Second Ebola patient in Dallas?

There are hundreds of scenarios where Ebola spreads under the current set up.

What's your point? Do nothing? Do half measures?

If the US shuts down travel from Africa, so will europe and other countries. If not, Ebola will spread I guess.

But you want to risk the spread of Ebola in the US because 2 greeks hook up with someone from Liberia in Prague?

Fuck that kind of thinking. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

You're still misunderstanding.
All I'm saying is there is no way to be sure you are preventing this from getting into the US without shutting everything down. Period.
Am I advocating that? No, It's not practical. Therefore, what I will advocate is learning as much as you can about the virus, it's symptoms, transmission, etc. take precautions that make sense for you and your family. Be prepared and don't panic until you see me running...

All I'm saying is there is no way to be sure you are preventing this from getting into the US without shutting everything down. Period. Originally Posted by boardman

Sir.

Speed limit signs, traffic units, and radar traps ... don't stop ALL speeders.

So, is your "solution" to not have signs, units, and radar ... and make sure everyone has the training and skill to avoid being run down by low flying Mario Andretti want-a-bes?

The "domino effect" of prohibiting those travelers to enter this country may well stop others from coming and encourage other countries to start "screening" flights leaving the African countries headed to their country, because they don't want sick ones (or potentially sick ones) hanging around their airports.

IC your point. I don't agree with it. But why not funnel all African flights (from ebola zones) into a single airport location?

IMO: Liberal elites don't want to offend our lesser African neighbors. Unless you have another reason?

You're still misunderstanding.
All I'm saying is there is no way to be sure you are preventing this from getting into the US without shutting everything down. Period.
Am I advocating that? No, It's not practical. Therefore, what I will advocate is learning as much as you can about the virus, it's symptoms, transmission, etc. take precautions that make sense for you and your family. Be prepared and don't panic until you see me running... Originally Posted by boardman

. Be prepared and don't panic until you see me running... Originally Posted by boardman

Ebola should be scared of most posters in this forum what with all the diarrhea of the mouth I've seen spewing over the years!



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Be prepared and don't panic until you see me running... Originally Posted by boardman

I couldn't pick just one. They all made me Lmao!

Sir.

Speed limit signs, traffic units, and radar traps ... don't stop ALL speeders.

So, is your "solution" to not have signs, units, and radar ... and make sure everyone has the training and skill to avoid being run down by low flying Mario Andretti want-a-bes?

The "domino effect" of prohibiting those travelers to enter this country may well stop others from coming and encourage other countries to start "screening" flights leaving the African countries headed to their country, because they don't want sick ones (or potentially sick ones) hanging around their airports. Originally Posted by LexusLover

What I'm saying is be smart. As this thing grows out of control so will the misinformation which can be more deadly than the virus itself if panic starts to set in and reason goes out the window.

There are a lot of countries that don't have near the manpower or resources that we do. Who is going to make sure they are doing the right thing every time? Us? Hell, we can't make sure that a nurse follows protocol.

IC your point. I don't agree with it. But why not funnel all African flights (from ebola zones) into a single airport location?

IMO: Liberal elites don't want to offend our lesser African neighbors. Unless you have another reason? Originally Posted by Whirlaway

Funneling flights only from Ebola zones helps to minimize the risk but doesn't eliminate it.
The only sure way to defeat something like this is quarantine. It may be too late for that here. We don't know.

Not sure what you mean by another reason. My interest in this is that I'd just kinda like to stay alive.

I couldn't pick just one. They all made me Lmao! Originally Posted by thathottnurse

. My interest in this is that I'd just kinda like to stay alive. Originally Posted by boardman

I hate shitting and throwing up at the same time!


My gall bladder had me doing that once....Doc gave me a dripping line of Morphine once I was all crapped out!

Fucking Ebola is one cruel bitch if she kills you after all that crapping and not before!

What I'm saying is be smart.


Funneling flights only from Ebola zones helps to minimize the risk but doesn't eliminate it. Originally Posted by boardman

Minimize the risk and focus maximum resources on the fewer who slip by.

I'm not advocating "either or" ...

I am advocating utilizing all opportunities to reduce exposure risks.

I hate shitting and throwing up at the same time! Originally Posted by WTF

Then quit posting!

JL, I was referring to an ebola patient "becoming asymptomatic". That would mean they were on the mend. Operative word there being "becoming". He was declining in health from the ebola, meaning he was becoming symptomatic, the opposite of "becoming asymptomatic".

Are you done splitting hairs? Originally Posted by thathottnurse

I understand you are backpedaling. Asymptomatic doesn't mean healed, you know you should just say you made a mistake.

Unless every other country in the world imposes the same travel ban from West Africa a travel ban will do no good.
Think about it.
21 day incubation. Dude travels from Liberia to Greece stays a couple days before flying to Paris then London to take care of some business then travels on to the US. He hands the customs agent his passport. Bam. SHTF.
CDC is not ruling out the possibility that this could be transmitted airborne. They can just confirm that there is not a case where that is the only possible way it could have been transmitted. Originally Posted by boardman

NOT true.

You are trying to use the fact that we cannot obtain absolute protection as an excuse not to do anything.

Here is a counter-example. Take two Liberians.

The first Liberian is infected with Ebola. He wants to come to the US, but cannot. We don't have to worry about him infecting Americans in the US.

The second Liberian travels to Greece and infects a Greek. The infected Greek then travels to the US. This Greek can infect an American.

However, even though we don't have perfect protection, we have reduced by 50% the danger the two Liberians pose to us.

Stop making the perfect be the enemy of the good.

I understand you are backpedaling. Asymptomatic doesn't mean healed, you know you should just say you made a mistake. Originally Posted by Jewish Lawyer

When you are talking about an ebola patient "becoming asymptomatic" they are either healed or dead.

Then quit posting! Originally Posted by LexusLover

You were Ebola before there was Ebola....started on aspd....shitting and word vomit.

They needed to quarantine you years ago. Now we are stuck with the Tea Party and Ebola. "Tis what happens when one is late to quarantine!