Ebola in Texas.

[rbeau30]

If they don't mishandle the situation now, it won't become severe enough to scare the bejesus out the masses and cause them to beg for gov to save us make laws to take away our rights 'for the good of the nation'.

FIFY

[Great-Kazoo]

If they don't mishandle the situation now, it won't become severe enough to scare the bejesus out the masses and cause them to beg for gov to save us.

Like using a power washer on bodily fluids from a know carrier? Taking a semi solid mass of contagion and aerosolizing it . Spreading it who knows how far, besides the skilled hazmat team pictured, breathing it in, on their clothes etc.

1 sneeze, cough, touching ANYTHING where other people have been, without gloves.

[hollohas]

...besides the skilled hazmat team pictured...

The US has their top men on it. TOP MEN.

[Great-Kazoo]

The US has their top men on it. TOP MEN.

Luckily it's not a JV clean up crew.

[sellersm]

"more pep-in-their-step" would indicate that they actually cared. I submit that they do not, in the least, care. They own the patent (along with the NIH and Bill Gates), and it's in their best $$ interest to keep this going so they can "sell" their vaccine (which is also patented). There are alphabet agencies that are already squelching (with great force) alternative treatments to this thing... Gotta love our gubment and its NGO partners.

[hollohas]

Guys, don't worry. There is a crackpot crew of kindergarten janitors cleaning up the mess. It's impossible it will spread in the USA because we are so advanced.

[hollohas]

NBC5 Dallas reporting 4 LEO'S and health worker went into apartment on Wednesday without PPE. They have now been told to seal their uniforms in bags and go home. Two Police cars have been sealed off as well.

[rbeau30]

NBC5 Dallas reporting 4 LEO'S and health worker went into apartment on Wednesday without PPE. They have now been told to seal their uniforms in bags and go home. Two Police cars have been sealed off as well.

I am surprised the LEOs or "health worker" were that stupid.

[Irving]

Here is a list of historical outbreaks. Interesting to put into scale.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks

[hollohas]

The CDC lists Ebola as a catagory A bio-terrorism agent defined as:

"High-priority agents include organisms that pose a risk to national security because they:

- can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person;

-result in high mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact;

-might cause public panic and social disruption; and

-require special action for public health preparedness

But please, public, believe the government when they tell you Ebola is almost impossible to catch. Yes, the CDC might classify ebola as an easily transmisable bio-terrorism agent that has the potential for a major public health impact...but disregard all that technical nonsense and instead trust what the CDC guy on the news tells you...it's no big deal. They got this.

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist-category.asp