Animal welfare groups are always looking for vets to help in disasters! And if you remember your Walking Dead, you'd know that a vet is actually the right kind of doctor. :-)

Well, we sat by during the Rwandan slaughter, too.

I never get tired of this gif.

I think (and wonder if studies back this up) that people who don't study geography are less likely to travel outside of their comfort zone. So now I wonder if the lack of geography studies is a right-wing plot to keep Americans provincial.

That's embarrassing.

Haha! Which kind of sounds like a sad trombone. Good call.

What is your source for $1 million/patient? There have only been four (I believe) Ebola patients treated in US hospitals. Is there a price on saving lives?

Thanks for the link; I read the synopsis and it looks really interesting. I'm not saying that we shouldn't be concerned or care about Ebola-that's just dumb for anyone to not care at all-but I'm not going to panic unless it starts showing up in humans who have had no direct contact with Mr. Duncan. We can't spend our…

Is wamp-wamp the sad trombone sound writ large?

Why do you think American cattle and dogs will become infected? How? It doesn't fly over in the sky. If it did, it would have been here by now.

Liberia and other African countries have epidemics. We have two infected nurses.

Then why haven't all the other doctors and nurses in Dallas fallen ill? He saw an ER doc and nurse, then saw more the second visit. He stayed with his family during the first few days of symptoms. Surely these two sick nurses aren't the only ones who cared for him but if we are lucky, they will be the only ones…

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The mortality rate in African countries may rise to 70%, yes, but much of that mortality is due to lack of supportive therapies (IV fluids and BP support) and appropriate quarantining measures. The US is excellent on the first count and we are still finding our way on the second. And I strongly believe the nurse…

The nurses didn't wear protective gear for two full days and were the ones touching his feces and vomit and blood. It is no surprise that they are ill. His family has passed the incubation period and are not sick. The ER nurse and doctor are also through the incubation period. Front line health care workers are at the…

The nurse shouldn't have flown but there is no proof that the Dallas lab worker was in any way at risk.

Thank you. There are so many other junk sweets out there that rate higher. Twinkies will always disappoint.

Well, he certainly looks like the devil...

Needs more misspelled words: 8/10.

There is no known Ebola in Dallas, FWIW. You'll be fine (except you'll be in Dallas, sorry).