[Thork]

8 times more people are killed every year by lightning than have been by ebola. Yes, 24,000 people a year get touched by God and are flash fried on the spot.

So why are we spending billions on this? Sending in the army, contracting GSK to make drugs and at a budget of over $1bn. $1bn! What a ridiculously large and round number to demand - UN of course. Its purely another way to siphon off millions and millions in tax payer money from citizens all over the world.

Why not use that $1bn to buy rubber boots for people in thunder prone zones?

[Rushy]

8 times more people are killed every year by lightning than have been by ebola. Yes, 24,000 people a year get touched by God and are flash fried on the spot.

So why are we spending billions on this? Sending in the army, contracting GSK to make drugs and at a budget of over $1bn. $1bn! What a ridiculously large and round number to demand - UN of course. Its purely another way to siphon off millions and millions in tax payer money from citizens all over the world.

Why not use that $1bn to buy rubber boots for people in thunder prone zones?

Probably because lightning isn't contagious you fucking idiot.

[Thork]

It kills 8 times as many people every year. And has been doing so relentlessly year after year.

And you know how to stop ebola spreading? You stop repatriating every stupid arse person who goes over there when they get the disease. You bloody leave them there to get treated. A Spanish nurse has caught it from someone they flew back to Spain! Now 3 more people in Spain have got it. The stupidity is stupefying.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/08/world/europe/ebola-spain/index.html

[Rushy]

It kills 8 times as many people every year. And has been doing so relentlessly year after year.

And you know how to stop ebola spreading? You stop repatriating every stupid arse person who goes over there when they get the disease. You bloody leave them there to get treated. A Spanish nurse has caught it from someone they flew back to Spain! Now 3 more people in Spain have got it. The stupidity is stupefying.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/08/world/europe/ebola-spain/index.html

Go away, then come back when you stop being wrong about everything. Jesus.

[Ghost of V]

[Thork]

I'm not wrong about this. The over reaction by the media and hysterical Americans on social media is laughable. 1.3 million people died of TB last year. That's contagious. 1.5 million people die of hepatitis each year. Contagious. 400,000 children died of measles last year ... contagious.

And then we have hand-wringing American's telling us we are all going to die of ebola because 7000 people have contracted it and that we have to stump up $1bn to the UN or we will all die. Its a joke on you. If you are this stupid, you deserve to have them steal your tax money for 'causes' like this.

[Ghost of V]

I'm not wrong about this. The over reaction by the media and hysterical Americans on social media is laughable. 1.3 million people died of TB last year. That's contagious. 1.5 million people die of hepatitis each year. Contagious. 158,000 people died of measles last year ... contagious.

And then we have hand-wringing American's telling us we are all going to die of ebola because 7000 people have contracted it and that we have to stump up $1bn to the UN or we will all die. Its a joke on you. If you are this stupid, you deserve to have them steal your tax money for 'causes' like this.

I'm sure putting that money into lightening strike prevention would be a good alternative...  even though "rubber boots" like you suggest would not save someone from a lightening strike by any means. You obviously have very rudimentary knowledge on the subject of lightening strike prevention.

[Thork]

I made a joke to highlight the ridiculousness of asking western nations to find $1bn to help a few thousand Africans with threats of global destruction pumped from every bent news channel in our respective nations.

[Ghost of V]

No, you're obviously a flippin idiot and terrible. Don't try to downplay it.

[Thork]

I understand how small 7000 is compared to the global population. I understand how large $1bn is as a sum. Anyone who comes to the conclusion that spending all this money on this is justified, is more of a flippin idiot than I am.

[Ghost of V]

I don't see what the problem is. We can always print more money.

[Hoppy]

Ebola shmola, Thork is right about this.

[Lord Dave]

I agree with Thork.  Yes its a terrible disease but far worse things infect with more subtle symptoms.  And its not like we have a flea problem these days.

[Rushy]

Well now you're being idiots too. You do realize that just about every disease he listed receives more funding than Ebola, right? HIV alone totals at about $5 billion.

http://kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/u-s-funding-for-global-health-the-presidents-fy-2014-budget-request/

TB is the only lower disease, at $843 million. Christ people, at least look this shit up before suddenly forming an opinion based on Thork.

[Ghost of V]

I personally believe it is wise to be over prepared rather than under prepared.

[Lord Dave]

Well now you're being idiots too. You do realize that just about every disease he listed receives more funding than Ebola, right? HIV alone totals at about $5 billion.

http://kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/u-s-funding-for-global-health-the-presidents-fy-2014-budget-request/

TB is the only lower disease, at $843 million. Christ people, at least look this shit up before suddenly forming an opinion based on Thork.

5 times the money for how many more times the infected?  dead? 

But I see your point and do indeed feel dumb.

[Saddam Hussein]

When in doubt, always assume that Thork is wrong.

[Vindictus]

When in doubt, always assume that Thork is wrong.

Saddam's Law.

[Hoppy]

NWO scare tactics is all this is.

[Thork]

Well now you're being idiots too. You do realize that just about every disease he listed receives more funding than Ebola, right? HIV alone totals at about $5 billion.

http://kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/u-s-funding-for-global-health-the-presidents-fy-2014-budget-request/

TB is the only lower disease, at $843 million. Christ people, at least look this shit up before suddenly forming an opinion based on Thork.

Get a calculator. They are budgeting $142,000 to contain each individual case. It takes $142,000 to stop one African spreading this to another? Pull the other one. I could build a fucking castle for each one of them to live in, in Africa at that rate. $142,000 per person. I could send every one of them into space with SpaceX for that money and have change! http://www.spacexc.com/en/bookings/
That's some pretty extreme quarantine.