Ebola and other Epidemics, Inadequate Healthcare Threatens Millions

[Martinus]

True, but I think we tend to view (or at least imply) the former being a rule and the latter an exception to the rule.

Euros might.  I live in a country where something like 25% believe the world is 6000 years old.  No telling what idiotic stuff Americans will believe.

Speaking of which, the "vaccines-are-evil-and-cause-autism" craze has recently reached Poland.

I can't wait for the re-emergence of polio.

[CountDeMoney]

True, but I think we tend to view (or at least imply) the former being a rule and the latter an exception to the rule.

Euros might.  I live in a country where something like 25% believe the world is 6000 years old.  No telling what idiotic stuff Americans will believe.

They believe agencies like the CDC and FDA possess too much "regulatory zeal".  And they vote. 

[garbon]

True, but I think we tend to view (or at least imply) the former being a rule and the latter an exception to the rule.

Euros might.  I live in a country where something like 25% believe the world is 6000 years old.  No telling what idiotic stuff Americans will believe.

They believe agencies like the CDC and FDA possess too much "regulatory zeal".  And they vote. 

The FDA is generally dreadful.

[Martinus]

Ebola Patient Dr. Kent Brantly Says 'God Saved My Life'

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-patient-dr-kent-brantley-released-emory-hospital/story?id=25060979

Gotta love God. First He kills several hundred Africans, then He saves one American. What a joker He is. 

[Valmy]

God sent him back to lead us against Mordor.

[Martinus]

God sent him back to lead us against Mordor.

To quote Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian, thanking God for sparing you from a pestilence that has killed hundreds of others is a bit like sending a thank-you note to a serial killing for stabbing the family next door. 

[derspiess]

The FDA is generally dreadful.

They do like to try and fix problems that don't exist.

[CountDeMoney]

The FDA is generally dreadful.

They do like to try and fix problems that don't exist.

Actually, they only get involved when people start to do things like dying.

[CountDeMoney]

The FDA is generally dreadful.

A shill for the pharma industry would say something like that.
You have as much cred as Yi does on Wall Street reform.

[Jacob]

God sent him back to lead us against Mordor.

To quote Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian, thanking God for sparing you from a pestilence that has killed hundreds of others is a bit like sending a thank-you note to a serial killing for stabbing the family next door. 

[Eddie Teach]

But the serial killer hasn't promised that he's coming back for you later.

[grumbler]

My point was that we are making fun of Africans with their voodoo doctors and shamans, but in the West we have our own share of lunatics. Or are you saying that homeopathy is not a Western phenomenon?

I don't see how any "Western lunatics" are part of "the rational and scientific West." If they are considered lunatics, they probably aren't part of Western rationality or science.  Your argument seems to be 100% pure rhetorical bullshit.

[LaCroix]

how much of the population in those african countries believe in shamanism/voodooism and reject modern science, anyway?

[Razgovory]

Grumbler has no problem rejecting science when he feel the need.

[LaCroix]

Grumbler has no problem rejecting science when he feel the need.

grumbler is often right. he once made an argument against agnosticism so convincing it helped switch me over to atheism.