Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2301 Posted May 28, 2017 26 minutes ago, badlatitude said: It's a truly painful experience to observe firsthand the consequences of you having a mind consumed with paranoia, fear, hatred and ignorance It's too bad I didn't come up with a way to protect us all from that painful experience, the way I came up with a way to protect all of us from Ebola. Not a single case of SA Ebola, and I didn't even charge for it (I wouldn't take ObamaCare money). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badlatitude 835 #2302 Posted May 28, 2017 47 minutes ago, Sol Rosenberg said: It's too bad I didn't come up with a way to protect us all from that painful experience, the way I came up with a way to protect all of us from Ebola. Not a single case of SA Ebola, and I didn't even charge for it (I wouldn't take ObamaCare money). You should have charged you could have retired to the South of France. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FillYourBoots 95 #2303 Posted May 29, 2017 15 hours ago, hermetic said: little girls bitch and moan anarchy start it up y'all could be two of it's biggest stars Two??!! They all have socks ya know! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2305 Posted May 29, 2017 15 hours ago, badlatitude said: You should have charged you could have retired to the South of France. Well I think it was indisputably the greatest public service thread in the history of SA. It protected all of us from the scourge identified in this very thread. Well, all but one of us. There was no protecting poor K-Mac the Clown from Ebola. Pushed him right over the edge it did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FillYourBoots 95 #2306 Posted May 29, 2017 This thread is classic! It totally shows the power of the interwebs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2308 Posted June 22, 2017 Now that I've seen the Senate Wealthcare Bill, I am definitely not worried about Ebola coming here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2309 Posted June 22, 2017 1 minute ago, Turd Sandwich said: So what do think the pulse will be towards the end of the year when Ofuckmecare goes up another 25 points? Think we see any effort out of the D's towards single payer or more of the same. Blame the GOP and collect another check Fuck you, I don't collect shit. I have the same plan I had before ObummerCare. Inasmuch as the CBO predicts that more people will lose coverage under the GOP's Wealthcare Bill than got coverage under ObummerCare, I will probably not have my long time policy for long. But when the bill is crafted by 13 members of the GOP in secret, with no input from anyone but their lobbyists, who exactly should be responsible for it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2310 Posted June 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, Turd Sandwich said: You miss the point entirely. I'm talking about politicians continuing to take money from the industry Sorry. Well, get ready, because my guess is that the insurance pimps will get to tighten their grip on access to the product, to drive up demand, and the resulting higher prices and less coverage will cost the poor, working and middle class more for the less which they will get, all so that the Best Americans can get another tax break. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raz'r 1,030 #2311 Posted June 22, 2017 8 minutes ago, Turd Sandwich said: Lets try again. Heathcare is going up again. Mine is supposed to go up 27%.I'm negated down to the simplest of thoughts at this point. No more what ifs or they shouda's I'm down to basic survival. Can I afford it or not. That is a whole different can of worms from political beliefs on whats right and wrong. Once you render someone down to that it gets ugly regardless of the letter after your name.Even the most benevolent will be singing a different song when they are forced to make a choice like that Ugly is coming. How come politicians cant see this is mind blowing. Can't see it? They celebrate it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2312 Posted June 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, Raz'r said: Can't see it? They celebrate it! The minute that the "health care reform" push turned into a "health insurance reform" push, there was never going to be anyone winning but the insurance lobby. The Senator from Aetna made sure that revenue streams for health care would flow through CT in perpetuity. Letting the same lobbyists re-write the system is not going to change that, it will just result in another senatorial nose in the anus of the privileged, at the expense of the masses. Let the get socialized medicine in the ER! TS is right, it is going to get ugly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2313 Posted June 22, 2017 1 minute ago, Turd Sandwich said: My 902.00 would become 1,145.00. When i stop and think what i could do with almost 14K of extra after tax money each year. Not to mention it costs another 5,500.00 to use. Fuck its 20K out of pocket to actually have a bill paid by the insurance company The ER looks better and better all the time. Only down side is if you get cancer no one is going to pay for the chemo and maybe thats not such a bad idea And that 20K gets spent whether or not the company actually decides to be benevolent and pay the bill they are supposed to pay, without sending the matter to the "No" department. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2314 Posted June 23, 2017 Bit of a cough this morning. still not worried. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2315 Posted June 24, 2017 Really dodged a bullet on this stuff today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badlatitude 835 #2316 Posted June 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Sol Rosenberg said: Really dodged a bullet on this stuff today. It's still out there. Isn't Mabongo near Larchmont Yacht Club? Case Counts As of June 15, 2017 Total cases (probable or confirmed): 8 Nambwa: 2 probable, 4 confirmed Ngayi: 1 probable Mabongo: 1 confirmed Laboratory-confirmed cases: 3 Deaths: 4 Contacts being followed: 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2317 Posted June 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, badlatitude said: It's still out there. Isn't Mabongo near Larchmont Yacht Club? Case Counts As of June 15, 2017 Total cases (probable or confirmed): 8 Nambwa: 2 probable, 4 confirmed Ngayi: 1 probable Mabongo: 1 confirmed Laboratory-confirmed cases: 3 Deaths: 4 Contacts being followed: 0 whistling past the graveyard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badlatitude 835 #2318 Posted June 24, 2017 12 minutes ago, Sol Rosenberg said: whistling past the graveyard. All it takes is a swift wind and BOOM, it hits the northeast before anywhere else. Good thing he lives in Santa Cruz now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2319 Posted June 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, badlatitude said: All it takes is a swift wind and BOOM, it hits the northeast before anywhere else. Good thing he lives in Santa Cruz now. terrifying. Even more danger out there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2320 Posted June 25, 2017 Another outbreak. http://www.who.int/emergencies/ebola-DRC-2017/en/ Perhaps we should take precautions and crank up the SA Ebola Protection Thread. Nah. Still not afraid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2321 Posted November 10, 2017 What about anthrax? That's terrifying. And in Africa. Starting with hippos, but will it spread to people next? We need a Strong Response. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/10/10/Anthrax-killed-more-than-100-hippos-in-Namibia-officials-say/2511507610526/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FillYourBoots 95 #2322 Posted November 10, 2017 They have the plague in Madagascar now. Happy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d'ranger 956 #2323 Posted November 10, 2017 14 minutes ago, FillYourBoots said: Happy? Grumpy? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FillYourBoots 95 #2324 Posted November 10, 2017 I don't want to be your friend D. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lark 522 #2325 Posted November 10, 2017 2 hours ago, Sol Rosenberg said: What about anthrax? That's terrifying. And in Africa. Starting with hippos, but will it spread to people next? We need a Strong Response. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/10/10/Anthrax-killed-more-than-100-hippos-in-Namibia-officials-say/2511507610526/ It’s already in red hat territory, We should prevent potentially infected North Dakotan visitors and business travelers from entering the US. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remodel 97 #2326 Posted November 10, 2017 This thread was epic. God, I love this place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2327 Posted November 12, 2017 On 11/10/2017 at 11:56 AM, Remodel said: This thread was epic. God, I love this place. The election-year gift that just keeps on giving. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2328 Posted February 10, 2018 I used to be worried about Ebola but now I feel it slipping away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clove Hitch 309 #2329 Posted February 10, 2018 I've been wearing this stuff every day for years. VIGILANCE! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shootist Jeff 705 #2330 Posted February 10, 2018 I'm pretty convinced my due diligence in this thread has prevented the spread of the disease to the Middle East as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 1,906 #2331 Posted February 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Sol Rosenberg said: I used to be worried about Ebola but now I feel it slipping away. l thought I found some between my toes but it turned out to be mashed pickled beets. Not sure how that happened, I haven't had those for ten years or more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2332 Posted February 10, 2018 Vigilance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 1,906 #2333 Posted February 10, 2018 Just now, Sol Rosenberg said: Vigilance. More like Vegemite. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bhyde 635 #2334 Posted February 10, 2018 Here's me and the family getting ready to enjoying the great outdoors up near Tahoe and being ready for any ebola we might come across. Might swing by and see Dabs! Left to Right: Me, BHyde Jr., Ms BHyde, BHyde Jr.'s Father, Donald BHyde Jr., Some black guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gouvernail 120 #2335 Posted February 10, 2018 On 8/7/2014 at 7:11 PM, elle said: We miss you!!! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mid 1,225 #2336 Posted February 11, 2018 The CDC Is About to Fall Off a Funding Cliff It's already planning to pull back on work that protects the world from pandemics. Quote In December 2014, Congress appropriated $5.4 billion to fight the historic Ebola epidemic that was raging in West Africa. Most of that money went to quashing the epidemic directly, but around $1 billion was allocated to help developing countries improve their ability to detect and respond to infectious diseases. The logic is sound: It is far more efficient to invest money in helping countries contain diseases at the source, than to risk small outbreaks flaring up into large international disasters. But the $1 billion pot, which was mostly divided between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and USAID, runs out in 2019—a fiscal cliff with disaster at its foot. As I wrote: That money has been used well, to train epidemiologists, buy equipment, upgrade labs, and stockpile drugs. If it disappears, progress will halt, and potentially reverse. The CDC, for example, would have to pull back 80 percent of its staff in 35 countries, breaking ties with local ministries of health. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/02/cdc-funding-pandemics/552224/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bus Driver 1,208 #2337 Posted February 11, 2018 4 hours ago, Mid said: The CDC Is About to Fall Off a Funding Cliff It's already planning to pull back on work that protects the world from pandemics. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/02/cdc-funding-pandemics/552224/ Just watch - any nasty bugs causing a pandemic will be attributed to a White Christian God being angry at how he is being ignored. That is when the turbo-Christian right flexes its muscle and finally installs the theocracy they’ve been planning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raz'r 1,030 #2338 Posted February 11, 2018 My throat is scratchy this morning. Ebola? Shit, now I’m scared. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2339 Posted February 11, 2018 Thanks Obama. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2340 Posted March 28, 2018 Are you worried about Disease X coming here? sounds like Malcolm X. Scary! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ease the sheet. 438 #2341 Posted March 28, 2018 Can condoms prevent ebola? I worry about your president. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Writs Cracker 1 #2342 Posted March 28, 2018 11 minutes ago, Sol Rosenberg said: Are you worried about Disease X coming here? sounds like Malcolm X. Scary! What yup bro' can't fine nuttin riginal an try revive whatcha tink you grates tits? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 1,906 #2343 Posted March 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, Writs Cracker said: What yup bro' can't fine nuttin riginal an try revive whatcha tink you grates tits? The return of poopie pants. It's like catching syphilis, only less pleasant. Ignore bin. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badlatitude 835 #2344 Posted May 18, 2018 Does anyone seriously think Trump can make them safe from this? http://time.com/5177802/cdc-budget-cuts-infectious-disease/ 'Major, major game-changer': Ebola spreads to big Congo city Source: Associated Press Saleh Mwanamilongo and Carley Petesch, Associated Press Updated 6:16 pm, Thursday, May 17, 2018 KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a crossroads city of more than 1 million people in a troubling turn that marks the first time the vast, impoverished country has encountered the lethal virus in an urban area. "This is a major, major game-changer in the outbreak," Dr. Peter Salama, the World Health Organization's deputy director-general of emergency preparedness and response, warned on Thursday. A single case of Ebola was confirmed in Mbandaka, a densely populated provincial capital on the Congo River, Congo's Health Minister Oly Ilunga said late Wednesday. The city is about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Bikoro, the rural area where the outbreak was announced last week. Late Thursday, Congo's Ministry of Health announced 11 new confirmed Ebola cases and two deaths tied to cases in the country's northwest, none of which were in Mbandaka. Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/medical/article/Ebola-spreads-to-city-entering-3-health-zones-in-12921533.php Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2345 Posted May 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, badlatitude said: Does anyone seriously think Trump can make them safe from this? http://time.com/5177802/cdc-budget-cuts-infectious-disease/ 'Major, major game-changer': Ebola spreads to big Congo city Source: Associated Press Saleh Mwanamilongo and Carley Petesch, Associated Press Updated 6:16 pm, Thursday, May 17, 2018 KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a crossroads city of more than 1 million people in a troubling turn that marks the first time the vast, impoverished country has encountered the lethal virus in an urban area. "This is a major, major game-changer in the outbreak," Dr. Peter Salama, the World Health Organization's deputy director-general of emergency preparedness and response, warned on Thursday. A single case of Ebola was confirmed in Mbandaka, a densely populated provincial capital on the Congo River, Congo's Health Minister Oly Ilunga said late Wednesday. The city is about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Bikoro, the rural area where the outbreak was announced last week. Late Thursday, Congo's Ministry of Health announced 11 new confirmed Ebola cases and two deaths tied to cases in the country's northwest, none of which were in Mbandaka. Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/medical/article/Ebola-spreads-to-city-entering-3-health-zones-in-12921533.php https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/54535/title/Head-of-Global-Health-Security-Ousted-from-White-House/ Looks like we'll have to crank up my plan to protect SA from Ebola. Again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badlatitude 835 #2346 Posted May 18, 2018 Just now, Sol Rosenberg said: https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/54535/title/Head-of-Global-Health-Security-Ousted-from-White-House/ Looks like we'll have to crank up my plan to protect SA from Ebola. Again. Oh, the panic! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mrleft8 785 #2347 Posted May 18, 2018 I'm afraid. I's so a scared, I 'bout pissed mah pants.... Itz deez nigras dey bringin' in to do da fahm woiks...... Dem's all got dizeez.... And dey murdaruhs, and dey looks foah white wimmin' folk to rape! Trooo Dat! I tells ya troo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bus Driver 1,208 #2348 Posted May 18, 2018 25 minutes ago, Sol Rosenberg said: https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/54535/title/Head-of-Global-Health-Security-Ousted-from-White-House/ Looks like we'll have to crank up my plan to protect SA from Ebola. Again. Didn’t we once have a poster who started a thread about being prepared? Like, a kit, or something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badlatitude 835 #2349 Posted May 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, Bus Driver said: Didn’t we once have a poster who started a thread about being prepared? Like, a kit, or something? I bet we'll hear from him again once the panic gets going. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2350 Posted May 18, 2018 The democRATS can't keep us safe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lark 522 #2351 Posted May 18, 2018 No faith in vaccines? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2352 Posted May 18, 2018 7 minutes ago, Lark said: No faith in vaccines? We have a thread that will keep SA safe from Ebola. The only effect Ebola ever had here was that it caused one of us to go batshit crazy, but he was 3/4 of the way there already so it didn't count. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badlatitude 835 #2353 Posted May 18, 2018 CDC prepares to join Ebola fight in Africa BY REID WILSON - 05/18/18 10:46 AM EDT "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is preparing to deploy staffers to several cities and towns deep in the Congolese jungle amid a new Ebola outbreak that has claimed at least two dozen lives. The CDC maintains an office in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 350 miles from the epicenter of the outbreak. The dozen or so staffers who work in that office are likely to deploy to the hot zone once they receive a formal invite from Congo’s health ministry. In an interview, Pierre Rollin, one of CDC’s top Ebola experts, said the World Health Organization (WHO) is leading the response and coordinating among both governmental and nongovernmental organizations responding to the ongoing outbreak. “We’re offering them a roster of 12 or 15 people that will be able to go there,” Rollin said. “They’re ready to go as soon as they’ve got an invitation. The invitation is from the Ministry of Health through the WHO.” The news comes one day after health officials reported the first Ebola case in a major Congolese city, a troubling shift for the outbreak. Four years after an Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,300 people, the groups that respond to a new outbreak practice familiar roles. WHO coordinates national and international efforts. UNICEF manages communications between the groups. Doctors Without Borders has taken the lead on patient care, opening Ebola treatment centers and isolation wards in the city of Mbandaka and the town of Bikoro. The Red Cross is handling safe burials of those who succumb to the disease. Virus transmission through traditional burials accounted for the vast majority of Ebola’s spread through Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the West African countries hit hardest by the 2014-2015 outbreak" http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/388297-cdc-prepares-to-join-ebola-fight-in-africa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2354 Posted May 18, 2018 We're going to have to reactivate my SA Ebola Protection Mechanism, I'm afraid. It's only the greatest public service thread ever. Many people are saying it. Belief me. I don't want any credit, even though nobody else could have thought of something so brilliant. I'm humble. I'm the most humble person you will ever meet. Bigly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dorado 169 #2355 Posted May 18, 2018 Aw geez . . . I guess we ought to make a big pot of coffee. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2356 Posted June 1, 2018 On 10/2/2014 at 7:07 PM, Happy Jack said: We got a taste of what this thread was about. Sure one case can be treated and contained. The problem is the concern and even panic that some are experiencing. This is with only 7,000 or so cases worldwide. What is the CDC was not exaggerating and the eventual count tops 1,000,000? A lot more cases of people traveling to western nations is possible. Was this a case where the man was concerned he may have been exposed and wanted to be in the US just in case? infect 1,000,000 in Africa and you will see a flood of people traveling to western nations for our superior treatment. We have great health care but we don't an excess of isolation wards. But this is only the beginning. The real panic will come when someone who was never in Africa dies. The reaction we see now will look like nothing. One has to wonder if this man was al Qaeda and his goal was to spread the disease as a suicide vector how many he could infect. A suicide vector? That sounds terrifying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badlatitude 835 #2357 Posted June 1, 2018 Cities most closely connected to the point of origin of the Ebola outbreak: 1. Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo 2. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3. Brazzaville, Republic of Congo 4. Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo 5. Brussels, Belgium 6. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 7. Paris, France 8. Nairobi, Kenya 9. Johannesburg, South Africa 10. Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo Countries most closely connected to the point of origin of the Ebola outbreak: 1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Republic of Congo 3. Ethiopia 4. Belgium 5. France 6. Kenya 7. South Africa 8. Gabon 9. Morocco 10. Côte d’Ivoire https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/966076/ebola-virus-outbreak-2018-news-congo-symptoms-uk-europe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badlatitude 835 #2358 Posted October 12, 2018 Better book your cruise Jack Ebola outbreak could spiral out of control as health workers deal with armed insurgents CBC News Posted: Oct 12, 2018 2:15 PM ET The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is at risk of spiralling out of control, as health workers try to contend with both armed insurgents and hostile locals. The latest World Health Organization figures, released this morning in Geneva, tally 200 cases and 125 deaths since this outbreak in north-eastern DRC began Aug. 1. That was just a week after the previous cluster of infections in the western part of the country had finally been declared vanquished. The most pressing worry is that the rate of new, confirmed and suspected cases has more than doubled over the past month. It's a clear indication that efforts to contain the spread of the virus are failing, particularly in the city of Beni, the epicentre of the new outbreak. "Insecurity that has increased in the city is one of the reasons why we are seeing these new cases coming up," Tarik Jasarevic, a WHO spokesman, told reporters. "On a daily basis, we can't go for a couple of hours to some areas because there is either a shooting going on, or there is a protest." Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/national-today-newsletter-ebola-congo-kanye-swift-cannabis-1.4855193 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2359 Posted October 12, 2018 Better fire up the Protect SA from Ebola thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2360 Posted November 24, 2018 On 8/5/2014 at 5:10 PM, Happy Jack said: Is it just a matter of time before there is a serious outbreak in the US? I think the public is not ready and the government should start educating us about how a disease outbreak will be contained. How quarantines works how food an care will be distributed. A bit of public awareness might reduce the panic when the time comes. Still not worried. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shootist Jeff 705 #2361 Posted November 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, Sol Rosenberg said: Still not worried. Dunno, as effective as this preventative SOLution was - and it was brilliant, don't get me wrong - but What if the virus mutates and is able to break through our defenses? Shouldn't we panic just a little bit? Just to be on the safe side? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2362 Posted November 24, 2018 29 minutes ago, Shootist Jeff said: Dunno, as effective as this preventative SOLution was - and it was brilliant, don't get me wrong - but What if the virus mutates and is able to break through our defenses? Shouldn't we panic just a little bit? Just to be on the safe side? Not in a non-election year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shootist Jeff 705 #2363 Posted November 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, Sol Rosenberg said: 35 minutes ago, Shootist Jeff said: Dunno, as effective as this preventative SOLution was - and it was brilliant, don't get me wrong - but What if the virus mutates and is able to break through our defenses? Shouldn't we panic just a little bit? Just to be on the safe side? Not in a non-election year. Good point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bristol-Cruiser 213 #2364 Posted November 24, 2018 Why is it that certain denizens here are more worried about the very low probability possibilities of Ebola and nuclear winter while righting off the very high probability risks of climate change? Is there some fundamental issue with American education since their analytical skills seem so poor. Perhaps I should say was there a problem with American education since most of these guys are old farts and younger Americans seem much more on the ball as shown by voting trends. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2365 Posted November 24, 2018 23 minutes ago, Bristol-Cruiser said: Why is it that certain denizens here are more worried about the very low probability possibilities of Ebola and nuclear winter while righting off the very high probability risks of climate change? Is there some fundamental issue with American education since their analytical skills seem so poor. Perhaps I should say was there a problem with American education since most of these guys are old farts and younger Americans seem much more on the ball as shown by voting trends. This was when there was a democRAT in the White House, and there was an election coming up. It was the "the democRATS can't keep us safe" method of winning elections. Keeping us here at SA safe from Ebola was easy. Not a single case of Ebola for anyone here at SA, thanks to perhaps the greatest public service forum thread in history, in my humble opinion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rat's ass 61 #2366 Posted November 24, 2018 24 minutes ago, Bristol-Cruiser said: Why is it that certain denizens here are more worried about the very low probability possibilities of Ebola and nuclear winter while righting off the very high probability risks of climate change? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olsonist 397 #2367 Posted November 24, 2018 5 hours ago, Shootist Jeff said: Dunno, as effective as this preventative SOLution was - and it was brilliant, don't get me wrong - but What if the virus mutates and is able to break through our defenses? Shouldn't we panic just a little bit? Just to be on the safe side? The 2A was handed down to us by Founders with foresight for a reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bus Driver 1,208 #2368 Posted November 24, 2018 5 hours ago, Shootist Jeff said: Dunno, as effective as this preventative SOLution was - and it was brilliant, don't get me wrong - but What if the virus mutates and is able to break through our defenses? Shouldn't we panic just a little bit? Just to be on the safe side? A little pre-emotive panic, eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raz'r 1,030 #2369 Posted November 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Mickey Rat said: Please note the Trump White House report on climate change, issued yesterday.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gouvernail 120 #2370 Posted November 24, 2018 Ebola is currently spreading in Africa in ways not previously seen. Ebola has not yet broken out in a metropolitan area where international business is conducted. We absolutely should be on alert and making certain it does not spread into such an area. In the meantime, I am rigging up my AERO and going for a ride. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raz'r 1,030 #2371 Posted November 25, 2018 8 hours ago, Gouvernail said: Ebola is currently spreading in Africa in ways not previously seen. Ebola has not yet broken out in a metropolitan area where international business is conducted. We absolutely should be on alert and making certain it does not spread into such an area. In the meantime, I am rigging up my AERO and going for a ride. It's true. it's a particularly nasty Ebola season this year. But the President isnot being accused of bringing Ebola to the US. I wonder why? @Dog help me out here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 1,906 #2372 Posted November 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Raz'r said: It's true. it's a particularly nasty Ebola season this year. But the President isnot being accused of bringing Ebola to the US. I wonder why? @Dog help me out here. He had no room for Ebola, he was full of syphilis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2373 Posted November 25, 2018 Whistling past the graveyard! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raz'r 1,030 #2374 Posted November 25, 2018 13 hours ago, Raz'r said: It's true. it's a particularly nasty Ebola season this year. But the President isnot being accused of bringing Ebola to the US. I wonder why? @Dog help me out here. Nothing @Dog? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fakenews 45 #2375 Posted December 19, 2018 Oh oh... The Ebola breakout is getting worse. Any chance this goes airborne and strikes the homeland? https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/18/health/ebola-democratic-republic-of-congo-intl/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lark 522 #2376 Posted December 19, 2018 Last I saw the vaccine appeared to protect, but an American style distrust of vaccines and government responders was dooming them to disease. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justsomeguy! 62 #2377 Posted December 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Lark said: Last I saw the vaccine appeared to protect, but an American style distrust of vaccines and government responders was dooming them to disease. Never mind the random violence being committed in petty local power struggles that keep med teams from safely operating. But no, I'm not worried. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2378 Posted December 19, 2018 No worries for those of us here on SA, thanks to what in my humble opinion is the greatest public service thread of all time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2379 Posted January 27 Things are getting bad and the Meeeedia is barely mentioning it. What’s up, is there no election coming up? https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/01/19/world-view-ebola-outbreak-in-d-r-congo-spreading-exponentially-faster/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d'ranger 956 #2380 Posted January 27 4 hours ago, VOA said: Troll Acceptance is a great first step. Congratulations Grumpy 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d'ranger 956 #2381 Posted January 27 23 minutes ago, VOA said: You are a retard. Fuck off. Don't be so Grumpy dude. oh, wait..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clove Hitch 309 #2382 Posted January 27 27 minutes ago, VOA said: You are a retard. Fuck off. Why don't you fuck off asshole? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2383 Posted January 27 Lash out at me now, but it's only a matter of time before some executive with Foxy News figures out how to spin the current Ebola outbreak into a border security argument. The democRATS have no plan for that! Weak! There's a thread around here to keep us all safe, so all is well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2384 Posted February 16 On 10/11/2014 at 5:07 AM, Happy Jack said: He will blame his spellchecker. Blame is a progressive disease. So passing blame to others is a progressive disease, Dum Dum? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol Rosenberg 1,752 #2385 Posted March 2 This is concerning indeed, but I’m still not worried about Ebola coming here. We are protected. https://www.vox.com/2019/3/1/18245905/ebola-outbreak-congo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
