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Six Reasons to Panic
The Weekly Standard ^ | 10/18/14 | Jonathan Last

Posted on 10/18/2014 11:57:59 AM PDT by IChing

As a rule, one should not panic at whatever crisis has momentarily fixed the attention of cable news producers. But the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which has migrated to both Europe and America, may be the exception that proves the rule. There are at least six reasons that a controlled, informed panic might be in order.

(1) Start with what we know, and don’t know, about the virus. Officials from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other government agencies claim that contracting Ebola is relatively difficult because the virus is only transmittable by direct contact with bodily fluids from an infected person who has become symptomatic. Which means that, in theory, you can’t get Ebola by riding in the elevator with someone who is carrying the virus, because Ebola is not airborne.

This sounds reassuring. Except that it might not be true. There are four strains of the Ebola virus that have caused outbreaks in human populations. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the current outbreak (known as Guinean EBOV, because it originated in Meliandou, Guinea, in late November 2013) is a separate clade “in a sister relationship with other known EBOV strains.” Meaning that this Ebola is related to, but genetically distinct from, previous known strains, and thus may have distinct mechanisms of transmission.

Not everyone is convinced that this Ebola isn’t airborne. Last month, the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy published an article arguing that the current Ebola has “unclear modes of transmission” and that “there is scientific and epidemiologic evidence that Ebola virus has the potential to be transmitted via infectious aerosol particles both near and at a distance from infected patients, which means that healthcare workers should be wearing respirators, not facemasks.”

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cdc; ebola; immigration; travelban
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Reading this in its entirety will scare the crap out of you. Extremely well-researched.

It appears that playtime is over.

1 posted on 10/18/2014 11:58:00 AM PDT by IChing
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To: IChing
obama ebola photo: Obama Ebola ObamaEbola_zpsfa297480.jpg
2 posted on 10/18/2014 12:00:05 PM PDT by dragonblustar
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To: IChing

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216850/posts


3 posted on 10/18/2014 12:00:19 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: IChing

Not reading it. I’m already panicked. I wish someone of import would take a stand. A State or 3. I would join them.


4 posted on 10/18/2014 12:00:20 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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I strongly recommend reading it. I was highly concerned already, but after closely taking in the author’s excellent data and analysis, I’m very seriously thinking of grabbing my family and bugging out from the D.C. area, back to rural upstate NY....


5 posted on 10/18/2014 12:05:30 PM PDT by IChing
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"Because the virus can survive for up to three weeks on a dry surface."

42 days incubation covers 98% of vics.....

6 posted on 10/18/2014 12:17:44 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: IChing
"When a wildfire breaks out we don’t fence it off. We go in to extinguish it before one of the random sparks sets off another outbreak somewhere else."

Uh, no, we cut fire lines in front of its advance to contain it, wait for it to burn out and go in to dampen the lingering hot sports.

7 posted on 10/18/2014 12:45:40 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Read on, and see why he was putting that in there.


8 posted on 10/18/2014 12:48:55 PM PDT by IChing
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Ebola treatment center = government death camp.

Adolf would be so proud.


9 posted on 10/18/2014 12:50:26 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. President zero gave us patient zero.)
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To: dragonblustar

Just stole your wonderful graphic.
Suggest every donkey party candidate use it ASAP. It should finish them of and put them out of OUR misery!


10 posted on 10/18/2014 1:32:00 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: IChing
From the article: What would happen in the event of an Ebola outbreak in Latin America? Then America would have to worry about masses of uninfected immigrants surging across the border—not to mention carriers of the virus. And if we had decided it was okay to cut off flights from West Africa, would we decide it was okay to try to seal the Southern border too? You can see how the entire immigration project might start to come apart.

So for now, the Obama administration will insist on keeping travel open between infected countries and the West and hope that they, and we, get lucky.

There it is. Taking action to close the border to ebola is a threat to the Democrat way to power. They won't do it no matter what happens. Why? Because if there is an epidemic, it will be used as a justification for the exercise of unlimited power, and a way to kill off their political opponents.

If anybody thinks that such is beyond Valerie Jarrett, I have news for them.

11 posted on 10/18/2014 2:06:49 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to manage by politics)
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To: IChing

Bfl


12 posted on 10/18/2014 2:10:03 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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Is this what you want?

noun
1.
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
2.
an instance, outbreak, or period of such fear.
3.
Finance. a sudden widespread fear concerning financial affairs leading to credit contraction and widespread sale of securities at depressed prices in an effort to acquire cash.
4.
Slang. someone or something that is considered hilariously funny:
The comedian was an absolute panic.
adjective
5.
of the nature of, caused by, or indicating panic:
A wave of panic buying shook the stock market.
6.
(of fear, terror, etc.) suddenly destroying the self-control and impelling to some frantic action.
7.
(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the god Pan.
verb (used with object), panicked, panicking.
8.
to affect with panic; terrify and cause to flee or lose self-control.
9.
Slang. to keep (an audience or the like) highly amused.
verb (used without object), panicked, panicking.
10.
to be stricken with panic; become frantic with fear:
The herd panicked and stampeded.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/panic


13 posted on 10/18/2014 2:10:58 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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"Not reading it. I’m already panicked." - Vaquero

Then first watch Bill Whittle discuss


14 posted on 10/18/2014 2:11:59 PM PDT by wtd
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To: Carry_Okie

More cheery news, Obongo plans to let 100,000 Haitians into the U.S. without visas, yay!:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/18/Obama-to-allow-100000-Haitians-into-America-without-a-visa


15 posted on 10/18/2014 2:14:17 PM PDT by IChing
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To: B4Ranch

I’m not the author of this one, and I wouldn’t have chosen that term. But the article’s content is nonetheless compelling, and frightening.

One of my favorite lines from the movie “Margin Call” is Jeremy Irons’ character exclaiming forcefully, “It’s not panic if you’re the first ones out the door.”


16 posted on 10/18/2014 2:22:12 PM PDT by IChing
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To: IChing

Thanks for posting this. Well done.


17 posted on 10/18/2014 2:57:56 PM PDT by MarMema (Run Ted Run)
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To: Dick Bachert

Take it and pass it around, it will really piss of the libs.


18 posted on 10/18/2014 3:00:05 PM PDT by dragonblustar
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To: IChing
Sequence for donning and removing biohazard protective gear.

Health care workers aiding Ebola patients must take care to don and remove their protective gear without exposing themselves to potentially deadly organic materials. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended a preferred sequence for putting on and taking off the gear.

HOW TO PUT ON PROTECTIVE GEAR

Gown must fully cover torso, neck, knees and wrists.

When putting on face mask, fit flexible band to nose bridge. Fit mask snug to face and below chin.

Adjust eye protection to fit.

Extend gloves to cover wrist of gown.

 

HOW TO REMOVE PROTECTIVE GEAR

To remove gloves, grasp the palm area of the other hand and peel off the first glove. Hold removed glove in gloved hand. Slide fingers under remaining glove and peel off. Discard gloves in an infectious waste container.
 
Remove goggles or face shield from the back by lifting headband or ear pieces.
 
Unfasten gown ties, taking care that sleeves don’t contact your body. Pull gown away from neck and shoulders, touching inside of gown only. Turn gown inside out. Fold or roll into a bundle and discard in an infectious waste container.
 
Grasp bottom ties of face mask, then the ones at the top, and remove without touching the front. Discard in an infectious waste container.
http://www.livescience.com/48267-protective-gear-for-ebola-patient-care-infographic.html

19 posted on 10/18/2014 3:00:59 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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Pandemic Preparedness Protocol Being Instituted by Many
20 posted on 10/18/2014 3:04:47 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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