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yellow dahlia

(6,526 posts)
Fri May 22, 2026, 07:46 PM Friday

"We" hate it when we are right!

Elon and the Grifter decimated USAID, and now there is a break out of the Ebola Virus. The surveillance usually provided by the presence of health and humanitarian agencies is missing. There is a shortage of staff and supplies. This is bad! This could become significantly worse. Ebola is spreading like wildfire. Now what!?

Fuck you Elon and DJT!!!

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"We" hate it when we are right! (Original Post) yellow dahlia Friday OP
This is their goal. Irish_Dem Friday #1
"We" have seen evil. yellow dahlia Friday #2
The last time the planet saw such widespread pure evil like this was WWII. Irish_Dem Friday #4
And to think we thought it couldn't happen again. yellow dahlia Friday #5
We were so naive weren't we? Irish_Dem Friday #6
SOME thought it couldn't happen again, B.See Friday #22
Yes we thought we had won against evil forever. Irish_Dem Saturday #23
I didn't. B.See Saturday #24
Yes. Good vs Evil is the iconic human condition. Irish_Dem Saturday #25
Exactly debsy Friday #19
BINGO!!! Hey Joe Saturday #28
Isn't population reduction and control the very thing anti-vaxxers accused Democrats of during COVID? Beartracks Saturday #34
I think I heard 300 dead so far. applegrove Friday #3
Probably just a drop in the bucket. Ugh! yellow dahlia Friday #8
How colossally stupid and evil it was to pull out USAID money. applegrove Friday #10
The Grifter leaves nothing but devastation and destruction and death in his path. yellow dahlia Friday #12
And, dare I say, that their racism had no iota of consideration in their decision. /s - nt the nelm Friday #13
What has he done that isn't "stupid and evil"??? MLWR Saturday #29
I heard about doctor who treated and survived BonnieJW Saturday #30
I read that it spreads through contact with bodily fluids wnylib Saturday #33
NACHO havoc on stopping ebola. so a double dim donski. pansypoo53219 Friday #7
Estimates are that 762,000 people, including 500,000 children, have died so far OGBuzz Friday #9
Yup. It makes my blood boil. yellow dahlia Friday #11
How I wish someone could kidnap both of them and drop one in the Congo Bev54 Friday #14
Evil. Joinfortmill Friday #15
I want karmic payback and Elon and 🍊🐖💩 get Ebola ! kimbutgar Friday #16
GMTA!!! niyad Friday #18
May they contract fatal cases themselves. niyad Friday #17
They forgot one thing. BidenRocks Friday #20
They don't feel the connection to the world around them. yellow dahlia Friday #21
Pustules of rottenness The Blue Flower Saturday #26
Unfortunately there will be no accountability that matches the evil destruction. yellow dahlia Saturday #32
There should a massive investigation of yorkster Saturday #27
Exactly. So much destruction! yellow dahlia Saturday #31
I heard somewhere on MSNOW that yorkster Saturday #35
Book "The Hot Zone," by R. Preston 1994 is non-fiction account of Ebola's origin and a terrifying outbreak Timeflyer Saturday #36
Thanks for the book rec. yellow dahlia Saturday #37

Irish_Dem

(82,449 posts)
1. This is their goal.
Fri May 22, 2026, 07:50 PM
Friday

Ridding the planet of the weak, sick, poor.

The billionaires believe every resource in the world belongs to them.
And they are not going to share.

Irish_Dem

(82,449 posts)
4. The last time the planet saw such widespread pure evil like this was WWII.
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:07 PM
Friday

An estimated 85 million people were killed in WWII.

Irish_Dem

(82,449 posts)
6. We were so naive weren't we?
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:21 PM
Friday

Our fathers risked their lives to beat back evil and won.

We didn't know it was only temporary.

B.See

(8,897 posts)
22. SOME thought it couldn't happen again,
Fri May 22, 2026, 11:39 PM
Friday

despite all the warning signs.

Which, in part, explains how it HAS.

Irish_Dem

(82,449 posts)
23. Yes we thought we had won against evil forever.
Sat May 23, 2026, 06:47 AM
Saturday

But we found out that evil never goes away.

Beartracks

(14,660 posts)
34. Isn't population reduction and control the very thing anti-vaxxers accused Democrats of during COVID?
Sat May 23, 2026, 04:02 PM
Saturday

Yet here we are: USAID eliminated to "save money" (i.e. funnel cash to things like ballrooms and wealthy donors) and then people die from lack of USAID funding, thereby "decreasing the surplus population" (as Ebenezer Scrooge would say) which eliminates the reason to ever restore that funding and removes the need for Republicans to feel guilty about it (if they ever did).

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applegrove

(133,182 posts)
10. How colossally stupid and evil it was to pull out USAID money.
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:46 PM
Friday

Last edited Fri May 22, 2026, 10:57 PM - Edit history (2)

If this strain of ebola makes it to the West the death rate will be way more expensive in money and lives than prevention would have been. Some day, in some outbreak, it will hit Mar A Lago. It surfaces a few times a year in a few places, and evolves in Africa as it is. Take away health resources and you will pay in the end. And a travel ban like the one the US put up already won't stop the spread. It will only slow it down for a time.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/132172900

yellow dahlia

(6,526 posts)
12. The Grifter leaves nothing but devastation and destruction and death in his path.
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:57 PM
Friday

He is a monster.

BonnieJW

(3,140 posts)
30. I heard about doctor who treated and survived
Sat May 23, 2026, 01:31 PM
Saturday

the disease speak about ebola. He said it is not passed through the air like covid. Usually, caregivers catch it, so it takes very close contact.

wnylib

(26,494 posts)
33. I read that it spreads through contact with bodily fluids
Sat May 23, 2026, 02:49 PM
Saturday

which is why caregivers and other people in close contact with an infected oerson are so vulnerable to catching it.

So it looks like protective clothing and gloves would be essential in an outbreak.

OGBuzz

(669 posts)
9. Estimates are that 762,000 people, including 500,000 children, have died so far
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:41 PM
Friday

due to cancellation of USAID programs. The world's richest man must be very proud of himself. All the more reason to never buy or support anything that Musk is involved in.

yellow dahlia

(6,526 posts)
11. Yup. It makes my blood boil.
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:54 PM
Friday

Nicholas Krystoph has been chronicling the collateral damage.

Bev54

(13,524 posts)
14. How I wish someone could kidnap both of them and drop one in the Congo
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:14 PM
Friday

and the other in Uganda and wish them good luck.

BidenRocks

(3,520 posts)
20. They forgot one thing.
Fri May 22, 2026, 10:33 PM
Friday

It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small, world!

yellow dahlia

(6,526 posts)
21. They don't feel the connection to the world around them.
Fri May 22, 2026, 10:36 PM
Friday

They live in a myopic miasma fed by power and narcissism. I hate them!

yorkster

(3,958 posts)
27. There should a massive investigation of
Sat May 23, 2026, 09:00 AM
Saturday

Musk and the DOGE boys if we win in Nov.
Among other things, we have to start the full exposure of the massive scope of what this regime has wrought while Trump is still in office.


yellow dahlia

(6,526 posts)
31. Exactly. So much destruction!
Sat May 23, 2026, 02:37 PM
Saturday

Will there be any accountability?

How do we rebuild and how long will it take?

yorkster

(3,958 posts)
35. I heard somewhere on MSNOW that
Sat May 23, 2026, 05:42 PM
Saturday

Hillary Clinton was saying we need to focus on Afffordability AND Accountability.
She's damn right. It will be a huge undertaking, but we cannot just "look forward ".

Timeflyer

(3,804 posts)
36. Book "The Hot Zone," by R. Preston 1994 is non-fiction account of Ebola's origin and a terrifying outbreak
Sat May 23, 2026, 05:59 PM
Saturday

in 1989. We had fully functioning CDC and other public health institutions back then. If it happened now, under Brainworm's Dept. of Health...scary as hell to imagine.

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