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Re:Ebola outbreak in Eastern Congo is moving toward a major ... by pseudolus on Sunday January 20, 2019 @12:20PM (#18954137)
I'm inclined to believe that a significant urban ebola outbreak in Africa would be sufficiently frightening that politicians, regardless of their political stripe, would authorize the appropriate funding. In any case I'm sure it would fall under the rubric of being a national emergency and funding would be authorized by the executive branch with little controversy.

You do bring up an interesting point about airport screening because presumably that would require significant manpower. In passing, however, it appears that screening at airports hasn't advanced to the stage where it's particularly effective. [0].

[0] https://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g6202

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Re:Ebola outbreak in Eastern Congo is moving toward a major ... by drdeadringer on Sunday January 20, 2019 @01:38PM (#18954679)
> I'm inclined to believe that a significant urban ebola outbreak in Africa would be sufficiently frightening that politicians, regardless of their political stripe, would authorize the appropriate funding. In any case I'm sure it would fall under the rubric of being a national emergency and funding would be authorized by the executive branch with little controversy.

I'm not so optimistic. I'll believe any of this when I see it.

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Re:Ebola outbreak in Eastern Congo is moving toward a major ... by pseudolus on Sunday January 20, 2019 @03:21PM (#18955353)
My belief isn't grounded in any recognition that politicians really care. It's grounded in the fact that no politician would want to be blamed if ebola reached US shores. Ebola cases in the US would dominate the news cycle and incite a lot of fear.
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