Meanwhile at Dulles airport:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0AXcU7CEAIJj1Q.png:large

:/\\!!

There is a subtle breech in the protective gear just above the gloves heh.

Wait, it must be a troll.

Nearly had a heart attack when I saw Fox News :o
They should have this guy as the only anchor.

Makes a nice change to see a sensible voice from Fox News, bravo to whoever decided to put that out. :up:

They say Tyvek Suits are going to be the hot item for Halloween costumes this year. But they kind of have been since Breaking Bad became a hit on Cable TV.

EBOLA!

http://brassmusician.com/wp-content/...-L-300x199.jpg

How you catch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZgWBpWnxk4

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I must admit a strange variation of "My Boyfriend's Back" has been running through my head lately.

Ebola's back and you're gonna be in trouble
(Hey-la-day-la ebola's back)
You see it comin' better, cut out on the double
(Hey-la-day-la ebola's back

Rgr that :yep:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29836550

Only one response:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PChWWkRS0MQ

Seriously, breaking quarantine is dumb. :nope:

Should be some emergency contingency law enabling them to lock her in her place of abode.

I think they were hoping that people would be sensible about it...since it appears that they are not, I think an armed guard or several would be necessary. Perhaps a thermal equipped drone on stand-by to make sure she/he doesn't slip out the back or something.
Drastic? Perhaps, but you don't screw around with infectious diseases, even if this outbreak is relatively easy to control, the next one might not be.

I think that really the world should be treating this outbreak as a dry run for when the next big one hits. :yep:

EDIT: Actually having re-read the article now that the Beeb has put more information about this particular case up, I can understand why she did what she did...however, there are two things to take away from this situation.

1) The US needs to get a consolidated nation wide approach to dealing with Ebola cases, not a state by state system, a national system. It should be really simple, if a person comes back from a West African nation they have a test done and they are monitored until the risk of infection is over. If they test positive then they are treated, if they test negative then they are monitored. Surely a nation with the power and resources of the United States can organise such a system.
2) Once the above system is organised and put into place at a national level then there needs to be real consequences for breaching it. Up to and including the possibility of using lethal force. Whilst it's not exactly likely that a person suffering from Ebola would be organised enough to breach containment, should such a situation take place then it needs to be resolved swiftly before the risk of exposure to the general public.

It may sound drastic, and in some ways it is, but you don't mess around with fatal contagious diseases, you really don't, the 1918 flu epidemic killed between 3 and 5% of the planets population, today that would be up to three hundred and fifty million people, five times more people than WWII. We've been lucky, very lucky not to have a major outbreak since then...but our luck grows smaller as time goes on...