Ebola outbreak in West Africa

[Dauphin]

I will not take this homophobic post as representative of the attitudes of the average Briton toward the men and women who serve or have served in the US Marine Corps.

Why assume it is homophobic?

[Al B. Sure!]

I'm tempted to believe that there's nothing more to being a Marine than being dense and using acronyms but I'll take you're not representative either.

Excuse me... GCE and LCE dets of SPMAGTF-CR of 26th MEU under MFEA are en route to the West Africa AO of AFRICOM IOT provide HA to HN nationals in support of USAID and NGO activities. Better?

[kentonio]

I will not take this homophobic post as representative of the attitudes of the average Briton toward the men and women who serve or have served in the US Marine Corps.

Do you talk like this in real life?

[kentonio]

It was funnier before I learned Homeopaths Without Borders really exists.

Oh wow..

I do love the rationalwiki entry though..

The name Médecins Sans Médicaments would be more appropriate, yet still carries the risk that homeopaths could be confused with people practicing medicine.

[Al B. Sure!]

Do you talk like this in real life?

We use more acronyms

[Bereta_Eder]

I'm sure gay homeopath marines will be able to control the situation.

[ricketyclik]

It sounds like some security support will be valuable over there, what with medical workers and patients being attacked by hysterical mobs.

[Colonâ„¢]

Excuse me... GCE and LCE dets of SPMAGTF-CR of 26th MEU under MFEA are en route to the West Africa AO of AFRICOM IOT provide HA to HN nationals in support of USAID and NGO activities. Better?

No, the opposite.

[regexcellent]

Marines and Navy corpsmen are en route to Liberia and other Ebola-stricken West African nations to provide humanitarian assistance.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL???!?!?!!?! YOU FORGOT ABOUT THEM!!!!

Although I'm skeptical about the navy corpsmen thing, are you sure about that? What I read is we're sending a bunch of loggies over to help them build hospitals and move supplies. Mostly AF units. Unless they're just the normal greenside corpsmen attached to the marine units in which case the distinction is lost on 99% of posters here.

Excuse me... GCE and LCE dets of SPMAGTF-CR of 26th MEU under MFEA are en route to the West Africa AO of AFRICOM IOT provide HA to HN nationals in support of USAID and NGO activities. Better?

There are other mil and former mil posters on poly. NONE OF THEM do the acronym aces thing you do or go uber-moto about everything. It's pathological.

[Colonâ„¢]

It sounds like some security support will be valuable over there, what with medical workers and patients being attacked by hysterical mobs.

The troops will be there for logistics, not security.

I was actually a bit impressed reading the reports on Sierra Leone's 3-days lockdown. The lockdown was widely abided by and ten-thousands of volunteers went from door to door providing information and handing out soap to households. They claim to have reached 80-90% of households and that most reacted positively. Given the destitute state of the country and the horrors of the civil war, I wouldn't have thought they'd conclude such an exercise succesfully and orderly.

[kentonio]

Didn't some aid organizations say the lockdown was just likely to drive infected people underground though?

[dannubis]

That was a very insensitive remark, Ken.

[molly bloom]

I will not take this homophobic post as representative of the attitudes of the average Briton toward the men and women who serve or have served in the US Marine Corps.

Would you prefer my attitude ? I think that some of the Marines who have appeared in American pron over the years have been damned hot. They can search me for hidden weapons any time.

For those scientifically interested in exploring further, the big name in production is Dirk Yates.

Just ask Al for his number.

[Sava]

I'm pretty sure all marines are homopathic

[Nikolai]

There's a difference between a bug kept in a vial under standard controls and setting a precedent to return infected folks from hot zones to America. It's a terrible precedent.

This is going to cost other Americans their lives.

Seems like you might be right. Guy in US is sick now, and has been infectious for days while being in America.