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Bamaro

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I know. That's the sad thing is I don't disagree with him. So what is the solution? Ebola, SARS, AIDS? Are these all actually manmade population control viruses like vaccines are being accused of as well?
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I think it was Ray Bradbury who has a quote about the earth eventually purging the population like a body rids an infection.

Edit - Maybe Kurt Vonnegut
 
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Bamaro said:
I think it was Ray Bradbury who has a quote about the earth eventually purging the population like a body rids an infection.
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That is what last nights episode of "The Blacklist," was basically about. An environmental extremist harvested an old strain of a virus from the middle ages and intentionally released it to try and rid the earth of people. His argument was that people were the earth's virus and were destroying it.
 
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dayhiker said:
That is what last nights episode of "The Blacklist," was basically about. An environmental extremist harvested an old strain of a virus from the middle ages and intentionally released it to try and rid the earth of people. His argument was that people were the earth's virus and were destroying it.
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i enjoyed that episode.
 
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And yet there seems to be a virtual media blackout in regards to Ebola in general. Except for trying to convince people that it's practically non-existent in the US.
There are many sites (non-TFNS rules compliant) that indicate that the public is being kept in the dark about this until after the elections. It's funny that the dems in this country would rather risk jeopardizing the health, and possibly lives, of millions of American citizens than risk losing an election. They're going to lose a bunch of seats in the Congress anyway, so why not do what's right and tell people the truth about such a dangerous health issue?
 
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/23/ebola-mali_n_6038026.html

Mali confirmed its first case of Ebola on Thursday, becoming the sixth West African country to be touched by the worst outbreak on record of the haemorrhagic fever, which has killed nearly 4,900 people.

Mali's Health Minister Ousmane Kone told state television that the patient in the western town of Kayes was a two-year-old girl who had recently arrived from neighboring Guinea, where the outbreak began.
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The official numbers are known to be under-reported and the true death toll may be three times as much, the WHO said this week.
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It was really only a matter of time.
 
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http://www.vox.com/2014/10/6/6889037/reporting-ebola-epidemic-virus-outbreak

There are 8,000 Ebola cases. The real number is higherWe can only hope that America's botched attempt to identify its first Ebola case puts other surveillance systems and hospitals in the US — and all over the world — on alert for the disease. But the reality is that identifying and counting cases will be difficult everywhere, especially with the onset of flu season.


For now, experts say we have only hit the tip of the iceberg in West Africa. There's no way to know how vastly under-reported this epidemic is, but there are estimates being floated around. Comparing surveillance figures with actual hospital beds dedicated to Ebola care in West Africa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested that under-reporting could be happening at a rate of 2.5. This means that every one case reported equals 2.5 on the ground.


If true, today's 8,000 Ebola cases could actually be 20,000
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Bama Reb said:
And yet there seems to be a virtual media blackout in regards to Ebola in general. Except for trying to convince people that it's practically non-existent in the US.
There are many sites (non-TFNS rules compliant) that indicate that the public is being kept in the dark about this until after the elections. It's funny that the dems in this country would rather risk jeopardizing the health, and possibly lives, of millions of American citizens than risk losing an election. They're going to lose a bunch of seats in the Congress anyway, so why not do what's right and tell people the truth about such a dangerous health issue?
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a virtual media blackout? please. there has been nothing but hand wringing panic for the past month + about ebola, due in large part to the conspiracy filled fear mongering lunacy that is making its rounds on sites like you mention.

based on this post, you more are at risk from complications from paranoia than from ebola.
 
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