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That isn't something to be proud of.
Spurs Fever -- It's Infectious!!!!!!
That isn't something to be proud of.
First, she risked danger to provide desperately needed care.
Then she had enough left in the tank to defy ignorance (and bureaucracy) when she returned.
If you can't be proud of that . . .
Maybe you're a Laker fan???
First, she risked danger to provide desperately needed care.
Then she had enough left in the tank to defy ignorance (and bureaucracy) when she returned.
If you can't be proud of that . . .
Maybe you're a Laker fan???
I agree 100%
I cant see the pic for some reason
On one hand she risked the lives of countless others with exposure to a rabid and deadly virus.
OTOH she's a Spurs fan. So it's a wash.
On one hand she risked the lives of countless others with exposure to a rabid and deadly virus.
OTOH she's a Spurs fan. So it's a wash.
No healthcare worker in the U.S. has ever spread Ebola.
Chris Christie poses a bigger healthcare risk by making obesity seem acceptable.
It's really not that easy to get ebola, folks.
What's it got to do w/ politics?
I mean if ya'll were in the vicinity of these exposed individuals would your at ude be so dismissive towards threat of exposure.
Just saying why not be safe than sorry, with all but a minor inconvenience to our fellow Spurs fan for a brief period.
Kim Kardashian has had more husbands than Americans that have died of ebola
It may a bit of an overstatement, but . . .
Nobody catches Ebola except (1) family members of a very sick person or (2) people providing medical care to such a person.
People who spread Ebola are very sick -- they're not out walking around (or biking).
The level of ignorance and fear with regards to Ebola is astronomical. Chris Christie should be disqualified from any future political office based on the idiotic actions he took. You can't ing spread Ebola unless you're symptomatic. Trust the doctors and scientists who have spent decades researching this, not some slimy politician who screwed over his own party's presidential candidate.
I thought Christie had stomach surgery how come he's still fat
Dudes a joke
Christie is an asshat who likes to cause a panic so he can get more federal money for "aid".
The lesser contagiousness is far outweighed by the increased death rate if you do catch it, relative other diseases. She is an irresponsible tool. She is not at a high probability of transmitting it, but her at ude is at a high probability of causing a whole lot of turmoil if everyone like her gets to make up their own rules about what they think they should be allowed to do after exposure. That at ude would eventually spread the disease, and even more quickly, devastate an economy.
Her own rules?
She's not symptomatic, so she hasn't quarantined herself.
Just how do you think ebola is transmitted?
First, she risked danger to provide desperately needed care.
Then she had enough left in the tank to defy ignorance (and bureaucracy) when she returned.
If you can't be proud of that . . .
Maybe you're a Laker fan???
Yes. She was so brave she couldn't hack it for even a month. And when the government finally does something smart......we get to watch this selfish lib (with the POTENTIAL to infect people with a fatal disease) audition to replace Sandra Fluke at the DNC convention by showing us her middle finger and fat butt on a bike.
The truth is that liberals are morons. They can't STAND individual liberty. No, sir. Not when it comes to what you eat, what size soda you can drink, what light bulb you use, the Second Amendment, what car you can drive. No! But let some self-absorbed witch come back from the Hot Zone after direct exposure to Ebola patients and now they are all for individual liberty!
What hypocrites.
I AM A GOOD PERSON. I CARE. THE RULES DONT APPLY TO ME.
That loser knew what she was doing. Charity begins at home. If you choose otherwise then get your ass in quarantine and stfu! (Take off that Spurs jersey, too, you disgrace!)
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Shut up ot. SA is one of the most liberal cities in Texas. Go talk about politics somewhere else. Your whole profile is trash.
Yep. One of the most liberal cities in a conservative state. Which is why all the smart people who pay the freight for the tickets don't live in SA. Also why SA is one of the crappiest, most rundown cities in America. The suburbs are the only thing keeping that place alive. If they couldn't annex all the good places it would have collapsed.
Hopefully the Hill Country towns can block SA from spreading its tentacles any further north and northwest.
SA is only a few more years away from turning into the Valley. Liberals are locusts and should be exterminated.
Viva la raza!
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http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/02/greg...h-bill-clinton
Look at the most liberal people in this state with Bill ing Clinton. lol. Panties in a bunch yet?
Most of the Cities in Texas vote democrat, but all the bum towns vote Republican. How does it feel to have a Democrat president?
Watch out. Texas has a huge liberal population that doesn't vote. Give it 20 years and I can see Texas being a democrat state.
Suck you tiny ot.
(^^^^^^ Behold your future. People who can't even write will run your life.)
Well, when that happens, welcome to the Third World, you dumbass.
The bigger the city the dumber the population.
Thankfully Texas is big enough to hold onto its rural nature despite the left wing invasion. When it finally collapses under the weight of New Yorkers, Californians, and Third Worlders fleeing their liberal leftist progressive Utopias you won't have anyone to blame. You'll own it as you cry, "It is Bush's fault."
(Btw, idiot, we are a CONS UTUONALLY LIMITED REPUBLIC, not a mob free-for-all democracy.)
What does this even mean? lol.
Actually, the smarter and educated people with degrees migrate to bigger cities. That goes for engineers, doctors, and techs. You really are a stupid right?
I hate these stupid ing fans.
The virus doesn't care about your politics any more than it does Christie's. Because you don't like his decision because you don't like him (slimy), doesn't make his decision wrong. I don't like him, but I don't necessarily disagree with his decision. His decision may be right (prevents spread), for the wrong reasons (only did it for political reasons when he didn't really believe it would prevent spread) or right for the right reasons. He has scientific advisors, I am sure, but he is also a governor. His decision could be wrong for the wrong reason, or wrong for the right reasons, too.
Try getting an individual to report to authorities the exact moment they become symptomatic. The doctor was self-monitoring, and was found to be taking unnecessary risks, like bowling, and he ended up being infected. That was a doctor behaving irresponsibly, much less average Joe fast food worker. Try to get an entire population to behave responsibly. Herding cats. Then get an entire population to believe that they aren't in danger once it begins to spread and people begin to die. Putting toothpaste back into the tube.
The hospital that saw 1 case saw two healthcare workers get ill. Workers taking lots of precautions. How will soccer moms without hazmat suits react? The hospital became a quasi-ghost-town relative to previous the disease. That was ONE CASE. Multiply that by 10,000. The number of cases in Africa, which is projected to be 100,000 in the not too distant future if containment efforts (including quarantines and tracking) are unsuccessful. The type of quarantines and tracking this nurse thinks she is above complying with. The system could easily become overwhelmed. I have experience teaching a lot of nurses. They are, in general, a far cry from epidemiologists, intellectually. I'll pass on letting this set a precedent on whether or not she, and every other nurse, doctor, or non-healthcare worker gets to make his/her own rules, even if the governor might be being over-zealous. Epidemiologists are not all in confident agreement with you that there really is no worry. As a matter of fact, several were ringing a bell that no one was listening to probably because they didn't want to spook the crowd. Some epidemiologists may just disagree with the science and numbers. However, even if you are an epidemiologist, and you were to be of the opinion you are, I could find an epidemiologist or microbiologist that disagrees with you about how alarmed we should be.
In worst case scenarios, the crowd can stone someone like her to death from a distance and leave her body unburied, and avoid the area until the dust she became blows away. We will have long given up on civil rights, FDA procedure for new drugs, etc. Of course, she could just realize she lives in a society and be civil. And refrain from being a . She volunteered to put herself in harms way, which was commendable, and now wishes to absolve herself of all that was entailed in that decision, which is not commendable. I am neither of those two (an epidemiologist nor microbiologist) , but disagree with you nonetheless that this has been handled well, thus far, nor that we should just trust whatever professional you chose to listen to.
The professionals you say to trust take it pretty damn seriously. When they go in to these homes and apartments, the decontamination ruins a lot of . Because it's serious . They go in with suits. The professionals. When you see someone NOT wearing a suit, they are thinking: I SHOULD be ok. Not: I will absolutely be ok. The air flight guy that was made famous wasn't a doctor, I don't believe. But, the doctors working on Pham were all wearing masks, at a minimum, even when standing feet away. While trying to put on a good front, they know they are at risk. They are modern day heroes, really. If the hits the fan, we will see an exodus from that field, to be sure. We've already seen it on a small scale with only that first case. Even some of these "educated professionals" began to question their choice of career field. Imagine only 100 cases in the US, and people seeing a McD closed down with hazmat crews decontaminating it.
The people I enjoy hearing from the most are the infectious disease control people, microbiologists, epidemiologists, etc. They all paint a much more "up in the air" or nebulous outcome than you are implying that they do, or the CDC guy does that is trotted out by Obama for almost the sole purpose of telling everyone that there is no risk and everything will be totally fine. At that point he is a PR guy. Listen to some independent scientific voices and the picture is at least SLIGHTLY more blurry.
A significant portion of the population believes we didn't land on the moon. When all of them, and more, as this opinion could actually be "life-threatening" to them, if they make the "wrong" choice, make similarly irrational conclusions (to the moon landing conclusion) you'll have financial chaos. It happened to African countries, and they hardly even have economies. If 10-20 percent declines in plane, train, and bus use as well as large event attendance, hotel stays, etc, occur, you've got major issues. Not everyone in the population is as smart or brave as you are. Many a smart and brave man have been trampled to death. Hopefully, your well-reasoned thoughts will be heard over the thundering hooves of the herd.
Think of it this way: A .00001% increased chance of getting Ebola will translate to a .1% decrease in GDP. I just pulled that out of my ass, of course, but it will give us something to consider.
Of course, the disease could run it's course, like previous flare ups have, although they have peaked in the hundreds of cases, maybe under 2000 cases at an absolute max. This one is unprecedented due to globalization, and ease of travel.
But, this one could be contained, too, although the volume of cases and ease of travel make it more difficult. It could be contained.
FDA will drop regs if it starts killing politicians and their families as well as driving down GDP, etc.
Science may ride in on a white horse with a vaccine, ZMapp/TMK alternatives, etc.
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