Sorry, that post was to Sentinel.

You shouldn't spread misinformation while trying to correct what you're not correctly calling out as misinformation.

Ebola is extremely contagious with an infections dose of 1-10 virions and can be stable in bodily fluids on environmental surfaces for days.

It also doesn't have an "extremely" high mortality rate as mortality rate is highly dependent on strain and quality of palliative care and can range from as low as 25% to 90%. The deadliest virus known is rabies, which has a 99% mortality rate if not treated.

The primary driver of the difference in response would be people believing it's a "real" problem because they know what it is from pop culture and they think the definition of a pandemic is based on fatality rates. Even then, I'm not sure will matter until it because widespread enough for people to have it hit close to home. The current outbreak in Africa is still confined to Africa and there's already social media channels posting s*&^ like "RESIST" or "Don't take their NWO vaccine!" type nonsense.

Now Texas will be demanding soshulizm to help them deal with this, I'm sure.

I love how they "stand alone" until their own stupidity bites them in the a&&. Then they have their hand out wanting assistance while acting like they're not taking it.

Of course, we have.

You're not exactly ahead of the curve on that one.

Otherwise, America is stuck with an average 65% of eligible voters turning out because so many of us are tired of AIPAC candidates, R and D, and Israel's ethnic cleansing of the poor Palestinian people, all with our taxpayer dollars.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

No. While it may concern many voters, this is not driving the lack of turnout like you believe. People are far more disgusted with the lack of stomach or even interest in solving long standing domestic issues that directly affect them.

I'm not sure we'll have a million dead. We don't have the same funerary traditions that lead to the kind of spread seen in Africa (lots of washing of and contact with the body as part of the grieving process). People will be less up in arms over bodies being taken by men in Tyvek suits for incineration or mass burial.

Trump and his Entire Movement are Stupid.

Total Failures in Imagination or planning.

#6 | Posted by Effeteposer

They know they're shielded from their own incompetence.

If Ebola did manage to get here and a sizeable outbreak occur, they wouldn't care. They'd be safe behind their security manned gates and in their luxury penthouses in high rise buildings locked to the general public or at the large, multi acre estates in isolated places like Hawaii or Montana or Colorado.

Hell, they'd probably cheer it as it culled people they view as little more than insects and drains on resources they think should be theirs.

OTOH, there are people who would be reacting the same way to politicize it even if they had taken a precision scalpel to cut waste without breaking up entire organizations. Cuz everyone has to be in their stupid tribes.

#1 | Posted by sentinel

That depends entirely on if that "precision" cut could be directly tied to worsening disease surveillance and outbreak potential, wouldn't it?

Raw milk isn't the issue and never will be, it's the lack of cleanliness in this specific instance.

Bacterial contamination can come from numerous sources.

It's a needless, stupid risk pushed by people too stupid to realize there was a reason pasteurization was developed.

Arguing for this is really, really dumb.

Best protest money can buy.

#1 | Posted by visitor_

Has anybody ever told you what a stupid piece of s*&^ you are?

Now go ahead and whine that I'm insulting you while completely ignoring the fact that you deserve it, s*&^bag.