Let's see, in a country of 300,000,000+ humans, only 1 Ebola death and half a dozen sick.  4 of those brought Ebola to the US, the two doctors in Atlanta (Liberia) that started this here, the guy who died in Dallas, (Liberia) and now a doctor in NY coming in from Liberia.  The other two are health workers who got sick because of the patient in Dallas.

Take that on AVERAGE between 1977-2007 23,607 Americans die every year from the seasonal Flu.  

The crazy histerics over Ebola is similar to the crazy fear of evil black rifles killing children in schools by the bus load.  The fear is irrational and completely unfounded.


CDC annual death stats for the Flu

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Methinks you don't understand how this all works.  

And tens of millions have died of the flu in the past, on occasion.

Are you trolling, or just dense?   People aren't making a big deal out of what has happened, they're making a big deal out of what *could* happen.

I hate to source these guys, but get a clue.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/lawrence-solomon/death-by-influenza_b_4661442.html

There are thousands of Americans dying right now from Ebola but you won't hear about it on the Obama News Networks until after the mid term elections.  Chances are pretty good that you or a member of your family have it now.

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Liberal logic ---> your comparison will be twisted to be: Ebola has affected very few compared to other ailments but is bad so it must be wiped off the face of the USA...ARs have affected (negatively) very few compared to feathers and harsh words but are bad and must be made illegal...

Dying is dying.......but dying with your body melting from the inside out doesn't have a lot of appeal, especially if it can be avoided.

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it's the response that I am concerned about.....how lightly it's being taken.  

the mortality rate for flu is 0.5 per 100k  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/flu.htm

this means that 1 person out of 200,000 cases will die of flu.

the mortality rate for ebola is 70%.  http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-death-rate-70-percent-who-says-dire-new-forecast-n209226
this means that 140,000 people will die if 200,000 get infected.

THAT is the difference.  just sayin'

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How many ebola cases does it take to bankrupt a hospital, state or nation?

flu doesn't have a 70% mortality rate
flu deaths are mostly the elderly and infirm, not otherwise healthy people
flu doesn't require hundreds of man-hours contact tracing possible exposed people
flu doesn't require families and healthcare workers being quarantined
you don't have to send a hazmat team to gut each flu patients apartment and burn all their earthly possessions

70% mortality rate.......In Africa.   The comon cold probably pushes close to 70% in some African areas.  
The elderly and young used to be the case with the flu, now they say everyone should get the flu shot.  Not just babies and old fucks.
Lol, with 20k deaths annually, how many man hours are spent dealing with the flu?  Not counting the millions of man hours used in diagnosing, treating and lost labor man hours because of the flu.
Families are quaranteened because of what?  Fear of the unknown?  And the absurdity of destroying everything in a closed off apartment for a virus they say will die in 6-8 hours I guess makes perfect sense to you.  Why not just shut down the hvac, lock the doors and fumigate it?  

The Ebola arguments are based on ignorance (fear of the unknown) and fantasy what-ifs.   The exact same arguments ignorant and doomsday prophecies love to cow to.  The same arguments used by anti gunners on law abiding gun owners.  




LOL, thanks for proving my point.  



And people who own an AR15 and 100 round Beta Mags could go on a school shooting spree.    Makes perfect sense, the "could happen" should out weigh common sense and logic.  

I've been to Africa, and to African hospitals.  Even if I was bleeding out I'd rather shove a handfull of hay in my wound and walk to a western hospitol than be treated in an African hospitol.  Comparing Liberian healthcare to any western healthcare hospital is complete lunacy.

You're right, but this thread isn't going to go well for you.

I hope this is weapons grade sarcasm.

your post has some merit....some.

hey OP,

I hope you are right OP.

If Ebola breaks out in the US, the run on water and food supplies is going to make the run on guns and ammo look like a walk in the park.  A 70% mortality factor in the adult healthy population of a first world nation will be a disaster.  But at least we know the .gov is prepare to contain it.  

Very true.

An even better comparison would be "People with ARs" to "People with Ebola"

Literally millions of Americans own ARs and they account for ~.6% (~60) deaths per year.

If millions of Americans had Ebola... I'll be in my bunker.

And that asshole doctor could have infected thousands of people yesterday.

Would you worry about a little fire burning in the corner of the room, or would you wait until the whole house was up in flames to start worrying?

It's only a concern because of the obscenely high mortality rate.

Plus it's no fun thinking about your internal organs turning to Jell-o, and oozing out of every orifice, which is pretty much what happens.

With the flu, you feel like crap, hope you don't get pneumonia, and sleep it off.

Your chances of surviving the Flu is 98% and even higher if you are not real old or sick.

The chances for surviving Ebola without major medical help is about 30%.

P.S. We don't even know what kind of medical problems that the survivors are left with.

Naw, dawg.  We should be completely cavalier about it.  What's the worst that could happen?

Besides, a couple of people have survived.  Clearly, it only kills people in Africa.



I get OP's sentiment.  Some are overreacting.  I guess it balances out all of the people who are claiming "there is nothing to see here".  I'm not particularly worried, but I'll take the proverbial ounce of prevention over a pound of cure; particularly when it comes to something like bleeding out of my ass.