R.I.P. Scout26
What part am I supposed to be unhappy about? The mandatory quarantines?
I'm getting practically giddy over the thought of walling off and quarantining LA County, Cook County, Travis County, etc.But only if we cut communications until it can be absolutely proven to my satisfaction that Ebola cannot possibly mutate in such a manner as to allow electronic transmission.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/for-ebola-survivors-sex-carries-added-risk-1415061018An article describing an anecdotal case of possible Ebola transmission through sexual contact.
WSJ is asking me to subscribe to get the full story, but here is another story on it.
MONROVIA, Liberia — The rate of new Ebola infections here has declined so sharply in recent weeks that even some of the busiest treatment facilities are now only half-full and officials are reassessing the scale of the response needed to quell the epidemic.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/as-ebola-declines-in-liberia-health-officials-reassess-response-plans/2014/11/03/88126a4c-6365-11e4-bb14-4cfea1e742d5_story.htmlEbola is losing, and the US Army hasn't even deployed yet.
Has ever gotten worse?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/12/duncans-family-reaches-resolution-with-hospital/18898847/So the hospital, after providing hundreds of thousands of dollars (my estimate) in care to a patient and not getting paid for it (Mr. Duncan had no insurance, was not eligible for the ACA and the Liberian Embassy refused to pay the bill), now has the privilege of having to pay a substantial malpractice settlement to boot. I bet the hospital leadership curses the day Mr. Duncan walked into the Emergency Department. All that money has to come from somewhere, so remember this when you get your next medical bill.
These looters deserve the firing squad. THEY knew he had Ebola and are now PROFITING from it!?This is exactly the kind of crap that makes people hate lawyers and both domestic and foreign-born members of the FSA with a white-hot passion.
Tile crawlers generally need a turd to latch on to.
Millcreek, maybe you can weigh in here- on the rumor that the hospital Duncan was in is near empty?