Passenger Trains > Jackson Miss station closed over Ebola hysteria

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/10/19/greyhound-amtrak-station-closed-temporarily-over-ebola-scare/17578181/

I wonder how many sheeples have cancelled trips to Enola PA....

This isn't hysteria, it's a serious threat to our country. I heard on the news that ISIS was coming over the border with Ebola powered rockets...

Greyhound rider vomiting. Used to not be a big deal.

stash Wrote:
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> Greyhound rider vomiting. Used to not be a big
> deal.

It's routine on any train coming back from the Del Mar horse races after the patrons have lost too much money and have attempted to drown out their sorrows by consuming too much beer.

It is hysteria. It is anxiety gone wild. In northeast Ohio where I live, it is way out of control. They tell you how not to contract Ebola, but then people who simply sat on an airplane with a person, who is symptomatic of Ebola, and the schools are shut and businesses are closed.

I am all for an abundance of caution, but the reactions of our leaders are pathetic.

MEKoch Wrote:
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> It is hysteria. It is anxiety gone wild. In
> northeast Ohio where I live, it is way out of
> control. They tell you how not to contract Ebola,
> but then people who simply sat on an airplane with
> a person, who is symptomatic of Ebola, and the
> schools are shut and businesses are closed.
>
> I am all for an abundance of caution, but the
> reactions of our leaders are pathetic.

A little hysteria is understandable when the leaders won't take the steps that are common sense. How much would have been saved if the country's first death victim had not flown back to the USA. On the other hand, it probably lead to a good wakeup call for the country as far as the health care system not being ready. With the 21 day quarantine coming to an end with no more infections, there is hope that things are under control. However Ebola still has a big breakout potential if we don't handle it right.

The W.H.O. says the quarantine period should be 42 days.

joemvcnj Wrote:
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> The W.H.O. says the quarantine period should be 42
> days.

CNBC had a short piece this morning about the different rules that the World Health Organization, Doctors without Borders, and the US Centers for Disease Control have applied. It seems like the theoretical science and the experience of guys in the field are at a considerable variance.

Not unlike railroaders who do the work and folks in the office who talk about how the work should be done.

The hysteria is being promoted purely for political reasons, not public health ones. After some miscues, the health establishment knows how to keep a handle on this.

Once election day is over and there is NO US epidemic, Ebola will disappear from the 24 hour news cycle.

Art House

aehouse Wrote:
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> The hysteria is being promoted purely for
> political reasons, not public health ones. After
> some miscues, the health establishment knows how
> to keep a handle on this.
>
> Once election day is over and there is NO US
> epidemic, Ebola will disappear from the 24 hour
> news cycle.
>
> Art House

Exactly Art. pre-election political distraction. Now that the Smith-Mundt Act has been repealed the government is free to spend what every it wants propagandizing the American public.

Not that it has anything to do with trains, but the "propagandizing" part of the law was not repealed.

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

Where is Orson Wells when you need him?

whistlepig Wrote:
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> Where is Orson Wells when you need him?

Let's see who on TO knows what that refers to? Guess today it would be a "red" alert.

A reference to Orson Wells on the radio, back when Masterphots was a little boy.

Several years ago a local radio station used to revive the works of Orson Wells that you're thinking about.

The problem with Ebola right now is that we don't know what we don't know. What we thought was true yesterday may not be true today. It's a moving target. It has a high fatality rate and there is no supply of medicine to fight it or prevent it at this time. We don't even know what to do with the hospital waste after it is incinerated. Some hazmat waste processors won't even accept it. We don't know how contagious it really is and how it's transmitted. If there were a case in NYC would the waste end up on the stinky slinky (trash train?)

I'm ready to be cautious but I'm not going to panic and I'm more susceptible that most people since I had transplant surgery. I'm on anti-rejection / immune suppressing medicine and medications that would attack the Ebola virus would probably not be good for me either.

John

wa4umr Wrote:
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> Several years ago a local radio station used to
> revive the works of Orson Wells that you're
> thinking about.
>
> The problem with Ebola right now is that we don't
> know what we don't know. What we thought was true
> yesterday may not be true today. It's a moving
> target. It has a high fatality rate and there is
> no supply of medicine to fight it or prevent it at
> this time. We don't even know what to do with the
> hospital waste after it is incinerated. Some
> hazmat waste processors won't even accept it. We
> don't know how contagious it really is and how
> it's transmitted. If there were a case in NYC
> would the waste end up on the stinky slinky (trash
> train?)


Nothing exists but ash after incineration since fire kills everything. It can be disposed of as you would with any ash. As for catching it, we know how contagious it is since this ebola has been under study for over 20 years. It is difficult to transmit this virus and there is no evidence that has changed. I don't know where you are getting your information, but you should be very skeptical of any source that implies otherwise. Promoting panic is a way some news outlets boost listener counts, and the way some politicans excite their base voters. It is after all, election season, and the truth is often the first casualty.
>
> I'm ready to be cautious but I'm not going to
> panic and I'm more susceptible that most people
> since I had transplant surgery. I'm on
> anti-rejection / immune suppressing medicine and
> medications that would attack the Ebola virus
> would probably not be good for me either.
>
> John

You're more likely to be hit by lightening in your basement then you are to catch Ebola. Rest easy and try not to add another layer of concern to your life.

ATSF3751 Wrote:
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> You're more likely to be hit by lightening in your
> basement then you are to catch Ebola.

Or be killed in a car accident, or die of the common flu. At lest get yourself vaccinated.

Jishnu Wrote:
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> ATSF3751 Wrote:
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> -----
> > You're more likely to be hit by lightening in
> your
> > basement then you are to catch Ebola.
>
> Or be killed in a car accident, or die of the
> common flu. At lest get yourself vaccinated.


And if you are over 50, get the shingles vaccination. And if you are over 65, add to that the pneumonia vaccination.

The_Chief_Way Wrote:
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> A reference to Orson Wells on the radio, back when
> Masterphots was a little boy.

A bit before I arrived but I've heard the program many times. That's why I had my red alert comment in the post.

It's not a panic. I trust my govenment because they're keeping me safe. All a part of the big plan.

Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA