[billethkid]

in my opinion it is not a terrorist plot.
If it were there would be much more contamination, by plan, than has occured.

What is happening here in the USA is beurocracy and CYA and politics and not wanting to hurt anybody's feelings are at play. We as a country have long forgotten how to play hardball ON ANYTHING!!!!!

The government needs to get the out of the way and let the medical professionals DICTATE what should be done.

There is no focus....no objective that is not politically tainted.

Why have we not hardened the rules for who is or is not allowed to come into this country??? Ebola will go the same route as the legal vs illegal alien invasion.

We are once again waiting to see what happens.

LEADERSHIP is the only way out....hence we are to flounder!!

The terrorists can just sit idly by and watch us deteriorate as we fumble around with ebola.
I also believe the terrorists are more instant gratification oriented...they want to see the explosion, the body parts, the death and destruction.......not a slow burining fuse.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by NotGolfer

I just read a post from a nurse's perspective online and this disease sounds to be something we "should be" concerned about. It is a virus that is spread by bodily fluids---ie sneezing, mucus (think blowing nose, not washing hands then touching door knobs etc). She also said because we've heard it to be "over there" (Africa) and not here, we can compartmentalize it and tell ourselves it's because of their primitive way of living. That we're WAY ahead of them and it can't happen to our population. She also said it could be preventable here... I'd take that meaning to be that folks who have been in "those" countries should be quarantined before being able to return here. The disease begins much like a cold or the flu then goes into the really, really bad stuff. "Over there" the death possibility is 90% but here it would be 50%. I'm rambling a bit but this is her words... We need to be praying for this country in MORE ways than one. JMHO!

I agree we should be praying. BUT we should also be minimizing travel to and from West Africa....as well as really closing down illegal traffic across our boarders. I know this is a thread about Ebola but also note that the enters iris currently running amuck here was brought across the boarder by hordes of illegal kids. (Per research by epidemiologists.)

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by dbussone

I agree we should be praying. BUT we should also be minimizing travel to and from West Africa....as well as really closing down illegal traffic across our boarders. I know this is a thread about Ebola but also note that the enters iris currently running amuck here was brought across the boarder by hordes of illegal kids. (Per research by epidemiologists.)

Enters iris should be enterovirus.

[karostay]

Originally Posted by DDoug

Is the spread of Ebola a form of terrorist attacks, a new twist on fighting America. Wouldnt surprise me any thing is possible today. Crazy? maybe

Just natures way of reducing the surface population without war

[Cedwards38]

No it's not.

[Lauren Sweeny]

Originally Posted by karostay

Just natures way of reducing the surface population without war

I am not much of a YouTube watcher but the stuff on there about " new world order" and the groups involved have made many references to population control. The monument in Georgia even gives population numbers desired by this group....makes me wonder....

[nitehawk]

Originally Posted by karostay

Just natures way of reducing the surface population without war

I think you are right -- when too many trailers -natures way - hurricane

[nitehawk]

Black plague reduced the population by 30-50% After plague population much better off - two people had 5 children -- just natures way of population control

[karostay]

Originally Posted by Lauren Sweeny

I am not much of a YouTube watcher but the stuff on there about " new world order" and the groups involved have made many references to population control. The monument in Georgia even gives population numbers desired by this group....makes me wonder....

whats you tube never watched one

[tomwed]

Take a look at Nova's Presentation. It's a week old so that means it's a little dated. click here

[side topic] How do i embed the video link in this message? I see others do that with Youtubes. I always do "click here" thinking people will click and go to the video.

[TexaninVA]

Originally Posted by nitehawk

Black plague reduced the population by 30-50% After plague population much better off - two people had 5 children -- just natures way of population control

Never ceases to amaze what some people think and say ..."...after plague, population much better off."

To put the 30-50% into context, this pandemic killed somewhere between 100-200 million people during the Middle Ages. In addition, total world population was then about 375 million. Today it's about 7 billion, roughly 20x larger.

So I guess if you were amongst the 30-50% that died from the Black Death aka Bubonic Plague, you were then NOT better off?

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by DDoug

But then ISIS dosent care

That's right. Or, they might think Americans can help control an Ebola suicide bombing wherever it occurs in Europe and other places. And what does it do? It diverts our manpower and other resources; it will keep us busy.

From now on, any suicide bombing that occurs anywhere in the world will be suspected of containing Ebola. Will people help other injured people while waiting for medics to arrive? And what happens when medics arrive on the scene to help the injured? Will they have to wear special protective suits? Will they be able to do a blood test on the spot? How much blood do they need to do a blood test? And how long would they have to wait for a lab to have the results? Imagine the panic of not knowing.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by karostay

Just natures way of reducing the surface population without war

You may have a point; it has been observed in animal populations. Overpopulations of animals have been known to crash. Usually by outstripping their food supply but it could be by disease too. And it has happened with people in the past.

I hope it gets eradicated soon because it's a disgusting disease. But if this doesn't bring a major reduction in population, it may just be a matter of time before something else does.

The reason is that there are so many people living in close proximity and there are millions of people traveling back and forth across the globe every day. In primitive times there were just tribes or small groups of people living far apart from each other.

[tcxr750]

I believe that it took a jolt to the comfort level of the average american to realize that the government and medical community should be prepared. Remember the good old days before the polio vaccine. Early on Swine Flu was a frightening term. Even AIDS has somehow been dialed down from the level of fear we now see over Ebola. Avian Flu would bring fear at one time. Now the CDC doesn't post updates about it.

[billethkid]

in days gone by there was not the DEPENDENCY on the main stream media and politicians 24/7.

One is working for ratings and followings. The other is working to get re-elected to their life time job.

The objectives of neither one have anything to do with the well being, educating and honest reporting of events of significance or concern to we the people.