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So is the Ebola frenzy over now?
Is there anyone left in the US that is sick?
The hospitals and medical staff are getting a handle on how to take care of these people?
Obama is not going to impose martial law, the true believers are not going to guillotined, paper money is not going to all be burned up? FEMA is not going to put all the possibly sick people into concentration camps?
This is a huge relief.
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...Not sure how true it is. I first heard of this today on twitter. I'm hoping it's bullshit. 
FAKE NEWS:
17 Texas Kindergarteners Contract Ebola After Exposure To Liberian Foreign Exchange Student
Posted about 2 days ago | 112 comments
BREAKING NEWS – The unused wing of a retirement community in Wortham, Texas was transformed into a makeshift Ebola ward early this morning after 17 kindergarten students fell violently ill and tested positive for the Ebola virus. It is believed that the children were exposed to the deadly disease after sharing classrooms with a Liberian foreign exchange student. The girl had recently arrived in the states to spend a year with an American family after her own parents were displaced by war. She began vomiting excessively two week after her arrival and tested positive for Ebola shortly before the other children began displaying symptoms themselves.
Lindsay Belknap is a substitute teacher who was working with the children during the time in which they are believed to have became infected. She is currently under observation at an undisclosed local hospital. National Report was able to speak with Lindsay for a short phone interview where she had the following to say.
“It was like a domino effect. First one child, then two, then 3. Pretty soon nearly all of them were sick. I am scared because as you know, children smear their germs all over everything. I am constantly sanitizing surfaces, wiping faces and hands. Who knows how many people have become infected. It’s tragic and it’s a reality.”
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23 specially trained medical staff members have been brought in from neighboring states to tend the children; A daunting task, mainly due to the measures they must take in order to avoid getting infected with Ebola themselves. Many emerge exhausted after administering care for several hours while wearing a bulky hazmat suit. Despite inquiries made in regard to the current heath status of the youths, medical staff refused to disclose any information on their condition.
- See more at: http://nationalreport.net/17-texas-kindergarteners-contract-ebola-exposure-liberian-foreign-exchange-student/#sthash.06RbTR30.dpuf
17 Texas Kindergarteners Contract Ebola After Exposure To Liberian Foreign Exchange Student
Posted about 2 days ago | 112 comments
BREAKING NEWS – The unused wing of a retirement community in Wortham, Texas was transformed into a makeshift Ebola ward early this morning after 17 kindergarten students fell violently ill and tested positive for the Ebola virus. It is believed that the children were exposed to the deadly disease after sharing classrooms with a Liberian foreign exchange student. The girl had recently arrived in the states to spend a year with an American family after her own parents were displaced by war. She began vomiting excessively two week after her arrival and tested positive for Ebola shortly before the other children began displaying symptoms themselves.
Lindsay Belknap is a substitute teacher who was working with the children during the time in which they are believed to have became infected. She is currently under observation at an undisclosed local hospital. National Report was able to speak with Lindsay for a short phone interview where she had the following to say.
“It was like a domino effect. First one child, then two, then 3. Pretty soon nearly all of them were sick. I am scared because as you know, children smear their germs all over everything. I am constantly sanitizing surfaces, wiping faces and hands. Who knows how many people have become infected. It’s tragic and it’s a reality.”
<snip>
23 specially trained medical staff members have been brought in from neighboring states to tend the children; A daunting task, mainly due to the measures they must take in order to avoid getting infected with Ebola themselves. Many emerge exhausted after administering care for several hours while wearing a bulky hazmat suit. Despite inquiries made in regard to the current heath status of the youths, medical staff refused to disclose any information on their condition.
- See more at: http://nationalreport.net/17-texas-kindergarteners-contract-ebola-exposure-liberian-foreign-exchange-student/#sthash.06RbTR30.dpuf
TYY
Edited to add FAKE NEWS in the headline.
It's just common sense to be extremely cautious about deadly infectious diseases.
The Obama administration has apparently handled the situation in the US with prudence and wisdom.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_epidemic_in_West_Africa#Timeline_of_cases_and_deaths
My mom was just diagnosed with MRSA in her toe. They had to amputate it. This just barely happened last week.
re: It's just common sense to be extremely cautious about deadly infectious diseases.
No idea how my mom got MRSA. She's been in the hospital a few times in the past few years but she still lives at home.
Infectious diseases seem to be evolving... Scary as shit!
TYY
TYY
(Reuters) - With the closest known U.S. cases of Ebola diagnosed about 160 miles away in Dallas, Cary Griffin is taking no chances.
If, as the former correctional officer fears, the virus spreads to hundreds of people, Griffin is headed to the woods.
"I'll do what the English royalty did to survive the bubonic plague," Griffin said, referring to King Charles II's flight to the countryside during the Great Plague of London in 1665-66. "I'm going into the country."
Griffin, 27, of Huntsville, Texas, is among a growing if loosely-defined segment of Americans, known as "preppers," who plan, train and stockpile in preparation for a natural calamity or societal breakdown.
For many, the three cases of Ebola diagnosed in the United States so far since late September represent a new potential disaster and a reason to run to the store.
If, as the former correctional officer fears, the virus spreads to hundreds of people, Griffin is headed to the woods.
"I'll do what the English royalty did to survive the bubonic plague," Griffin said, referring to King Charles II's flight to the countryside during the Great Plague of London in 1665-66. "I'm going into the country."
Griffin, 27, of Huntsville, Texas, is among a growing if loosely-defined segment of Americans, known as "preppers," who plan, train and stockpile in preparation for a natural calamity or societal breakdown.
For many, the three cases of Ebola diagnosed in the United States so far since late September represent a new potential disaster and a reason to run to the store.
http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-gives-u-preppers-another-reason-prepare-worst-121514153.html
