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re: American doctor working in Congo has tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus
Posted on 5/18/26 at 10:39 pm to Red Drum
Posted on 5/18/26 at 10:39 pm to Red Drum
quote:all that Doctor had to do to risk his life is go to North Baton Rouge
Look at a local BR orthopedic surgeon...who goes on a medical mission trip that 225 features?
But I guess that’s not a sensationalist headline
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Posted on 5/18/26 at 10:43 pm to L.A.
F that. You wanna go play in the congo then deal with Harambes revenge.
Posted on 5/18/26 at 10:45 pm to GreenRockTiger
Posted on 5/18/26 at 10:46 pm to Dixie2023
I would feel as safe in Haiti as I would Chicago or New Orleans.
Posted on 5/18/26 at 10:49 pm to AUIH1
quote:no you wouldn’t
I would feel as safe in Haiti as I would Chicago or New Orleans.
I have a crazy religious friend that lives and does mission/medical work in the Kensington area of Philadelphia - after her second trip to Haiti, she said never again
Posted on 5/18/26 at 10:55 pm to GreenRockTiger
quote:
and does mission
Posted on 5/18/26 at 11:11 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
How does exposing their innocent children to such diseases (KNOWN to be rampant there) fit into their reasoning?
Posted on 5/18/26 at 11:12 pm to Deep Purple Haze
She bats for the other team, mpdph
Which may have saved her from being raped in Haiti
Which may have saved her from being raped in Haiti
Posted on 5/18/26 at 11:47 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
These doctors go there to get that coveted Instagram pic. Local authorities do not want them there
Christians love to leverage their spirituality for travel and a sense of "doing good" even if it cant be measured in any meaningful way.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 12:22 am to L.A.
quote:
An American contracted Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Ebola is like the least worst thing you can get in the Congo
Posted on 5/19/26 at 1:02 am to AUIH1
quote:BS
I would feel as safe in Haiti as I would Chicago or New Orleans.
Been to all of the above and you are just wrong.
Dominican Republic was pretty bad too.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 1:50 am to AUIH1
quote:
would feel as safe in Haiti as I would Chicago or New Orleans.
Take a trip to Lagos and get back to me.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 5:39 am to L.A.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 5:52 am to L.A.
Has the Congo made any measurable progress over the past 40+ years?
Posted on 5/19/26 at 6:34 am to Sofaking2
Wellbye.gif
Posted on 5/19/26 at 6:41 am to tiggerthetooth
Good grief. Can we get a Cynicism Board?
This post was edited on 5/19/26 at 6:43 am
Posted on 5/19/26 at 7:10 am to L.A.
quote:
“To the American public, the risk to the United States remains low,” Pillai said.
Hantavirus was simply the test. This is the final step.
Prepare yourselves accordingly.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 7:11 am to L.A.
did his vaccine work?
Posted on 5/19/26 at 7:15 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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I genuinely do not understand the urge of some western doctors to go to the middle of these Ebola outbreak hotzones
You aren’t saving the world, you aren’t even providing life saving care that African nurses and doctors don’t know how to perform
Ebola treatment is purely symptom relief. There is no cure. There is no anti viral.
These doctors go there to get that coveted Instagram pic. Local authorities do not want them there
In this particular case, he's a Christian missionary. That is his motivation.
But why take along your wife and children. Stupid is as stupid does.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 7:18 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:American/western doctors have been going there since long before Instagram or social media, so your premise is already faulty
These doctors go there to get that coveted Instagram pic. Local authorities do not want them there
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