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Originally Posted by stormlion1
Look at it this way, the Black Plague killed how many? Ebola if it gets free in clear in a heavily populated first world city with a major airport could easily eclipse the Black Plagues death toll. And the CDC is located in Atlanta with one of the biggest airports in the country. Just one person, at the wrong place and wrong time and with the ability to be a Typhoid Mary could doom us all. As for Africa in the areas were its really impacting there is only one real choice. March everyone out and separate them into groups and then let those infected die. Push the bodys back into the towns were they came from and light the place on fire. Preferably with napalm. For something like this, humanitarian issues need to be put aside.
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Not a particularly strong comparison. The plague is really easy to treat with modern antibiotics.
I'd be having a bit of a laugh and maybe having a gentle dig at members here talking about a potential outbreak of Ebola in the US, but I haven't because I understand why some might be concerned about the risks and I won't make light of genuinely held fears. I'll just say that of all the potential pandemic pathogens, Ebola isn't that high on the list and I'm sure you'll all be safe. Aside from Ebola's own limitations in becoming pandemic, the USA has some of the finest facilities and specialists in the world for dealing with these sorts of things. Trust your experts, they know what they're doing.