Ebola Outbreak of 2014

Made it back from Africa Ebola free.

Had a close call in Nigeria trying to get on a connecting flight. This immigration officer took my passport and walked me out to the street and basically told me if I didn't pay him he would put me in jail or take my passport and leave me there. My company will be receiving a bill from me for $20.
 
AKkeith said:
Made it back from Africa Ebola free.

Had a close call in Nigeria trying to get on a connecting flight. This immigration officer took my passport and walked me out to the street and basically told me if I didn't pay him he would put me in jail or take my passport and leave me there. My company will be receiving a bill from me for $20.
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Welcome to Africa. I can't believe you got scammed in Nigeria! ;-) :ROFLMAO:
 
AKkeith said:
Little did that dumb@ss know, I had 2 $100 bills in my wallet I would have been more than happy to give him to get out of that crap hole.
Hahaha
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That dumbass probably just got a week's wages from you. ;-)
 
Scotth said:
We obviously have different political views and I'm not here to defend Obama so lets just put that aside.

As far as Hickox, it not just a matter of when it will surface its a matter of IF it will surface. The whole point of Hickox wasn't about self quarantining. It was a about the state taking somebodies freedom away.
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I don't know if you're leaning right or I'm moving to the center, but I fully agree with you @Scotth : the USG has said that Ebola is a threat to national security but yet doesn't do SHIT about it at home. Homeland Security will raid your panty store but the Government doesn't have a national policy on Ebola? Our collective plan is to let each state determine how to handle ebola? This is the ISIL threat all over again: who's in charge and what do we do? Nobody, so let's send out conflicting messages...and blame the Republicans (shit worked before) for politicizing the "crisis".

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Gone are the days when Americans are afraid and the fears are calmed by a President's words or actions. No, wait...I was reassured in the days and months after 9/11. :thumbsup: Things went awry in March 2003 though.:(
 
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I looked but didn't see this, so apologies if I double-posted.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/...d-for-dod-civilians-returning-from-ebola.html

Defense Department civilians deploying to West Africa to combat Ebola will not be subject to the mandatory 21-day quarantines upon return to the U.S. that have been ordered for all service members.
The latest policy directive on Ebola deployments issued by Jessica Wright, the undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, said that DoD civilians will be given a choice that they must exercise before going to West Africa.
They can either agree to take the same 21 days of isolation and “enhanced monitoring” as the troops, or choose to abide by the less strict Centers for Disease Control guidelines calling for taking their own temperatures twice daily without being isolated and periodic face-to-face monitoring by a health professional.
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pardus said:
Listen up NOOB, use the search function before you post some BS that's already been posted before!
Last warning, before you get a.... well... warning!
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Good job! Way to "Admin Up."

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lindy said:
I don't know if you're leaning right or I'm moving to the center, but I fully agree with you @Scotth : the USG has said that Ebola is a threat to national security but yet doesn't do SHIT about it at home. Homeland Security will raid your panty store but the Government doesn't have a national policy on Ebola? Our collective plan is to let each state determine how to handle ebola? This is the ISIL threat all over again: who's in charge and what do we do? Nobody, so let's send out conflicting messages...and blame the Republicans (shit worked before) for politicizing the "crisis".

Lead, follow, or get out of the way. My favorite quote from basic training in '82.

Gone are the days when Americans are afraid and the fears are calmed by a President's words or actions. No, wait...I was reassured in the days and months after 9/11. :thumbsup: Things went awry in March 2003 though.:(
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The government is doing nothing? Come on. Try Googling "CDC Ebola Guidelines" if you think the government is doing nothing.

We also already had 4 hospitals setup for high risk isolation as part of our prep work for a national response on Ebola.

Let's wait until the end of November and lets see how much Ebola comes up going forward. Let's see if the concern we've previously seen is genuine or election related.
 
Looks like a bunch of Reserve and Guard folks will get orders soon.
I am torn over this, helping is part of ou nature, but readiness is dropping and we can continue to serve as a meals on wheels operation.

Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby on the Mobilization of Reserve Forces in Support of Operation United Assistance

Last night, Secretary Hagel signed an order authorizing the involuntary mobilization of approximately 2,100 Army Reserve and Army National Guard soldiers to support Operation United Assistance. Army officials are in the process of notifying individual soldiers and their families of this mobilization. Once all of the appropriate notifications have been completed, we will provide additional information about units and specialties being mobilized.
These troops will replace forces in Senegal and Liberia who are supporting our whole-of-government response to the most devastating Ebola outbreak in history.
All soldiers will conduct regionally-specific training on Ebola prevention, malaria prevention, other medical threats, and medical readiness requirements before deploying. As we rotate U.S. military personnel, we will take all prudent steps necessary to ensure their safety and implement procedures and protocols to reduce or eliminate the risk of transmission of the Ebola virus.


http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=17030&source=GovDelivery
 
Scotth said:
The government is doing nothing? Come on. Try Googling "CDC Ebola Guidelines" if you think the government is doing nothing.

We also already had 4 hospitals setup for high risk isolation as part of our prep work for a national response on Ebola.

Let's wait until the end of November and lets see how much Ebola comes up going forward. Let's see if the concern we've previously seen is genuine or election related.
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Seems like a prophetic post now
 
Can we stop panicking yet? It's almost the end of the year and I haven't used up my panic quota. Anyone got anything? ISIS sleeper agents registering their kids for kindergarten? Mexican drug cartels doing Toys for Tots? SOMETHING about Obama?! Anything?! C'mon guys, I'm freaking out about my panic quota over here!
 
Yeah, I read about that, and strangely I still haven't panicked. Although I should take this moment to go full-on hipster with things and point out that Auburn University was working on a cure for Ebola before it was cool to research such things. Not that anyone outside of the area would know or care, because it's so passé to worry about Ebola now.
 

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