed by the courage of these medical teams treating this illness.
Devotional and caucus threads.
That's true but these immigration (or anti-evolution or anti-physics or whatever) spammers frequently disrupt scientific and medical threads to the point that sincere and technical posters are discouraged. I long for the days of Judith Anne, Mother Abigail and others.
If you recall, about three weeks ago someone from the medical community commented that the immigrants had a variety of diseases. The 0bama Regime immediately clamped down and imposed gag orders.