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skepticscott

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7. So why are people only now paying attention to this?

Reply to snappyturtle (Original post)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 11:06 PM

Oct 2014

Because the media tells them they need to, or because they've fallen for blatant scare tactics?

Ebola has been a danger and a crisis for 20 years or more, but it's only now that white Americans feel threatened by it that anyone gives a damn.

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PBS: Frontline 27 min. documentary on ebola [View all] snappyturtle Oct 2014 OP

Thank you for posting this. Very very sad... Elmer S. E. Dump Oct 2014 #1

The volunteer grave diggers at the end who had lost so many family was more than I could take Quixote1818 Oct 2014 #2

Yes, and the "all good people" shows the anger Warpy Oct 2014 #6

Very moving. Old Crow Oct 2014 #3

thank you for finding this video. very informative. i appreciate it. seabeyond Oct 2014 #4

k&r&tears uppityperson Oct 2014 #5

So why are people only now paying attention to this? skepticscott Oct 2014 #7

We had more pressing health problems like baldness, acne and ED LiberalArkie Oct 2014 #9

i have been reading about it every article i come across, for months. we have had Op for months. seabeyond Oct 2014 #10

That was hard to watch Sedona Oct 2014 #8

can you imagine these poeple, every day, are literally risking their lives for these people. seabeyond Oct 2014 #11