Posted on 10/17/2014 9:57:43 AM PDT by Mozilla
The world’s leading news aggregator always stays on top of the most important stories in the world. With over a billion monthly visitors to his web site at DrudgeReport.com, it’s why thousands of media organizations follow his every post. Though seemingly a private person, there is no doubt that Matt Drudge has the inside scoop on many goings on in Washington and around the country. With contacts in high places, it stands to reason that the man behind the largest news source on the planet might get a heads up about key developments every so often.
Yesterday, after having completely wiped his social media Twitter account clean recently, Matt Drudge posted his first message in months.
It’s a simple message and very much to the point, but for those following the news of failing Ebola containment protocols it’s terrifying.
“self-quarantine”
Maybe Matt Drudge has gotten word of something that we’re not yet aware of just yet.
Or, perhaps, like any concerned citizen watching the Centers for Disease control botch the handling of Ebola, he sees the writing on the wall. The virus, as has been the case in Africa, will continue to spread.
Given what we know of the last 48 hours, the virus made it’s way from Dallas to Ohio and back when the second person to contract Ebola in America, Amber Vinson, boarded a commercial passenger plane while symptomatic. She was approved to fly after contacting the CDC and telling them she had a low-grade fever and had been a nurse treating Patient Zero Thomas Duncan.
There’s no telling how many people Vinson or Nina Pham (Patient #2) came into contact with while they were infected or where those people are now.
Given these latest developments, Matt Drudge may be right on target with his recommendation to self-quarantine.
But is it time to do that now?
Tess Pennington, author of The Prepper’s Blueprint, addresses this in her latest guide: When Should I Go Into a Full Pandemic Lockdown Mode And Self Quarantine?
Before you dismiss this as just another over-sensationalized attempt at fear mongering, understand this: Ebola has a 70% mortality rate and there is no cure.
Let’s be absolutely clear – this is not a common cold or flu. If you get Ebola, odds are you will die.
Pennington outlines several events and warning signs that should trigger your personal lockdown plan. She also goes on to provide details on what you’ll need to survive an extended quarantine in your own home.
For people who have never considered the possibility of a pandemic or large-scale emergency, it sounds simple enough. Lock the doors. No one goes in, no one goes out.
But unless you’ve planned for a pandemic in advance you can expect to run out of essential supplies like food pretty quickly. Moreover, have you considered what you’ll do if utility workers stop showing up for work and the power or water treatment plants stop functioning? What about sanitation – where will you put all that waste, especially if the sewage system goes down along with other utilities?
For those with country retreats or survival “bug outs” and the means to go off-grid, the solution is easy. For those living in cities, working full-time jobs, and kids at school it becomes a daunting task.
Nonetheless, Drudge is right. What happens if this virus continues to spiral out of control and the medical system can no longer handle it? Despite our purportedly advanced health care infrastructure, what if we go the way of West Africa? What if the CDC can’t stop it?
Then, self quarantine becomes the only viable means of prevention.
You absolutely cannot depend on the government to protect you this time. If Ebola spreads, your ability to prevent infection and survive will come down to one factor: YOU.
Are you ready for this possibility?
Time to retire early?
Maybe he is over worried that things are getting worse and if you have the symptoms then self Quarantine
Let me help me fellow Freepers. . If this worries you don’t wait until there is a line at Costco, when you finally get in the shelves will be bare. Go now and buy the items in bulk that you know you will use anyway. Buy only mouse-proof containers, and then store in plastic totes. Buy small ten pound bags of rice and beans and store those in 5 pound plastic buckets. Keep everything cool and dry. Next, AR15 and 100 rounds of 5.56 or .223. If you need more ammo than that you’re screwed anyway.
What? My cruise is booked.
Well, we haven’t really been told what to do. What do you do if you start getting some of the symptoms of Ebola? Go to the hospital? Go to the Emergency room? Call an Ebola hotline? After all, the early symptoms are a lot like the common flu. If you get the flu, what should you do?
Of course, he could just say that. But that would result in less clicks on his cut & paste news site. Plus, this causes more people to talk about Matt Drudge's favorite topic - Matt Drudge.
A kook blog promotes a tweet from a kook ....
There is no question that what 0bama is doing is intentional. He has made so many bad decisions that ineptness cannot be the explanation.
If someone is an ignorant dolt, they will score 20% on a 5 question multiple choice test.
However, if someone scores a 0%, it is intentional.
President zero has scored a zero. President zero gave us patient zero.
Common sense!
Oh my I've been taking care of someone with ebola, maybe I should hop on a few planes and fly around the country! Even got permission from the kings ministry to do so!
Sociopaths!
I think he knows more like Sharyl Atkinson is reporting that medical experts are telling her privately that this virus is possibly airborne. She tweeted several messages of this on Oct 15 -10 pm est. Maybe, he’s saying, been around someone possibly effected, stay in / away from others for 21 days versus being critical of one nurse and many others in particular.
And the irreverend Wright will continue to beller "AMERICA's CHICKENs HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST!" (That's his pastoral benediction, ya know!!!)
B.H.O. will chime in with a big "AMEN!"
Wonder why you’re on this kook site?
I plan on staying home if I or any family members get sick, no matter what it may be. I think every illness of a certain variety will be suspect now. I would hate to be sick with a real case of the flu and get quarantined with someone carrying ebola.
I’ve got a large stash of pain killers, fever reducers, latex gloves, food, water and other prepper supplies. I think if you go in for care, the biggest thing is hydration and comfort; to my knowledge there isn’t a cure. I think can do that if I plan. Going to get lots of powdered gatorade for electrolites.
I really will not be surprised if it does come to this for the nation.
I’ve got all that stuff already...left over from Y2K.
Of course, the page auto-reloads every 15 seconds to generate a lot of false hits on the website. Divide that number by 10 and you'll have about the right number.
I said only stuff you are going to use anyway.
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