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Related: About this forumBloomberg.com: Only 11% of Americans are very worried about Ebola
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-10-06/only-11-percent-of-americans-are-very-worried-about-ebola-snip-
Ebola is scary. Very scary. And if you watch TV news or listen to politicians like Rand Paul, we're one infection away from a U.S. pandemic.
"We should not underestimate the transmissibility of this," Paul, an ophthalmologist, said on Laura Ingraham's radio show. "It's a big mistake to downplay it and act as if 'oh, this is not a big deal, we can control all this.' This could get beyond our control."
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Bloomberg.com: Only 11% of Americans are very worried about Ebola (Original Post)
LiberalElite
Oct 2014
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62% agree with Sarah Palin that we ought to send troops to Ebola and take 'em out!
NYC_SKP
Oct 2014
#1
She didn't really say that,did she? I mean it's not like she wouldn't but, geez...n/t
monmouth3
Oct 2014
#2
Self certified ophthalmologists versus board certified epidemiologists, the media thinks them equal?
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#4
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)1. 62% agree with Sarah Palin that we ought to send troops to Ebola and take 'em out!
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)2. She didn't really say that,did she? I mean it's not like she wouldn't but, geez...n/t
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)3. Snopes says no, but I kinda think she said it, or thought it!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)4. Self certified ophthalmologists versus board certified epidemiologists, the media thinks them equal?
Any old -ology will do for the idiot media.
bvf
(6,604 posts)5. Get on the stick, media!! n/t.