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dotymed

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16. I am not advocating closing the borders.
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 09:15 AM
Sep 2014

IMO the CDC (way under funded..thanks 3rd way) should pull out all stops to stop this fast acting virus. That would require quarantining some people and small areas but not the borders.
They have the technology to stop the spread of Ebola rather quickly because it is such a fast killer with a short incubation period.. I hate that exposed non-Africans are being flown here to be cured while the native people suffer.
The CDC should set up field hospitals and take the cure there. Do the investigative work to find all possibly exposed people and
give them the cure. Quarantine an infected area if needed but not the country. The way that this is currently being handled will, IMO,
eventually lead to a border closing as it gets out of control.
As Barney Fife would say: "nip it in the bud"; before it becomes an international epidemic.

The current strategy of helping (mainly foreigners) after they are carriers is like trying to put the water back in a broken glass. It will not work.

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“Many times these people are just fine" B2G Sep 2014 #1
4 - it says so in the OP muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #10
I might suggest YOU read it. B2G Sep 2014 #11
'An exposure event' means they were exposed to it muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #12
We shall disagree, but B2G Sep 2014 #13
periodically, articles pop up that a person in one place or another with symptoms magical thyme Sep 2014 #15
Kicking. Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #2
How nice of them to tell us. TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #3
Yep. It's this kind of thing B2G Sep 2014 #4
My husband--an MD with some tropical medicine experience years ago-- mnhtnbb Sep 2014 #6
I think we're being kept in the dark, as well TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #8
My suspicion, too, that info is being withheld, because they're afraid TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #14
More medical personnel exposed? TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #5
I fear that dotymed Sep 2014 #7
See my post #8 TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #9
I am not advocating closing the borders. dotymed Sep 2014 #16
First off TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #17
obvious miscommunication. dotymed Sep 2014 #18
Of course, they should all get the best treatment TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #19
Of course they deserve the best care B2G Sep 2014 #21
Have no doubts about it... Earth_First Sep 2014 #20
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2014 #22
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