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Old 10-14-2014, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Jdmiata View Post
Just looked this up. Only eight people in the US got it and none died.
Over 8,000 got it globally.
Comparing a disease that ended and had 9% of infected people die, with Ebola expanding exponentially and killing around 90% of infected people, pooh-poohs the worst epidemic in modern times---the ebola virus that world epidemiology experts are predicting will infect 10,000 victims per week by December……the virus that infected a bright young critical care nurse carefully using full-body hazmat gear as trained, and how it happened is still undetermined.

(Not that the cause being undetermined would stop Washington and CDC leaders from placing the blame on the nurse--who had the guts and dedication to go into the front lines of the war zone as they are not doing.)