quarantines, chris christie, and obama

[Professor]

[Professor]

[uebermann]

[exploited]

I'm torn on this issue.

There is an incredibly tiny chance that Ebola takes off in the West. Virtually nonexistent. But you'd hate to see that anomaly happen, and then look back and go "Oh, well shit... We could have stopped this pretty easily and with a minimum of fuss."

On the other hand, I don't trust the authorities to actually do a good job of a quarantine anyways, so it seems a bit redundant. Further, the nature of the disease makes it just so damned unlikely - and we all know what happens when Western authorities overreact to a small threat.

I do think that it is perfectly reasonable to legally require them to check in, and for the government to arrest them for failing to do so. Quarantine isn't quite necessary IMO, but legally mandating other things makes sense.

[Dylan]

Goddamn you people are being such pussies about this. Hysterical old women clutching your purses.

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[Dylan]

[Philly]

Wait uber you said flu isn't as deadly? Thousands of people die from the flu each year. 1 person has died from Ebola in America and he didn't even contract it here. Nobody has contracted Ebola and died in America.

[Dylan]

[Professor]