Obama sending 3000 troops to Liberia to help against ebola outbreak

[Androidpk]

Obama is sending 3,000 troops to West Africa to stop the deadly outbreak. But 250,000 people could already be infected by Christmas.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/09/16/can_the_us_army_degrade_and_destroy_ebola

[Tgo01]

What are troops going to do to help combat a virus? Guns don't work on a virus, Obama!

[Gelston]

What are troops going to do to help combat a virus? Guns don't work on a virus, Obama!

Aide work, passing out food, the number likely includes Corps men and doctors, and likely a Hospital ship parked off the coast.

Also, the woman that wrote 250k by December is nuts. 77-270kish is a hypothetical worst case scenario, by the end of December.

This site has science and graphs. http://www.eurosurveillance.org/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=20894

We could be hit by a solar storm that wipes out all of Africa's population by the end of December too.

Ebola is a bitch ass virus anyways. I wiped out the entire population of the Earth in way less time then Ebola has existed in Plague Inc.

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469802550788691164/025338563A13D45235370559E789152A5E28AD8F/

[Tgo01]

Aide work, passing out food, the number likely includes Corps men and doctors, and likely a Hospital ship parked off the coast.

Sounds like an invasion to me.

[Kembal]

Sounds like an invasion to me.

you know the history of Liberia?

[Androidpk]

Aide work, passing out food, the number likely includes Corps men and doctors, and likely a Hospital ship parked off the coast.

Also, the woman that wrote 250k by December is nuts. 77-270kish is a hypothetical worst case scenario, by the end of December.

We could be hit by a solar storm that wipes out all of Africa's population by the end of December too.


I imagine a number of civil affairs teams will be going as well.

[Astray]

I don't understand this at all. Maybe if he armed them with flame throwers and quarantined the area, this might make sense but... yeah, I don't see that happening.

[Gelston]

I imagine a number of civil affairs teams will be going as well.

No one cares about them.

[Androidpk]

That number given doesn't seem too incfedulous, given how fast it is spreading. Look at the numbers of deaths per day in Liberia alone. It has gone from 2 deaths a day up to 59 a day, in the span of just a few months. And even when it was 2 a day they were already overwhelmed.

[Gelston]

I don't understand this at all. Maybe if he armed them with flame throwers and quarantined the area, this might make sense but... yeah, I don't see that happening.

The US Military has done a LOT of humanitarian missions over the years. We used to pretty much only do them, until 2001 when we got side tracked. (A few other smaller things as well.)

[Androidpk]

No one cares about them.

Says who? Just you? CA numbers are rising fast, because the military knows their worth is incredibly high.

[Gelston]

That number given doesn't seem too incfedulous, given how fast it is spreading. Look at the numbers of deaths per day in Liberia alone. It has gone from 2 deaths a day up to 59 a day, in the span of just a few months. And even when it was 2 a day they were already overwhelmed.

Because more people have it now. It hasn't really been going up exponentially since it first appeared in Dec 13 though.

[Astray]

The US Military has done a LOT of humanitarian missions over the years. We used to pretty much only do them, until 2001 when we got side tracked. (A few other smaller things as well.)

I see. I know we helped with Operation Tomodachi but that was entirely different. Also, wasn't a relief hospital looted not to long ago?

[Gelston]

Says who? Just you? CA numbers are rising fast, because the military knows their worth is incredibly high.

Everybody pal. The numbers of flies have gone up in the world too.

[Gelston]

I see. I know we helped with Operation Tomodachi but that was entirely different. Also, wasn't a relief hospital looted not to long ago?

We have two massive Hospital ships for a reason. They don't exist for the use off the US.

http://blog.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/usnscomfort1.jpg

[Androidpk]

I don't understand this at all. Maybe if he armed them with flame throwers and quarantined the area, this might make sense but... yeah, I don't see that happening.

The military isn't just about war and killing people. Because of the resources at their disposal as well as their outstanding logistics, they make for an incredible humanitarian response.

[Astray]

The military isn't just about war and killing people. Because of the resources at their disposal as well as their outstanding logistics, they make for an incredible humanitarian response.

Unfortunately, I haven't heard much about the work they do. All I hear about is the war and killing people. Glad to be told otherwise.

[leifastagsweed]

Ebola is a bitch ass virus anyways. I wiped out the entire population of the Earth in way less time then Ebola has existed in Plague Inc.

Did you really just screenshot us your hypothesis based on a video game? Man, everything 80's is coming back...so retro!

http://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/35/34899/1377601.jpg

[Androidpk]

Everybody pal. The numbers of flies have gone up in the world too.

You alone does not mean everybody.

[Gelston]

The USNS Comfort, picture above, can be off after 2 days prep and bed 1000 patients.


Did you really just screenshot us your hypothesis based on a video game? Man, everything 80's is coming back...so retro!

http://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/35/34899/1377601.jpg

No... I said my virus was better than Ebola.


You alone does not mean everybody.

Everyone important.

[leifastagsweed]

Makes me want to pull out Pandemic (http://zmangames.com/product-details.php?id=1246) and play a round to see if he's right.

[Androidpk]

Unfortunately, I haven't heard much about the work they do. All I hear about is the war and killing people. Glad to be told otherwise.

The tsunami that hit Thailand in 2004 for example. The US Navy was the first in the world to arrive and help, with a carrier group I believe.

[Gelston]

The tsunami that hit Thailand in 2004 for example. The US Navy was the first in the world to arrive and help, with a carrier group I believe.

The Mercy was there for the Tsunami. The Comfort also helped out Haiti.

[Androidpk]

Everyone important.

Petraues > Gelston

[Gelston]

Petraues > Gelston

Petraeus was only a 4 star. I am going to be a Lord Marshal. That has more stars then the universe.

[Latrinsorm]

Petraeus was only a 4 star. I am going to be a Lord Marshal. That has more stars then the universe.Are you proposing fractal insignia? Good luck with the Chandrasekhar limit, pal!

[Gelston]

Are you proposing fractal insignia? Good luck with the Chandrasekhar limit, pal!

It will be notional, just as Pershing never wore all the stars he was entitled to.

[Tisket]

Great, another Chicken Little thread by Androidpk.

[Androidpk]

Great, another Chicken Little thread by Androidpk.

There is nothing chicken little about this. The UN is holding a meeting on this. Only the second time in the historu of the UN this has happened.

[Archigeek]

That number given doesn't seem too incfedulous, given how fast it is spreading. Look at the numbers of deaths per day in Liberia alone. It has gone from 2 deaths a day up to 59 a day, in the span of just a few months. And even when it was 2 a day they were already overwhelmed.

You sir have created a new word, and I love it. Though I'm afraid you've used it out of context!

Definition:
Incfedulous: when a corporation and a government collaborate to rob the people in such a way that it can hardly be believed.

[Atlanteax]

Why are we putting US troops in harm's way in West Africa? There is no oil there.

[Gelston]

Why are we putting US troops in harm's way in West Africa? There is no oil there.

Nigeria has tons of oil.

[Tisket]

Much easier to contain a potential threat to the US and US interests if we already have troops with boots on the ground in a dangerous area, no?

[Jeril]

Much easier to contain a potential threat to the US and US interests if we already have troops with boots on the ground in a dangerous area, no?

Don't go and try to make sense Tisket.

[Androidpk]

You sir have created a new word, and I love it. Though I'm afraid you've used it out of context!

Definition:
Incfedulous: when a corporation and a government collaborate to rob the people in such a way that it can hardly be believed.

:lol:

[Androidpk]

I just want to throw this out there, as it is one of the reasons why this is a serious situation to be mindful of. Every time there is a new infection there is a chance of the virus mutating. I'll have to check the exact number again but since this outbreak the virus has mutated over 500 times. Now the likelihood of it mutating into an airborn virus is very, very, small.. but given how many people are infected and are getting infected, it could happen. It is much better to be proactive and to help these countries get this under control.