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toddwv

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8. I wouldn't wish that disease on anyone...

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:35 PM

Aug 2014

their children are likely to suffer from their actions as well.

These people are highly religious, superstitious, scared, and generally ignorant (thanks to a school system that is seriously lacking). They are also extremely distrusting of the west, sometimes for good reasons, sometimes "just because."

It's a difficult and deadly situation that doesn't have an easy answer and unfortunately many many people will experience horrific deaths as a result of the poor public infrastructure that is prolific in that part of the world.

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Mob Destroys Ebola Center In Liberia Two Days After It Opens [View all] Kurska Aug 2014 OP

"...all the while hollering that Ebola is a hoax." Adsos Letter Aug 2014 #1

Are the Koch brothers claiming Al Gore is behind it? tclambert Aug 2014 #11

Just like the climate change deniers. nt valerief Aug 2014 #21

Must be related to the US Rities! napi21 Aug 2014 #37

Is Faux Noise broadcasting live on the internet? Amonester Aug 2014 #41

Geez. Not even in a zombie movie would they come up with this reaction because Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #2

No, they are doomed tavalon Aug 2014 #33

Is it possible they were deliberately riled up on misinformation for a purpose? AuntPatsy Aug 2014 #3

Given they are running around yelling ebola is a hoax, most certainly. Kurska Aug 2014 #4

Likely an African version of Rush Limbaugh helped it all. Katashi_itto Aug 2014 #5

More like their version of Alex Jones. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #12

My thought too... ReRe Aug 2014 #25

Sure, by religious leaders Warpy Aug 2014 #7

Your post says it all tavalon Aug 2014 #34

Boom. Winner. hifiguy Aug 2014 #58

Fox Liberia likely. nt valerief Aug 2014 #22

If you want a quick tour of some of the most clinically paranoid, reality dissasociated folks on the Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #43

Well, soon enough they will pay the price. LisaL Aug 2014 #6

I wouldn't wish that disease on anyone... toddwv Aug 2014 #8

I am not wishing it on anyone. I am just stating a fact. LisaL Aug 2014 #9

I understand. toddwv Aug 2014 #10

Same here... My Pet Goat Aug 2014 #14

Because they have been convinced that these patients don't have Ebola--that it is all a tblue37 Aug 2014 #38

They haven't taken any precations. LisaL Aug 2014 #54

I fear that once the authorities cordon off the area in a quarantine, tblue37 Aug 2014 #59

Oh no. This is what happens when fear and ignorance combine. Avalux Aug 2014 #13

They are listening to *someone*, but unfortunately, whoever they are tblue37 Aug 2014 #39

Mobs by definition behave irrationally NT Ex Lurker Aug 2014 #15

Sadly, ive heard such sentiment iamthebandfanman Aug 2014 #16

what religion are these people JI7 Aug 2014 #17

Liberia? Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2014 #19

i mean specifically these ones who are destroying the ebola center and think it's a hoax JI7 Aug 2014 #20

No idea. Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2014 #23

Um, 85% Christian, 12% Muslim, traditional indiginous religions .5%. Bluenorthwest Aug 2014 #48

Magic man in sky. nt valerief Aug 2014 #24

Yep, I guess just pray the ebola away. So often people bring horrific events onto themselves ... RKP5637 Aug 2014 #27

We built that :( & They never recovered from the civil wars. Sunlei Aug 2014 #18

Karma is going to be especially harsh with these people. stevenleser Aug 2014 #26

People that fucking stupid hifiguy Aug 2014 #28

They are not stupid. They are uneducated, ignorant and misinformed. passiveporcupine Aug 2014 #36

Unfortunately, willful ignorance is Unknown Beatle Aug 2014 #29

"Even when people try to educate ignorance, the ignorant get pissed." Truer words were never spoken. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #47

Thanks for this news, Kurska ReRe Aug 2014 #30

Welp for shit sakes. This isn't good. lonestarnot Aug 2014 #31

Now, that's some fucking bad news tavalon Aug 2014 #32

plus 1000 Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 #53

Remember when AIDS/HIV started? Well it is still taking lives & millions have been spent to stop it. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #35

There are fundamental differences between this and HIV, though. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #44

Indeed. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #45

I highly recommend to both of you, and to anyone on DU who thinks of themselves as an activist of Bluenorthwest Aug 2014 #49

Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #57

Not exactly through ignorant destruction of facilities. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #51

Remember littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #56

It's terribly unfortunate defacto7 Aug 2014 #40

grrrrrrreat. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #42

You forgot one item in your list of problems... JNelson6563 Aug 2014 #46

OMG, this story epitomizes that phrase "you can't fix stupid!" MoonRiver Aug 2014 #50

It is like the time they burned the Springfield Observatory to the ground. AngryAmish Aug 2014 #52

It's miracle some in the US haven't stormed the hospital where the infected doctor is being treated kelliekat44 Aug 2014 #55

17 of the escapees had tested positive for ebola magical thyme Aug 2014 #60