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re: Taking in foreign Ebola patients...
Posted on 10/30/14 at 11:29 am to MrLarson
Posted on 10/30/14 at 11:29 am to MrLarson
quote:There are actually a decent amount of R's who think that a travel ban is a bad idea. Issa and Rand Paul come to mind. The rest of the calls seem to be dying down right now in favor of mandatory quarantines.
R's want to close the border, D's say it will stop Dr's from trying to go help. Does the military not have planes? Does the UN not have planes? If everyone keeps screwing around they are going to give this disease time to evolve. I can guarantee you that EVD is not going to send a memo out that it has evolved. I am curious if it will become more political at that point or people will actually give a damn and work to solve the problem.
And BTW, it is almost a mathematical impossibility that it will evolve through transmissions in the US... and it will not become airborne like the flu. Most likely evolution would make it less fatal or change the timing slightly.
This post was edited on 10/30/14 at 11:29 am
Posted on 10/30/14 at 1:10 pm to mmcgrath
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And BTW, it is almost a mathematical impossibility that it will evolve through transmissions in the US..
transmission of a virus is not evolution. It is the natural way of the virus spreading. The only way it would be "mathematically impossible" for the virus to spread here, is if Americans were immune to the virus or if all infected were banned from coming here.
Posted on 10/30/14 at 1:16 pm to mmcgrath
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And BTW, it is almost a mathematical impossibility that it will evolve through transmissions in the US... and it will not become airborne like the flu. Most likely evolution would make it less fatal or change the timing slightly.
What's your basis for putting that forth?
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