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Ebola's Warning for an Unprepared America
WSJ ^ | 9/16/14 | Scott Gottlieb And Tevi Troy

Posted on 09/17/2014 11:02:41 AM PDT by Kartographer

The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general just issued a highly critical report finding that DHS lacks sufficient supplies and preparedness to handle a domestic pandemic. Thirteen years ago, soon after the 9/11 attacks, letters laced with anthrax killed five Americans. Just as 9/11 revealed the country's vulnerabilities to terror attacks, the anthrax episode exposed the need for better routine surveillance and strategic stockpiling of key countermeasures against viral outbreaks or bioterror attacks. We're still far less prepared than we should be, and far more vulnerable than we're admitting.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ebola
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To: TADSLOS

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61 posted on 09/18/2014 5:36:57 AM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: Gator113

JV Obama promised “shovel ready jobs” -— he meant: Mass Graves!!

((((
Ding! Ding! We have a winner!


62 posted on 09/18/2014 5:39:32 AM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: Bigg Red
to prepare us mentally for when the Soros Administration declares martial law
With the death of the Soviet Union, there was no more "boogie-man" for the gubmint to protect us from. But soon enough, terrorism was elevated to "boogie-man" status.
After more than a decade at war, terrorism just isn't getting the attention the gubmint thinks it deserves, and a majority of Americans now realize that gloBull warming is a hoax.
So next in line are (nearly) incurable diseases. What, there are none in the US? Well, let's go to Africa and bring some home!
63 posted on 09/18/2014 5:43:39 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Bigg Red
"Yours are rhetorical questions, I am sure."

They are silent screams into the empty blackness of space.

64 posted on 09/18/2014 9:46:04 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: tet68
"Could Ebola survive long enough to be sent through the mail?"

About 21 hours on a dry surface--probably much longer if in some sort of damp solution.


65 posted on 10/01/2014 12:08:49 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Pollster1; tet68
"That would be unlikely. There are other modes of spread that would be simple, even with limited specialized skills and knowledge."

Yep, like surfaces in convenience stores, fuel nozzle handles, fuel dispenser buttons, hot springs places, ski resorts, etc.


66 posted on 10/01/2014 12:13:16 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: familyop

You can do much better, but I don’t think it is productive to speculate in that direction.


67 posted on 10/01/2014 12:18:50 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi; Kartographer
"Not to worry, K. Our unionized militarized police forces will be on the front line attacking the Ebola virus, courtesy of Homeland Security."

Yep. They won't hesitate to arrest nervous, sweaty people who may or may not have Ebola. Should be interesting in situations like that in Ferguson.


68 posted on 10/01/2014 12:26:53 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

69 posted on 10/01/2014 12:27:59 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: lostboy61
Oh I see it's us on the outside that are not ready as the bunker door closes.

Thanks for the reminder. I need to buy a welder...

70 posted on 10/01/2014 12:32:48 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Pollster1

That’s true. I was only speculating on how travelers might spread it without even knowing it.


71 posted on 10/01/2014 1:07:57 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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