2014 Lie of the Year: Exaggerations about Ebola

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:Is there "research" on the subj? I bet there's "research"

Are conservatives opposed to research now?

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there "research" on the subj? I bet there's "research"

Are conservatives opposed to research now?

Not research. "Research." So... is there or isn't there "research"? Becase research is obviously out of the question

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there "research" on the subj? I bet there's "research"

Are conservatives opposed to research now?

Not research. "Research." So... is there or isn't there "research"? Becase research is obviously out of the question

What exactly are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"You want a reason to have food storage? You want a reason to have gold? You want a reason to have guns? You want a reason to have God? It's called 'Ebola.'"

--Glenn Beck

Indeed. Yep. And if you put it in context, he's talking about government lies and over-reach.

Sorry, but your spin does not equal reality. Nothing the administration did caused a need for guns, gold, or food storage. And we need God every day, good or bad.

We have not even begun to see the fallout from what's being done by this administration. It's called prepping for a reason

Shouldn't you be prepping for when Bill Clinton suspends the constitution in response to impeachment? Also, the govt is lying about the Y2K bug - as of January 2, 2000, you will be damned glad for gold, guns and MRE's.

Oh, and deficit spending will surely lead to hyperinflation. It will happen by 2013, if not much sooner. Hell, it will probably happen by 2011. My research into price levels in ancient Rome proves this.

Remember - there is never a bad time to have gold, guns or MRE's. Especially if its your job to sell those.

[Anonymous]

Give it time. In a few years we will be wondering why we did not do more to help stop the spread of Ebola.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give it time. In a few years we will be wondering why we did not do more to help stop the spread of Ebola.

http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-un-chief-vising-ebola-countries-urges-respect-for-health-rules/2565558.html

The US took charge of aid in Liberia, the UK took Sierra Leone, and France has taken Guinea. While the epidemic is still ongoing, it is not going to become endemic to West Africa and is not going to wipe out human civilization.

[Anonymous]

Countries with Widespread Transmission
Country

Total Cases
Laboratory-Confirmed Cases
Total Deaths
Guinea 2416 2127 1525
Liberia 7797 2946 3290
Sierra Leone 8356 6702 2085
Total 18569 11775 6900

From the CDC. No there was never a problem. No there was never an Ebola crisis-- the CDC made the whole thing up! Never ming what happens in a few African countries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give it time. In a few years we will be wondering why we did not do more to help stop the spread of Ebola.

http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-un-chief-vising-ebola-countries-urges-respect-for-health-rules/2565558.html

The US took charge of aid in Liberia, the UK took Sierra Leone, and France has taken Guinea. While the epidemic is still ongoing, it is not going to become endemic to West Africa and is not going to wipe out human civilization.

Did someone say it was? Right now there are 70M+ people suffering from the AIDS virus. It seems to have spread widely and is much harder to get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give it time. In a few years we will be wondering why we did not do more to help stop the spread of Ebola.

You mean like why did we give so much grief to the caregivers who had gone to West Africa to fight the disease?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give it time. In a few years we will be wondering why we did not do more to help stop the spread of Ebola.

Conservatives have been promising that the chickens would come home to roost on practically everything he has done. I'm not seeing it.



In the specific case of Ebola, there is a reason that it has never gone global in over half a century, despite the fact that it originates in countries with no health care infrastructure to speak of. It's lethal, but it's not highly infective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give it time. In a few years we will be wondering why we did not do more to help stop the spread of Ebola.

Conservatives have been promising that the chickens would come home to roost on practically everything he has done. I'm not seeing it.



In the specific case of Ebola, there is a reason that it has never gone global in over half a century, despite the fact that it originates in countries with no health care infrastructure to speak of. It's lethal, but it's not highly infective.

You're not seeing it because some of his most egregious policies will not come to fruition until he's out of office.

One of the biggest issues with Ebola and its spread in Africa is the behavior of the Governments in those countries, as well as the behavior of the people. I now have a dear friend over there helping to fight this, and with all the wonderful things he's done (Doctors without Borders, Operation Smile etc.) this is one humanitarian effort I wish he never took. The people are pulling their very sick and dead out of hospitals, not sending them, not listening to the doctors, etc, creating a very dangerous situation. He has two daughters and a wife, and I believe that they come first, given the behavior of the governments and people of those countries affected.

It's highly infective, but not airborne. Given the behavior of the people in Africa, I think it's ripe to mutate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give it time. In a few years we will be wondering why we did not do more to help stop the spread of Ebola.

Conservatives have been promising that the chickens would come home to roost on practically everything he has done. I'm not seeing it.



In the specific case of Ebola, there is a reason that it has never gone global in over half a century, despite the fact that it originates in countries with no health care infrastructure to speak of. It's lethal, but it's not highly infective.

You're not seeing it because some of his most egregious policies will not come to fruition until he's out of office.

One of the biggest issues with Ebola and its spread in Africa is the behavior of the Governments in those countries, as well as the behavior of the people. I now have a dear friend over there helping to fight this, and with all the wonderful things he's done (Doctors without Borders, Operation Smile etc.) this is one humanitarian effort I wish he never took. The people are pulling their very sick and dead out of hospitals, not sending them, not listening to the doctors, etc, creating a very dangerous situation. He has two daughters and a wife, and I believe that they come first, given the behavior of the governments and people of those countries affected.

It's highly infective, but not airborne. Given the behavior of the people in Africa, I think it's ripe to mutate.

It's not highly infective. I don't think you know what that term means. And sorry if I don't trust your gut on what's "ripe to mutate". Lastly, it is a very conservative response for people to not trust the government to tell them what to do in a crisis. I find them to be very similar to our conservatives.

[Anonymous]

Not all epidemiologists were of the same mind on this issue. Pollyanna won over chicken little, though, with 20-20 hindsight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not all epidemiologists were of the same mind on this issue. Pollyanna won over chicken little, though, with 20-20 hindsight.

It is way too soon to say we have "won" this battle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not all epidemiologists were of the same mind on this issue. Pollyanna won over chicken little, though, with 20-20 hindsight.

Which epidemiologists said we should close the borders to west Africa?