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Old 09-16-2014, 17:32   #82
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Well I would assume the soldiers have special training and equipment for dealing with this.
A: No, they don't.

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Should we just let the disease continue to get more and more out-of-control in West Africa?
A: Yes. The current situation is NOT our problem.

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Better to start getting it under control now I would think, then have it maybe mutate and then make its way here.
A: Just how do you think we are going to "get in under control." This is another sinkhole. "Maybe mutate?" How about the only way to catch it now is directly from contact with someone who has it. How to control it? Perhaps we should be playing keep away. Quarantine is used because it works.

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