Ebola outbreak: Second Texas health worker 'tests positive'

[Curmudgeon 227]

Shirley it is. It is representative of the general population where I live on level with the surface of the earth. It may not be a very thorough or all-encompassing survery survey, as far as surveys go, but that wasn't my intent. A general feeling is all it is. Friends, neighbors, co-workers, complete strangers. Informal to be sure, but unanimous.

What's your point? Lay people think that stopping flights to and from Liberia would help based on what exactly? When questioned, what evidence did they provide as to what this would actually eachieve? What is their current expectation of catching Ebola given that their desire for banning flights is not being listened to? How would that differ from their fear of getting Ebola if the government did somehow manage to ban commercial flights to and from Liberia? Wanting to do something because your friends and neighbors want to do it and not because of sound and logical reasoning is simply not persuasive and I would seriously be interested in knowing how one worries about catching a disease when zero people in the population of the area you live in have the disease. How does that work?

I haven't even asked anyone if they are worried about it seeing as no one I know works in the Texas hospital or has Liberian or West African connections . It's of zero relevance to us right now.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Not to mention that it wouldn't prevent anyone from boarding a plane in Africa, bound for Europe, Asia or Latin America. The implication being the FAA would need to shut down all international operations to/from the US.

What's your point? Lay people think that stopping flights to and from Liberia would help based on what exactly? When questioned, what evidence did they provide as to what this would actually eachieve? What is their current expectation of catching Ebola given that their desire for banning flights is not being listened to? How would that differ from their fear of getting Ebola if the government did somehow manage to ban commercial flights to and from Liberia? Wanting to do something because your friends and neighbors want to do it and not because of sound and logical reasoning is simply not persuasive and I would seriously be interested in knowing how one worries about catching a disease when zero people in the population of the area you live in have the disease. How does that work?

I haven't even asked anyone if they are worried about it seeing as no one I know works in the Texas hospital or has Liberian or West African connections . It's of zero relevance to us right now.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Apparently the folks that receive the most rage are homosexuals, Japanese people, illegals(read: Hispanics) liberals, folks not of the Christian faith(read: Muslims), and the all ever popular urban dwellers(read: Black people).

Japanese people. #######?

Wow they got the abbreviation for what the Florida ?

Edited October 16, 2014 by The Nature Boy

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Not to mention that it wouldn't prevent anyone from boarding a plane in Africa, bound for Europe, Asia or Latin America. The implication being the FAA would need to shut down all international operations to/from the US.

Really ? You got from that this conclusion. SMH

Is that the same FAA reg book that prevents swapping seats once airborne

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Japanese people. #######?

Wow they got the abbreviation for what the Florida ?

Yep. But they're on the bottom end of the totem pole. I've only seen one member trash talk them. Here's a hint:

1. a person who lives outside their native country.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

What's your point? Lay people think that stopping flights to and from Liberia would help based on what exactly? When questioned, what evidence did they provide as to what this would actually eachieve? What is their current expectation of catching Ebola given that their desire for banning flights is not being listened to? How would that differ from their fear of getting Ebola if the government did somehow manage to ban commercial flights to and from Liberia? Wanting to do something because your friends and neighbors want to do it and not because of sound and logical reasoning is simply not persuasive and I would seriously be interested in knowing how one worries about catching a disease when zero people in the population of the area you live in have the disease. How does that work?

I haven't even asked anyone if they are worried about it seeing as no one I know works in the Texas hospital or has Liberian or West African connections . It's of zero relevance to us right now.

Discussion about the wisdom of forbidding incoming flights from Africa is nowhere near having fear of contracting it.

As for the rest of your post, I cannot discuss things with you logically as you have proven several times that is not an option with you.

But just know that some Americans are concerned, some with being infected: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/16/solon-ohio-ebola-school-closings/17343431/

And others with the intelligence of the administration that did not prevent the disease from entering via air travel.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Apparently the folks that receive the most rage are homosexuals, Japanese people, illegals(read: Hispanics) liberals, folks not of the Christian faith(read: Muslims), and the all ever popular urban dwellers(read: Black people).

So you receive three times the rage of most VJers by my calculations...

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Rural types eh? Well they're scared or suspicious of anything that happens beyond the county line. No surprise.

How noble of your high-and-mightiness to have even noticed the rural riff raff even exist. Perhaps you should get to know the peasantry prior to judging them. Prolly a violation of the TOS to speak as you did, but I'll overlook it this time.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Yep. But they're on the bottom end of the totem pole. I've only seen one member trash talk them. Here's a hint:

1. a person who lives outside their native country.

Lemme help you... Most Koreans. War and invasion does that. Pretty much the same as slavery.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/16/health/us-ebola/index.html

Latest on the places ebola has been in the US. Texas, Ohio, Maryland and Connecticut.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

A well-executed 0bama strategy for dealing with Ebola; or, having fish for dinner.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

So you receive three times the rage of most VJers by my calculations...

Lemme help you... Most Koreans. War and invasion does that. Pretty much the same as slavery.

And the Chinese. Don't forget them.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Or is it?

A well-executed 0bama strategy for dealing with Ebola; or, having fish for dinner.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

A well-executed 0bama strategy for dealing with Ebola; or, having fish for dinner.

[decocker 7,198]

How noble of your high-and-mightiness to have even noticed the rural riff raff even exist. Perhaps you should get to know the peasantry prior to judging them. Prolly a violation of the TOS to speak as you did, but I'll overlook it this time.

but he's right. and rural doesn't equate with poor or peasantry imo. an isolated person with money can be just as paranoid and ill informed as a isolated person without money.