Ebola cases pass 2k as crisis escalates
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Ebola cases pass 2k as crisis escalates
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Re: Ebola cases pass 2k as crisis escalates
#2It's just a question of time before it reaches the US. We were lucky with Dallas. It likely will escape the next time into the general population since many people without health insurance are unlikely seek medical care in time and when they do at the last minute, it will spread.
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#3The fact this is going to spread worldwide is inevitable. I honestly think we need to prevent people from this area of the world from coming to the US until they get this under control, this is simply unacceptable from a global standpoint.
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#4The fact this is going to spread worldwide is inevitable. I honestly think we need to prevent people from this area of the world from coming to the US until they get this under control, this is simply unacceptable from a global standpoint.
The way people move about the world unchecked is irresponsible. We are more careful about cattle than humans.
That said, any mechanism for checking travel will undoubtedly turn corrupt. So it comes with that cost.
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#5The fact this is going to spread worldwide is inevitable. I honestly think we need to prevent people from this area of the world from coming to the US until they get this under control, this is simply unacceptable from a global standpoint.
> I honestly think we need to prevent people from this area of the world from coming to the US...
...this is simply unacceptable from a global standpoint.
I’m guessing you’re in the US? What about the rest of us?
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#6The fact this is going to spread worldwide is inevitable. I honestly think we need to prevent people from this area of the world from coming to the US until they get this under control, this is simply unacceptable from a global standpoint.
Add the fact that this breakout faces different challenges than previous ones (increased frequency of aid worker casualties due to civil unrest).
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#7It's just a question of time before it reaches the US. We were lucky with Dallas. It likely will escape the next time into the general population since many people without health insurance are unlikely seek medical care in time and when they do at the last minute, it will spread.
Ebola is much less contagious than people think
https://www.businessinsider.com/ebola-discoverer-would-sit-n...
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#8The internet was supposed to create an educated society with information at your fingertips, instead we got fake news and echo chambers spreading extreme thinking
We have huge groups of actively ignorant people supporting the growth of climate change, anti-vaccination, and a host of other dangerous actions.
Now those fighting Ebola outbreaks are getting attacked.
I hope I’m wrong, but it looks like rationality is fast disappearing from this world. It’s only a matter of time before we destroy ourselves.
I realize this type of gloom and doom stuff has always been predicted throughout history, it just seems “this time is different” for real with the intersection of technology and ignorance reaching levels we’ve never seen.
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#9The fact this is going to spread worldwide is inevitable. I honestly think we need to prevent people from this area of the world from coming to the US until they get this under control, this is simply unacceptable from a global standpoint.
> I honestly think we need to prevent people from this area of the world from coming to the US... ...this is simply unacceptable from a global standpoint. I’m guessing you’re in the US? What about the rest of us?
I believe that in times of outbreak it’s often the case that many countries, not just US, try to contain the spread within their own country by disallowing entrance to people from the offending geography.
What’s that to say of the people that are in the midst of it? Harder to tell but prevailing policy sure indicates that countries are self-interested first and foremost.
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#10Do these ebola outbreaks give the virus substantially more opportunity to evolve? Or is that not a significant risk?