Ebola......Now on our shores. what happens next?

• Mr. 300

  

  Do we restrict travel? Do we quarantine all international travelers? Is this being blown out of proportion by the MSM?
• DeyDurkie5

  

  Well I certainly don't want Ebola. Stop letting people in with the FUCKING DISEASE Obama.
• sleeper

  

  Ebola is no big deal. Don't care.
• thavoice

  sleeper;1660049 wrote:Ebola is no big deal. Don't care.

  I concur
• BR1986FB

  Yeah, I'd be concerned. I think we're being fed a bunch of "it's only transmitted through body fluids" bullshit. Am I going to start walking around in a hazmat suit and change my daily life? No, but we're going to see this shit spread like wildfire if they don't take it seriously.
• justincredible

  

  Mr. 300;1660042 wrote:Is this being blown out of proportion by the MSM?

  Yes. Gotta whip people into a frenzy over something.
• Automatik

  

  Not scared.
• queencitybuckeye

  What going to happen? A small number of cases, rampant paranoia, and finally, nothing.
• Fab4Runner

  

  My thoughts:
  
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• sleeper

  

  queencitybuckeye;1660064 wrote:What going to happen? A small number of cases, rampant paranoia, and finally, nothing.

  Reminds me a lot of SAR and Swine Flu. Basically a few worthless boomers will perish and we will be better off in the long run as a society.
• thavoice

  Shit, thousand and thousands of people die each year from the flu itself. People should be more worried about that.
• HitsRus

  

  justincredible;1660061 wrote:Yes. Gotta whip people into a frenzy over something.

  This.
• HitsRus

  

  thavoice;1660073 wrote:Shit, thousand and thousands of people die each year from the flu itself. People should be more worried about that.

  This.... And they still won't get a flu shot.
• queencitybuckeye

  HitsRus;1660078 wrote:This.... And they still won't get a flu shot.

  Of course not, as the time they did they got the flu. Fuck science.
• thavoice

  HitsRus;1660078 wrote:This.... And they still won't get a flu shot.

  I have gotten it the last 4-5 years only because my part time job requires it and does it for free, but other than that I wouldnt.
• Old Rider

  

  Never have had a flu shot and I have never had the flu! Doctors, scientists, and tree huggers freak everyone out about diseases, global warming, etc. Fuck em all!
• salto

  

  Old Rider;1660090 wrote:Never have had a flu shot and I have never had the flu! Doctors, scientists, and tree huggers freak everyone out about diseases, global warming, etc. Fuck em all!

  Word. I've always heard its 50/50 shot you'll still get the flu even if you had the shot. The article below says its closer to 60% you won't. The flu shot and the strains covered any year is only a guess by the Medical field. It does not guarantee you won't get the flu.
  Personally I'd rather just keep the shit out of me.
  http://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-flu/flu-shot-fail-why-doesnt-vaccine-always-work-n21446
• Tiernan

  I called this back on 7/28/14. For fun post names of all OCers you hope catch it soon...sleeper, like_that, COA and S&L would be a good start.
• vdubb96

  

  sleeper;1660070 wrote:Reminds me a lot of SAR and Swine Flu. Basically a few worthless boomers will perish and we will be better off in the long run as a society.

  Maybe it will be your turn.
• queencitybuckeye

  Tiernan;1660109 wrote:I called this back on 7/28/14. For fun post names of all OCers you hope catch it soon...sleeper, like_that, COA and S&L would be a good start.

  Big deal, Nostradumbass. It seemed fairly obvious that some small number of cases would find their way to our shores.
• Tiernan

  Yeah well Queercity...this ain't a few cases...we are on the threshold of the Zombie Apocalypse.
• queencitybuckeye

  Tiernan;1660133 wrote:Yeah well Queercity...this ain't a few cases...we are on the threshold of the Zombie Apocalypse.

  One and one possible = not a few?
• friendfromlowry

  Don't bother responding to Tiernan about this subject (or any, really). He was a dumbass then just as he is now.
  
  You have to directly come into contact with someone who's actively showing symptoms, which mirror the flu. If someone had flu-like symptoms, you wouldn't go touching their face, nose, and mouth, right? (Apparently Tiernan would so he's pretty worried about all this) Morons who don't under disease transmission and neglect washing their hands end up catching Ebola. Not only that, but it's considerably treatable once diagnosed.
• majorspark

  

  friendfromlowry;1660157 wrote: it's considerably treatable once diagnosed.

  The only reason people are croaking in the numbers they are from this is because they live in 3rd world countries with shitty healthcare systems.
• Fab1b

  

  They are freaking here in Dallas and the media is feeding it hard.