Thread: Ebola

Originally Posted by MajorEthanolic

And even if everything you say is true, every expert says it will stop nothing. So we can spend millions of $$ and inconvenience millions of travelers to stop nothing.

So do nothing ??

What part of "The Facts don't matter" do you not get ???

Personally I hope the Administration sees it yours and Gugi's way, the election might swing right much easier on Tuesday..

Originally Posted by gssixgun

So do nothing ??

What part of "The Facts don't matter" do you not get ???

May be don't lick the doorknobs and wash your hands before you put them anywhere on your face.
My mother used to tell me that when I was 3 and eventually I started listening.

Here comes the Rant,

The question was asked if we should sequester all travelers from Africa. The answer is yes we should. If our own government is going to restrict the service men and women that were ordered to serve in West Africa to be quarantined for 21 days in Italy. Then everyone that has been there or comes from there should have to also! To still be approving visas to come to the USA it not sound thought for anyone that can think past next week.
I have traveled and filled up a passport book you can track all my movements except in the EU but can figure out where I entered and where I left from.

Personally I am very upset over all of this. I am one of the S.O.B. that funds the government and their employees. The fact is I am not beholding to the government for a damn thing they need me and I don’t need them. I don’t get a Free Check, Insurance, Phone, Food, House or Employed by the government. I volunteered and did my time in the Army in the 70’s. Everything I use that the government has a hand in I am taxed for it or in the case of USPS I pay for.

The fact that the federal government is not doing everything they can to protect the American people is a down crime in my eyes.

Many times I have sacrificed my well being for others. I have put myself in harms way so others would not have to. It is time that our leaders man up and worry about the American people and quit being politically correct. If I thought for one second there was a slight chance I had been exposed to Ebola I would be volunteering to go into 21 day quarantine so not to subject others to it.

IMHO any leader that would not consider what this could do to the American people, The Nation down to the neighborhood should be publicly flogged rubbed with rock salt and run out on a rail. I applaud some of the governors in our nation that have a back bone and the Australia government that are concerned for their citizens.

The bottom line is I am the leader and head of home, if I have a gathering at my home and there is a chance you can bring sickness to my family or guest you are not welcome!!! If I find out you lied you will be asked to leave. When you are clear of any possibility of illness please feel free to stop by and we will have some fun. I would never ask anyone to do what I would not do myself; therefore if this offends you, you were never my friend to begin with.

Kevin

My wife is a nurse and remembers the SARS crisis very well and the impact it had on her and her colleagues. At one point, the hospital had living areas ready to be constructed because as a Nurse, she was legislated to come to work or resign, and that if it got worse, she would not be allowed into the greater community, let alone be allowed to come home to our home.

In her opinion, anyone travelling from an area exposed to Ebola should be automatically quarantined for 21 days. Those that decide to travel to an area exposed should be told they do so at their own risk and will be responsible for paying and certifying that they are disease free before being allowed re-entry.

She feels the nurse in this case set a terrible example, that it lends credence to the lack of importance / urgency, and that if in fact she does develop symptoms, the possibility of an exponential exposure is even that much higher.

I'm not qualified in this area, she has an more credible view to this as opposed to my "opinion", but that's her take - this is a serious issue and needs to be treated as such.

Originally Posted by Phrank

In her opinion, anyone travelling from an area exposed to Ebola should be automatically quarantined for 21 days. Those that decide to travel to an area exposed should be told they do so at their own risk and will be responsible for paying and certifying that they are disease free before being allowed re-entry.

She feels the nurse in this case set a terrible example, that it lends credence to the lack of importance / urgency,

This is almost exactly word for word what I am hearing from Friends and Family in the Medical field too.. Other then the personal cost, they think that the Org that sends them should pay