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MoonRiver

(36,975 posts) Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:06 PM Oct 2014

Starting to wonder if Texas is any more competent than Africa in dealing with ebola! [View all]

Sick man from Libera sent home with antibiotics.
Once the man is diagnosed, days later, the apartment he slept, sweated and vomited in is ignored by public health officials for days.
People cleaning up the mess don't wear protective gear.

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Starting to wonder if Texas is any more competent than Africa in dealing with ebola! [View all] MoonRiver Oct 2014 OP

It's a Red state--it can't be. Louisiana1976 Oct 2014 #1

And a family member says SHE was the one to bag up the mess. n/t pnwmom Oct 2014 #2

They clearly are not. The appear to have told 3 of the children with direct contact to go right kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #3

It's Texas. Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #4

THIS is why I've said that we are in no better position to stop Ebola than Liberia is. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #5

Exactly.. sendero Oct 2014 #15

Using a hose to clean the vomit. cwydro Oct 2014 #6

ALL OF THE ABOVE! MoonRiver Oct 2014 #7

Don't mess with Texas Generic Brad Oct 2014 #8

You get what you pay for Generic Other Oct 2014 #9

I have reason to doubt that things are going to get as bad as they have in Liberia or Sierra Leone.. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #10

So yesterday I got slammed for posting with some irony PCIntern Oct 2014 #11

Yep, when exposure to bodily fluids is the one KNOWN way to catch this disease, MoonRiver Oct 2014 #13

Exactly... PCIntern Oct 2014 #14

The infected guy in Dallas resided in a poor, immigrant community, I believe. MoonRiver Oct 2014 #16

Right...AND PCIntern Oct 2014 #17

Had It Not Been For My Mom in 1954 otohara Oct 2014 #12