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Only worry about what you can control!
No... I'm not a government stooge, just thought I would address that before the predictable attack starts.
Some know my background, others don't, but we'll just stick with "I deal with information" for now. Lets look at the information and then sit back and take a breath... At least try to enjoy one weekend.
The First Fact: Ebola has made it into the U.S. Mainland and has caused at least one death recently.
Second Fact: Two nurses are being treated for infection by Ebola... Current status unknown. They are being treated in facilities that are among the safest and best in the nation for something this serious.
Third Fact: The second nurse acted selfishly and flew to Cleveland even though there was a fair risk she could catch Ebola and possibly spread it to others.
Fourth Fact: There is a lab worker from Texas that handled samples from Thomas Duncan currently quarantined on a cruise ship. Facts are unknown on whether she is symptomatic at this time.
Fifth Fact: Around a thousand people are currently being "monitored" to see if they develop symptoms after being exposed to the current known cases of infected Ebola patients.
Sixth Fact: People are panicking and posting every tidbit of information they can find on Ebola across social media, forum sites and blogs all over the Internet. This information is then packaged up and re-posted, sometimes with facts changed. There are thousands of people posting cryptic messages all over the place, claiming to be in the know!
Now! Lets step back and look at the big picture. How do we separate fiction from fact? How do we get to the REAL truth and figure out how to deal with this mess? How do we safely approach this entire subject while not having knee jerk reactions on one hand and not getting caught flat footed and unprepared on the other hand?
It is far past time to get ourselves pulled together so we can make rational and informed decisions pertaining to this apparent outbreak of EBOLA. "Get a hold of yourself man"!
The one thing that keeps coming back around in my research and polling my contacts is... People are behaving irrationally based on the true available facts on hand. People that usually nay say anything from an unreliable source are jumping up and down screaming FIRE in the theater without being able to confirm anything.
I think people are giving this jacked up Government far more credit than they deserve. On one hand they are saying that the Administration is inept in it's handling of Ebola and every other crisis they have touched, but they firmly believe in their minds that the same inept government could quiet every news agency on the planet overnight... Oxy moron I think!
The people that have the most to gain from wholesale Conservative Panic is the current administration and the useless Democrats seeking to keep this fast track
decimation of the Constitution alive. It is a proven fact that Democrats vote in reduced numbers in the mid-term elections, and if a bunch of conservative voters stay home because of the rumored outbreak.... Well that helps keep the numbers even.
What if it is about the election? Why is Obama waiting until after the election to provide amnesty to all the illegals? I submit to you that it is because he currently doesn't face any real possibility of punishment if the senate is divided, but he faces the real possibility if the opposite party controls both houses.
Many will say elections don't matter anyway. That just proves that Psyops work. If you repeat something enough times, you'll begin to believe it. Maybe they don't matter as much as they used to, but they still have some level of importance even this late in the game. For the record, I myself see very little difference in the major parties... But there still are individuals that show promise. I don't want to explain to my great grandchildren that I was part of the generation that gave up hope and cost them their chance at a free future!
Back to Ebola... Where are the facts that support this widespread panic... Are we all really sitting here waiting for the MSM to produce the truth? Have we fallen so far that we believe they ever will? Just a couple weeks ago the majority of the membership of this and other forums didn't trust the MSM as far as we could throw them.. Now we are waiting on confirmation from them?
Look to your real news sources... Do you know college students and University Medical Centers students, do you know members of the National Guard, do you know local nurses, doctors, lab workers, maintenance workers at hospitals, police officers, drug reps, medical assistants, pilots, stewardesses, air port baggage handlers, local tv station or local radio station employees or a host of other local people that are reliable?
I don't believe for one minute that the U.S. Screwed Up Government could control the truth in something this big for very long. No matter where things happen, there are always local people that know the truth... Good people still exist everywhere!
If this thing was as widespread as the forum posts indicate we'd all being hearing stories locally, rumors circulating locally, people talking first hand about what they know. The problem I have is the cryptic messages we are receiving are third and fourth person reporting.. "My next door neighbors, best friends, aunts, boyfriends, brothers, long distance pen pal said...." Know what I mean?
Is Ebola spreading? Yes I think it is.... Is it out of hand and being covered up everywhere you can't look... Nope, the facts don't support that.... YET!
I'm not saying I'm not preparing for the worst, because I am, but I am not shut in my bunker breathing filtered air either. I'm just watching and separating the truth from the fiction... I think right now there are a lot of people looking for 10 seconds of fame in the spotlight... not caring what people think later.... Besides, there is always the "WOW.... I thought the guy was telling the truth, I was just repeating what he said", defense...
Take a breath, enjoy your week-end with your families.... If this all comes true down the road, you'll be glad you backed off and showed love to those that were important to you.
Godspeed to all!
Some know my background, others don't, but we'll just stick with "I deal with information" for now. Lets look at the information and then sit back and take a breath... At least try to enjoy one weekend.
The First Fact: Ebola has made it into the U.S. Mainland and has caused at least one death recently.
Second Fact: Two nurses are being treated for infection by Ebola... Current status unknown. They are being treated in facilities that are among the safest and best in the nation for something this serious.
Third Fact: The second nurse acted selfishly and flew to Cleveland even though there was a fair risk she could catch Ebola and possibly spread it to others.
Fourth Fact: There is a lab worker from Texas that handled samples from Thomas Duncan currently quarantined on a cruise ship. Facts are unknown on whether she is symptomatic at this time.
Fifth Fact: Around a thousand people are currently being "monitored" to see if they develop symptoms after being exposed to the current known cases of infected Ebola patients.
Sixth Fact: People are panicking and posting every tidbit of information they can find on Ebola across social media, forum sites and blogs all over the Internet. This information is then packaged up and re-posted, sometimes with facts changed. There are thousands of people posting cryptic messages all over the place, claiming to be in the know!
Now! Lets step back and look at the big picture. How do we separate fiction from fact? How do we get to the REAL truth and figure out how to deal with this mess? How do we safely approach this entire subject while not having knee jerk reactions on one hand and not getting caught flat footed and unprepared on the other hand?
It is far past time to get ourselves pulled together so we can make rational and informed decisions pertaining to this apparent outbreak of EBOLA. "Get a hold of yourself man"!
The one thing that keeps coming back around in my research and polling my contacts is... People are behaving irrationally based on the true available facts on hand. People that usually nay say anything from an unreliable source are jumping up and down screaming FIRE in the theater without being able to confirm anything.
I think people are giving this jacked up Government far more credit than they deserve. On one hand they are saying that the Administration is inept in it's handling of Ebola and every other crisis they have touched, but they firmly believe in their minds that the same inept government could quiet every news agency on the planet overnight... Oxy moron I think!
The people that have the most to gain from wholesale Conservative Panic is the current administration and the useless Democrats seeking to keep this fast track
decimation of the Constitution alive. It is a proven fact that Democrats vote in reduced numbers in the mid-term elections, and if a bunch of conservative voters stay home because of the rumored outbreak.... Well that helps keep the numbers even.
What if it is about the election? Why is Obama waiting until after the election to provide amnesty to all the illegals? I submit to you that it is because he currently doesn't face any real possibility of punishment if the senate is divided, but he faces the real possibility if the opposite party controls both houses.
Many will say elections don't matter anyway. That just proves that Psyops work. If you repeat something enough times, you'll begin to believe it. Maybe they don't matter as much as they used to, but they still have some level of importance even this late in the game. For the record, I myself see very little difference in the major parties... But there still are individuals that show promise. I don't want to explain to my great grandchildren that I was part of the generation that gave up hope and cost them their chance at a free future!
Back to Ebola... Where are the facts that support this widespread panic... Are we all really sitting here waiting for the MSM to produce the truth? Have we fallen so far that we believe they ever will? Just a couple weeks ago the majority of the membership of this and other forums didn't trust the MSM as far as we could throw them.. Now we are waiting on confirmation from them?
Look to your real news sources... Do you know college students and University Medical Centers students, do you know members of the National Guard, do you know local nurses, doctors, lab workers, maintenance workers at hospitals, police officers, drug reps, medical assistants, pilots, stewardesses, air port baggage handlers, local tv station or local radio station employees or a host of other local people that are reliable?
I don't believe for one minute that the U.S. Screwed Up Government could control the truth in something this big for very long. No matter where things happen, there are always local people that know the truth... Good people still exist everywhere!
If this thing was as widespread as the forum posts indicate we'd all being hearing stories locally, rumors circulating locally, people talking first hand about what they know. The problem I have is the cryptic messages we are receiving are third and fourth person reporting.. "My next door neighbors, best friends, aunts, boyfriends, brothers, long distance pen pal said...." Know what I mean?
Is Ebola spreading? Yes I think it is.... Is it out of hand and being covered up everywhere you can't look... Nope, the facts don't support that.... YET!
I'm not saying I'm not preparing for the worst, because I am, but I am not shut in my bunker breathing filtered air either. I'm just watching and separating the truth from the fiction... I think right now there are a lot of people looking for 10 seconds of fame in the spotlight... not caring what people think later.... Besides, there is always the "WOW.... I thought the guy was telling the truth, I was just repeating what he said", defense...
Take a breath, enjoy your week-end with your families.... If this all comes true down the road, you'll be glad you backed off and showed love to those that were important to you.
Godspeed to all!
