Tue Nov 11, 2014, 01:29 PM

Where has all the Ebola gone in the U.S.?

Where has all the Ebola gone?

Oh, right science got rid of it without any border closings, quarantine concentration camps, or mass die-offs in the population.

For those of you keeping score for the U.S. 2014 season:

Ebola - 1
Shootings involving more than 4 dead or wounded - 253
Traffic Fatalities - 26,000 (est)
Work fatalities due to accident/disease - 48,000 (est)
Cancer fatalities - 517,500 (est)
Fire fatalities - 1,952
Lightning fatalities - 25
Insect sting/bite deaths - 100 (est)
Dog bite deaths - 25
Bear attack deaths - 6
Autoerotic Asphyxiation deaths - 88 (est)

Ebola has had a truly disappointing season in the U.S. and really did not bring its "A" game. While it has racked up some impressive numbers in three countries in Africa, it has been completely crushed by perennial African champs Malaria and civil war.

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Where has all the Ebola gone in the U.S.? (Original post)	Kelvin Mace	Nov 2014	OP
I thought the end of election season eliminated Ebola.	muntrv	Nov 2014	#1
But somehow, that vaccine	Kelvin Mace	Nov 2014	#2
The one U.S Ebola fatality is now under review...	Bragi	Nov 2014	#3
Also,	Kelvin Mace	Nov 2014	#6
Tuesday, November 4th conquered Ebola in America	liberal N proud	Nov 2014	#4
Oceans and visas.	nitpicker	Nov 2014	#5
Once the election ended, Ebola went into remission.	BillZBubb	Nov 2014	#7

Response to Kelvin Mace (Original post)

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 01:32 PM

muntrv (14,505 posts)

1. I thought the end of election season eliminated Ebola.

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Response to muntrv (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 01:36 PM

Kelvin Mace (17,469 posts)

2. But somehow, that vaccine

doesn't work on cancer.

Now there's a head-scratcher.

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Response to Kelvin Mace (Original post)

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 01:45 PM

Bragi (7,650 posts)

3. The one U.S Ebola fatality is now under review...

A challenge flag has been dropped claiming that the US fatality was actually due to a virus contracted in Africa, not from a Made-In-America Ebola virus.

/Pause/

The ruling on the field stands, the fatality will be counted as American because it happened on American soil, even though the virus was contracted in Africa.

Team Hemorrhagic Fever loses a timeout.

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Response to Bragi (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 02:21 PM

Kelvin Mace (17,469 posts)

6. Also,

it served the purpose of the GOP Team, so penalty declined even if the refs had ruled the other way.

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Response to Kelvin Mace (Original post)

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 01:53 PM

liberal N proud (60,020 posts)

4. Tuesday, November 4th conquered Ebola in America

No need to talk about it anymore.

Fear it the tool used to win elections!

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Response to Kelvin Mace (Original post)

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 02:02 PM

nitpicker (7,153 posts)

5. Oceans and visas.

In effect, this means that an ordinary West African would have to pay a year's income to get a visa.

Duncan appears to have been an upper-middle who saved up for a visa but couldn't resist acting as a health care worker.

MOST rich people in the three countries have isolated themselves from have-not's (or so they think).

At This Moment, the US situation appears to be "we'll treat a returning health care worker a week (given that the current prevalence of Ebola in the three countries appears to be 1 in 1000 in the three countries).
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Response to Kelvin Mace (Original post)

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 02:28 PM

BillZBubb (10,650 posts)

7. Once the election ended, Ebola went into remission.

The repubs and corporate media didn't need to pound the fear and stupidity any longer.

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