What happened to Ebola?

[Bureaucrat]

Did I miss the victory party, or is it no longer a wedge issue because the mid terms are over?

[pushbutton]

Still seems rather out of control in the hotspots. Surprisingly, surrounding countries have so far kept it out. Northern Minnesota should be ok......talked to a guy who was not allowed in deer camp because he recently traveled to Bulgaria and Greece.

[leech~~]

But wait, where is the USA on the chart? Up or down?

[Big Dave2]

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What happened to Ebola?

The same thing that happened to bird flu, SARS, swine flu, global warming and Y2K.

[Bureaucrat]

It just dawned on me today. A month ago the sky was falling, and now nothing? Did the media see a squirrel?

I was and still am one of those concerned about it. Let's not rehash that. But for how big of a story it was, it seems like a memo went out and it fell off the idea board.

[PurpleFloyd]

Kinda like what APR went through last winter.

I did see a funny one the other week. It said the cure for Ebola was only 50 dead white people away.

[KawishiwiKid]

It just dawned on me today. A month ago the sky was falling, and now nothing? Did the media see a squirrel?

I was and still am one of those concerned about it. Let's not rehash that. But for how big of a story it was, it seems like a memo went out and it fell off the idea board.

Once the number of cases in the u.s. fell to zero it became boring to have only that to report day after day. When the sky doesn't fall, like EVERY doctor said it wouldnt, even the hard core "chicken littles" move on...

[upnorth]

It just dawned on me today. A month ago the sky was falling, and now nothing? Did the media see a squirrel?

I was and still am one of those concerned about it. Let's not rehash that. But for how big of a story it was, it seems like a memo went out and it fell off the idea board.

Since there is no "Outbreak" there is no drama, no drama, no headlines. Can't sell news when everything is OK.

[delcecchi]

You guys must have missed this one. Close to home.

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Red Bulls Heading To Africa To Battle Ebola

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minnesota National Guard is stepping up to help the fight against Ebola.

About 700 men and women with the Rosemount-based 34th Red Bull Infantry Division will be headed to West Africa in the spring.

They are part of more than 2,000 Army National Guard and Army Reserve forces who will help areas hardest hit by the virus. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel authorized the deployment on Friday.

Col. Mike Wickman with the Minnesota National Guard said he expects a six-month deployment for the 34th Infantry Division.

“This humanitarian mission is not that unusual,” said Wickman, discussing the battle against the contagious and deadly disease. “You have forces that are proven and capable, and … they are fully prepared.”

He said the troops will go through medical training, but they won’t be directly dealing with Ebola patients.

“Our mission is to execute command and control of the various Department of Defense entities that are going to be in that area,” Wickman said. “So the risk is not as great as one would expect.”

Once the mission is complete, they will undergo 21 days of monitoring. They’ll meet with a nurse twice a day and their temperatures will also be taken to make sure they didn’t contract the virus.

This is the second time in the recent past that the 34th Infantry Division has been mobilized. Previously, the Red Bulls were deployed to Iraq to help support Operation New Dawn.

Maj. Darrin Janisch is leaving behind his family in Savage to go on his fourth deployment with the Minnesota National Guard.

“This is very different because it is a humanitarian assistance mission, very different than having boots on the ground and being in combat,” Janisch said.

Ann Janisch said she has become better able to handle the time her husband leaves over the years but it is still very difficult to juggle the responsibilities of having three children.

“We haven’t quite wrapped our heads around it,” she said.

She added sometimes people do not know what to say but kind gestures like helping to mow the lawn or helping with carpool mean a lot to military families with loved ones overseas.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/11/17/red-bulls-heading-to-africa-to-battle-ebola/

[Uncle Bill]

Did I miss the victory party, or is it no longer a wedge issue because the mid terms are over?

The MSM couldn't find a way to blame it on republicans.

[Duffman]

What happened?

The pant shatters of Silly Town found something else to get their panties in a twist and be afraid of.

[jentz]

The Party that used it as scare tactics won.It's not needed anymore.

[cruiseforever]

Did I miss the victory party, or is it no longer a wedge issue because the mid terms are over?

It's back to where it has been for decades. Only reason it made the news is that they are starting to treat in the USA. As with 9/11, I think there is a silver lining to have a couple of health care workers contracting Ebola here.

With 9/11 the scare of chemical weapons, First Responders were forced to become educated and/or trained on how to deal with a lot chemicals. This has increased the awareness and the ability to deal with the daily chemical spills that happen now in a more timely and safe way.

With Ebola is showed that we need to be better educated and trained in protecting the population from diseases. We are lucky it is slow spreading and pretty easy to contain.

[PurpleFloyd]

Did I miss the victory party, or is it no longer a wedge issue because the mid terms are over?

would you have preferred that he did a photo op on an aircraft carrier with a mission accomplished banner hanging in the background?

[leech~~]

would you have preferred that he did a photo op on an aircraft carrier with a mission accomplished banner hanging in the background?

Well maybe if he was a "King or Emperor" but, he is not!

[PurpleFloyd]

Well maybe if he was a "King or Emperor" but, he is not!

since when has that stopped a president from either party?

[bobbymalone]

What happened to Obama declaring martial law?

I'm sure the next time a case shows up in the US (and it will) the freakout will be reignited and Obama's CDC will be blamed for ineptitude.

[Uncle Bill]

When it rains, it pours. Just before unveiling his colossal administrative amnesty for millions of "undocumented" aliens and foreign tech workers on Thursday, President Obama separately ordered up to 8,000 more executive pardons and special work passes for Liberians, Sierra Leoneans and Guineans illegally in this country.

Strange, isn't it? The same administration that refused to enact travel bans from Ebola-plagued West African nations to protect Americans is now granting "temporary protected status" (TPS) to West Africans on American soil so they don't have to go back.

It's not really about public health, of course. It's about political pandering and electoral engineering.

Here's the dirty open secret: There's nothing "temporary" about TPS benefits. Under both Democratic and Republican administrations, the program has become an endless, interminable residency plan for unlawful border-crossers, visa overstayers and deportation evaders from around the world.

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[Bureaucrat]

would you have preferred that he did a photo op on an aircraft carrier with a mission accomplished banner hanging in the background?

I miss Bush. You could laugh at him, and he could also take a political punch.

[LMITOUT]

The MSM couldn't find a way to blame it on republicans.

And U.B. wins again.

[Canon Guy]

Just think how many fewer Americans would have died had the president banned flights from some of those African countries. Oh wait........

[Surface Tension]

The object is to isolate this to one hot bed.

If it gets started somewhere else, well you get the idea.

Good ahead with the caviler attitude because your what______?

Smarter then everyone else? Well then Einstein, then thank you for visiting HSO.

Or Internet Biotch I Ain't Scared Know It Alls.

Mean while 800 Minnesota National Guard members headed to Liberia next spring.

Discuss.

[Canon Guy]

Feel better now?

[Surface Tension]

Feel better now?

No, and if I hurt your feelings I'm sorry.

Please have a good weekend.

[Duffman]

Mean while 800 Minnesota National Guard members headed to Liberia next spring.

Discuss.

I bet it will be ten times safer than being sent to Afghanistan.

Discuss

(not to mention I probably have 10,000 Liberians living within 30 miles of me)

((still not scared))

[PurpleFloyd]

would you have preferred that he did a photo op on an aircraft carrier with a mission accomplished banner hanging in the background?

[pushbutton]

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Discuss.

Seems word on the ebola street is that Guinea and Liberia have "somewhat" gotten this under control...meaning that it is not raising exponentially anymore. Still growing, but at a reduced rate, with less mortality. The US is scaling back the numbers of "treatment troops" being sent over as well the originally planned number of facilities and number of beds in each. Since the surrounding countries have so far keep it from spreading does show this disease can be contained. Probably the biggest threat other than the disease itself would be the breakdown of society/lack of central leadership in a infected country. Either of these two could lead to more people getting sick, less treatment, and people panicking and trying to get out, thereby spreading the disease. This is probably the exact reason the 800 guards are being sent...not to fight the disease per se, but rather to try to maintain infrastructure and order. Don't think they will really be in the line of Ebola fire, but not would want that job though, and if I believed in a god, would say god bless them. Will be interesting to see how Mali, a pretty war torn cluster cluck, handles this, as they now have a case where a religious leader came back infected and potentially exposed 500 hundred followers. Suppose though, that number might be dramatized a little as well, with close close contact numbers probably being significantly less.

As far as the travel ban....yeah, tough one, but have to give the nod towards keeping them open, for the reason listed above, that not only do these counties need to medically fight this....they also need to remain stable. Closing them off would hasten if not cause the degradation; and seems like the impact of us dealing with a few cases that do get here with it open would be considerably less than a complete breakdown of one of these countries with potentially millions of infected people spilling out all over.

Oh by the way, the fox news hate obama for everything pundits, and the people lapping it up and regurgitating the talking points......were both being political and needlessly soiling their pants