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Burlco students kept home from school amid Ebola fears
Philly.com ^ | Oct. 20, 2014 | Emily Babay

Posted on 10/20/2014 12:22:21 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative

Some students in Burlington County are being kept home from school due to fears stemming from the Ebola outbreak.

A message on the Maple Shade School District's website says students who have spent time in an unspecified part of eastern Africa were scheduled to begin classes in the district today.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arth; ebola
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Idiots....
1 posted on 10/20/2014 12:22:21 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Eastern Africa? Probably as far from Liberia as Burlington County is.


2 posted on 10/20/2014 12:27:03 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Idiots panic.


3 posted on 10/20/2014 12:27:22 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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Yes because our govt has this under control.


4 posted on 10/20/2014 12:32:58 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Oliviaforever

Idiots? You’d leave your children in school? Not sure I would.


5 posted on 10/20/2014 12:35:21 PM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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Why would you take your kids out of school because some other students went to eastern Africa?


6 posted on 10/20/2014 12:38:53 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Simple - out of “an abundance of caution” and because I don’t trust the government to have screened the returning students.


7 posted on 10/20/2014 12:41:04 PM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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Why would the returning students need to be screened? They are from Rwanda. Not Liberia. Not Sierra Leone. Not Guinea. Not even Nigeria.


8 posted on 10/20/2014 12:44:55 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Sudan Ebola is just as deadly as Zaire Ebola, and Rwandans routinely go to “superior” Ugandan medical facilities FWIW. We are on high alert here, since 10 miles away, LRAFB is flying directly in and out of Monrovia, Liberia supporting troops on the ground. Crews spend the night in Liberia and then head back to LRAFB.


9 posted on 10/20/2014 12:56:31 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: knittnmom

Yes, due to the fact that I understand the geography of Africa, map reading and that a person that does not have Ebola cannot transmit Ebola.


10 posted on 10/20/2014 1:00:48 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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But there hasn’t been an outbreak of Sudan Ebola, nor have there been any reported cases of Ebola (Sudan or Zaire strains) in Rwanda, Uganda, or anywhere else within ~2,500 miles of where these kids are from. Quarantining them is ridiculous.


11 posted on 10/20/2014 1:01:17 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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Thank you!


12 posted on 10/20/2014 1:01:25 PM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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There is more the one outbreak of this virus. All across Africa. The Eastern outbreaks are relatively new and not out of control. Supposedly one is the Marburg strain. Very nasty.


13 posted on 10/20/2014 1:05:02 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: knittnmom

Wow.


14 posted on 10/20/2014 1:05:03 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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Why would you take your kids out of school because some other students went to eastern Africa?

Because they came back?

15 posted on 10/20/2014 1:08:42 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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There is more the one outbreak of this virus. All across Africa. Eastern outbreaks are relatively new and not out of control.

Do you have a source for ANY of this?

Supposedly one is the Marburg strain. Very nasty.

Marburg is a different virus, not a "strain" of Ebola.

16 posted on 10/20/2014 1:10:03 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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Because they came back?

Came back from a country that is ~2,500 miles from the Ebola-affected regions.

17 posted on 10/20/2014 1:10:55 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

How many thousands of miles is the US from the Ebola countries?


18 posted on 10/20/2014 1:19:12 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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How many thousands of miles is the US from the Ebola countries?

A bit less than 5,000 miles (at the closest points). What does that have to do with anything?

19 posted on 10/20/2014 1:26:00 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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Your angle is that these students are from a country far, far away from Ebola counties. The U.S. is farther away, yet we have Ebola infections here. I don’t blame the parents one bit for keeping their kids home.


20 posted on 10/20/2014 1:30:00 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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