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Troops deploy in Sierra Leone, Liberia to try to stop Ebola spread
Reuters ^
| 8/4/2014
| Umaru Fofana and Clair MacDougall
Posted on 08/04/2014 10:44:59 AM PDT by mojito
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To: Ancesthntr
I believe we have seen a massive breakthrough and whoever created this serum will go down in history, deservedly so. Being alive (hopefully past this epidemic) in these times is interesting.
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posted on
08/05/2014 1:34:41 AM PDT
by
CorporateStepsister
(I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
To: VanDeKoik
Maybe their skill in terrorizing the population will end up being good training in keeping the panic in check.
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08/05/2014 1:35:30 AM PDT
by
CorporateStepsister
(I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
To: mojito; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
Shoot that virus!
Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the Bring Out Your Dead ping list (formerly the Ebola ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the Bring Out Your Dead threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
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posted on
08/05/2014 6:43:50 AM PDT
by
null and void
(If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
To: null and void
Spattered, Ebola infected blood is the end game when you bring firearms into the mix. Brilliant. I suspect we are in the early stages of a global "whack-a-mole" that will get beyond control fairly quickly.
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posted on
08/05/2014 11:38:24 AM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: mojito
So, if Ebola doesn’t kill Liberians, their own troops will?
Sounds like the beginning of a civil war.
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posted on
08/05/2014 11:41:22 AM PDT
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: Myrddin
Spattered, Ebola infected blood is the end game when you bring firearms into the mix. Brilliant. 'Way too graphic and also far too true.
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posted on
08/05/2014 11:46:59 AM PDT
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: CorporateStepsister
I agree. Hopefully the same or a similar process can be used to cure/ameliorate other hemorragic fevers, as they are truly the stuff of nightmares. It is, indeed, truly fascinating to live in these times of rapid technological progress. I look forward to cloned hearts, lungs, livers, etc., and a possible cure for Alzheimers and many forms of cancer...but let's get through the Obola Ebola first.
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posted on
08/05/2014 12:27:38 PM PDT
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
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posted on
08/05/2014 5:33:42 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Smokin' Joe; Myrddin
To: Black Agnes
It is only a 3 log, when it hits 4 or 5 log then it’s exponential.
Of course, that could be in days
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posted on
08/05/2014 6:37:49 PM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: redgolum
I’m also mentally adding in the numbers that aren’t included in that. it’s not like healthcare here where a dead body automatically gets recorded. Lots of anecdotes of bodies just lying about over there now. Who knows what the number of dead really is at this point.
To: Black Agnes
I've seen articles in other places stating they are throwing the dead bodies in the streets. The wild animals will feed on the carcasses and spread it further.
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posted on
08/05/2014 6:42:48 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
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