Saturday, October 18, 2014

Ebola As Islamic Bio-Terror Weapon?


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From the Weekly Standard article, Six Reasons to Panic:

"(3) Do you really want to be scared? What’s to stop a jihadist from going to Liberia, getting himself infected, and then flying to New York and riding the subway until he keels over? This is just the biological warfare version of a suicide bomb. Can you imagine the consequences if someone with Ebola vomited in a New York City subway car?A flight from Roberts International in Monrovia to JFK in New York is less than $2,000, meaning that the planning and infrastructure needed for such an attack is relatively trivial. This scenario may be highly unlikely. But so were the September 11 attacks and the Richard Reid attempted shoe bombing, both of which resulted in the creation of a permanent security apparatus around airports. We take drastic precautions all the time, if the potential losses are serious enough, so long as officials are paying attention to the threat."
And consider the ACTUAL news report from this morning:

A passenger died on a Nigeria-to-JFK flight after a vomiting fit Thursday — and a top lawmaker said officials gave the corpse only a “cursory” exam before declaring that the victim did not have Ebola. 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another "target rich" environ is a cruise ship. Cogitate on that possibility for a bit.

Anonymous said...

BBC: Ebola: Man removes daughter from school over facemask refusal Oct. 17, 2014 14:58 ET

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AugustaFreePress: Forbes Calls On Congress to Reconvene, Address Ebola Outbreak 10/18/2014 7:11AM
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UKDailyMail: At least 100 lawmakers are now in favor of West Africa travel restrictions - but Obama won't budge 10/17/2014
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Breitbart: Effectiveness of Ebola Travel Ban Questioned 10/18/204 4:17AM
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UKStokeSentinel: Aid to Ebola Countries Having No Impact 10/18/2014
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CBS: Ebola options: Isolation, quarantine, self-monitoring video
October 17, 2014 7:21PM
Ebola Self-Monitoring= Check temp twice a day for 21 days
Report symptoms right away
Isolation=receiving individual treatment in professional isolated setting
Quarantine is removal from general population.
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KWTX: Local family in self-imposed quarantine "Gracious and Compliant" 10/17/2014
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KXXV: Community Raises Thousands of Dollars for Belton Family Oct. 18, 2014
BELTON - The Belton community raised over $6,000 within 24 hours for a family of four that was on the Frontier Airlines flight Monday with Ebola-infected nurse Amber Vinson. The family decided to voluntarily comply with a 21-day isolation period as a precaution, and within 24 hours of that decision, two GoFundMe pages were created.
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Fox: Cleaning Crews Disinfect Belton Schools 10/17/2014 4:54PM EST
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MarketWatch: Carnival shares fall on Ebola fears 22 hours ago
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KPRC2: Texas man voluntarily quarantines himself October 17, 2014 4:13PM CDT
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LATimes: Ebola in US: 1,000 people under some level of watch
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Experimental Canadian Ebola vaccine to be shipped to Geneva for trials GlobalNewsCa 12 hours ago
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CanadaFreePress: Obama hosted leaders of Ebola-plaued West African countries at August summit 16 hours ago

Anonymous said...

UKMail: President of Liberia apologizes to Dallas mayor for Ebola landing in the US Ellen Johnson Sirlead made apology in phone call to Mike Rawlings
10/18/2014 01:42 EST

Always On Watch said...

I see "Ebola Bankruptcy" on the horizon.

Anonymous said...

LiveScience: Why Ebola Causes Bleeding In this outbreak only 18% of the infected even experience hemorrhagic symptoms at all. It is mostly vomiting and diarrhea.
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UKMail: Fresh Ebola fears after passenger flying from Nigeria to JFK dies in his seat after vomiting profusely
That passenger was a 63 year old US citizen flying from Lagos to NYC.
According to the New York Daily News, the man, who was traveling alone, also suffered chest pains before he died.
Nigeria is 1,000 miles east of the three West African countries suffering from an Ebola outbreak, but has had 19 cases of the virus.