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Six Reasons to Panic
The Weekly Standard ^ | October 27, 2014 | Jonathan V. Last

Posted on 10/26/2014 3:50:38 PM PDT by BlueStateRightist

As a rule, one should not panic at whatever crisis has momentarily fixed the attention of cable news producers. But the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which has migrated to both Europe and America, may be the exception that proves the rule. There are at least six reasons that a controlled, informed panic might be in order.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: ebola
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To: Reno89519

Our politicians sit by and make money on the stock market , more than many of us will make in a lifetime. They don’t care. Unless somehow, they are drained of voters (thousands to millions of deaths) they won’t care.


41 posted on 10/26/2014 6:43:12 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Eurotwit

$$ makes everyone suspect and no one infallible...
Rush included, for sure.


42 posted on 10/26/2014 6:47:34 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: Eurotwit

I love Rush, but have also heard him sound convincing on an area with which I am familiar and he was not. His facts were literally wrong yet he sounded good.


43 posted on 10/26/2014 6:50:08 PM PDT by NorthstarMom
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To: PROCON

U r toooo trusting-—his motivater is $$, not country...

Let me know next time u see him on a commercial flight, OK?


44 posted on 10/26/2014 6:53:04 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: krunkygirl
his motivater is $$, not country...

Bullcrap, you don't know Rush or ignore what he says.

He's rich, why should he take a commercial flight?

Are you against wealth?

45 posted on 10/26/2014 6:55:52 PM PDT by PROCON (Ask Yourself This..Are You More Likely to be Infected or Beheaded Today Than You Were 6 Years Ago?)
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To: PROCON

Nope and nope. I stopped taking him as an absolute truth speaker a long time ago, though. $ and influence (power) corrupt.


46 posted on 10/26/2014 7:06:43 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: krunkygirl

Keep drinking the Kool-Aid...


47 posted on 10/26/2014 7:11:05 PM PDT by PROCON (Ask Yourself This..Are You More Likely to be Infected or Beheaded Today Than You Were 6 Years Ago?)
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To: Vince Ferrer

I think you’re correct, and I believe that people need to be prepared for at least some disruption that may occur to everyday life. It may be more important to people who live in very populous metro areas, than to others; but my husband and I have had experience with simple power outages that alone have caused us to become “preppers” in a small way. We’re thinking of escalating that effort somewhat.

I’ve found the “airborne/not airborne” argument to effectively be a ‘difference without a distinction’. Ebola may not be airborne in the sense that a pinworm infection can become; but if someone at the crucial point of shedding virus sneezes or coughs in your face, that’s “airborne” to the common sense of most people. Thus, the statement that you “can’t get it sitting next to someone on a bus” is confusing, and probably untrue. It depends on the stage of the infection, and the nature of contact.

I don’t believe in letting myself panic - it steals too much energy and discipline from straight thinking; and I’m generally optimistic, given the way this has panned out so far in the U.S. But I do believe that a little bit of prep is a smart idea, especially if you are in a highly populated area, use public transportation, etc.

(By the way: I’m new here, but I believe I’ve seen threads on prepping on FR in the past. Is there a ping-list for that?)

Thanks,
JT


48 posted on 10/26/2014 7:23:45 PM PDT by Jamestown1630
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To: PROCON

OK, we just feel differently... I still like him and listen in (but switch to others often...)


49 posted on 10/26/2014 8:04:43 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: Morpheus2009
Thank you for that information. I guess you can have a spotless house and still get fleas from pets but there are easier and effective cures now. The last time I had a problem with them, usually hot humid summer, I used Advantage on the cat. He wasn't stupid enough to walk through areas that were infested like they are supposed to.

So I used my rose and flower spray which contains imidicloprid. It took two applications but that did the trick. Luckily I got on it before they multiplied like they used to.

As far as I am concerned, fleas are a plague.

50 posted on 10/26/2014 9:01:04 PM PDT by Aliska
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