Darwoth wrote:i am not going to fall into your ploy of "lol what about people from other countries maaaaan"
I only wanted clarification as to your side of the argument before I attempted to debate it, as I was unsure as to exactly your side was. Now that that's out of the way... let's counter some common fears about Ebola.
Darwoth wrote:there is a highly contagious disease that kills most of the ***** people it infect and it has already infected thousands.
Ebola is a very deadly disease, with a mortality rating of 72% in the newest epidemic in Africa. Though it doesn't diminish the threat of the disease (if you were to catch it), it should be noted that the mortality rate in first world countries is much lower.
However, as to your note on how contagious the disease is: yes, it's easier to catch than AIDS, but let's take a note from good ole common sense here. Despite the fact that many African countries are poverty stricken, and despite their high population count and density, the relative number of people who have been diagnosed with the disease is remarkably low.
“This is not influenza or measles,” says Paul Offit, the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “It’s not spread by the respiratory route. If you’re sitting next to someone on a plane, you’re not going to catch it. People should take note of the fact that Duncan’s family never got sick.”
Please note that this good fellow is much more qualified to make calls in regards to this than you are, Darwoth... and probably about anything else, actually. For reference, Duncan was the American who was flown back to America from Africa. The only other victims were medical professionals working on the guy, and I highly doubt they were the only two. Funnily enough, only those two got it! Which is remarkable considering how long Duncan was being treated.
Tragic, yes, but for comparison, the Flu had killed over 53,667 Americans in 2010. Funny how nobody cried quarantine of Hawaii when infections were reported there, or Alaska. But since many from Texas are so worried about the contagion spreading, how about we ban all air flight from Texas? Maybe cut off the highways and blow up the rails, too. Sure, there's other ways out of Texas, but for the good of the country, as long as it lowers the chance, it's totally worth it
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. (Yes, I'm being sarcastic here).As for the rest of your argument, even disregarding things for a perspective of someone with a conscious and everything I've said above, here's the counter to it:
Or they (refugees seeking treatment for Ebola) may even go to a slightly better but still ****** country such as Russia (legitimately or not). Imagine what would happen if there was an outbreak there? Or even worse, they could use a 'backdoor' to get into the US or other modern countries such as through Mexico or down from Canada. Then you've got a bunch of people entering the country who may have Ebola that wouldn't even be on record! Most of these people would be disappearing into the poorer parts of the country, crowded cities and suburban ***** where the infection could spread much easier.
Take a good hard look before skimming through it in rage mode, my good sir, because it's something that you don't want to hear.
And just because I'm in a trollish mood, here's a list of things far more likely to kill people than Ebola:
Getting in a car accident while trying to evacuate from somewhere due to a contained report of Ebola.
Getting killed in an airline accident when evacuating from somewhere with a reported case of Ebola.
Getting shot by a racist police officer because you're originally from the same countries that Ebola outbreaks are in.
Getting killed by a member of ISIS who's purposely contracted a case of the flu, a much more effective contagion than Ebola.
Getting killed by Darwoth during his inevitable murdering spree when he targets people with suspected cases of Ebola.
Any number of stress related illnesses after reading about all the headlines about Ebola.
Former Vice President ***** Cheney while out hunting. (lol, I love the profanity filter sometimes)
Oh, and just to piss off everyone here who I haven't pissed off already, here's the number one thing thousands of times more likely to kill you than Ebola
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Thank you, and God bless America
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