The depths to which some Americans have descended in an hysterical attempt to protect themselves against ebola has become immoral.
The airport quarantines of health workers arriving from West Africa is dead wrong. It will impede the health services and trade, which West Africa must have to recover, and many more people will die.
In a worse case scenario, the situation which had become better will slide into worse, and the threat to Americans will increase substantially. The policy is self-destructive.
Then why is this happening?
Politics. American politics has become so corrupt our democracy is now impotent. The electorate has lost the ability to analyze issues and is controlled by false claims and fearful media.
Governors Quinn, Cuomo, Scott and Christie are hardly bar chums.
Yet they walked in lockstep to solicit their electorate’s hysteria, because they are all about to lose power, and they are getting votes however they can.
Of course their actions reveal an electorate – if they’re correct – that’s slum ignorant. Are you truly so ignorant? Or like me, do you feel helplessly manipulated?
My own governor, Illinois Pat Quinn, is no angel but I did plan on voting for him as “the lesser evil.” His challenger, Bruce Rauner, is no alternative for a progressive like myself.
So I now have no choice but not to vote for either. This is hardly democracy at work.
But it is at least myself acting on the truth that I know:
The four governors that enacted this barbarian policy are killing people in West Africa and not increasing the protection or health of their own citizens.
In fact, the policy endangers their own citizens’ health and well-being.
This political act against self-interest is what has been happening to America for a generation. Whether it is the senior voting to end Medicaid or the food server voting to end a minimum wage, Americans have been brainwashed with a thousand false ideas to act against what they know is best for themselves.
And now this toxic social personality threatens the lives of thousands.
Facts be damned. Scream don’t think. The man will do anything to stay in power.
I can’t keep him out. But I won’t vote him in.
sorry, can’t agree with you here, Jim! Recent events have shown that we are overconfident in our health care system and I believe we haven’t been taking this disease serious enough. Every prevention policy is based on a number of acceptable losses. Quinn et al. just want to save more lives. Is it really too much to ask to stay in quarantine for three weeks to prevent more outbreaks here? I think it is incredibly selfish of that nurse to complain like she is doing.
OK, Jim. So what are you going to do instead?
Chomee – I’m looking for a write-in. Any suggestions?
– JIM
Jim take me off your damn list every American in this country should have the right to vote and exercise the right to vote if they are able it’s not up to you to instruct individuals to not to go out and vote you should be ashamed of yourself
Jim,
It is irresponsible to tell people not to vote.
David
Lucky for you, I hate Quinn anyway.
Hi Jim,
It seems that everybody is all set to politicize this serious problem that all Americans are facing. I am not a doctor but have read that quarantine is a widely used practice to control the spread of infectuous diseases, therefore I suggest , for our health authorities to seriously tackle this problem to protect the rest of us. Urging the public not to vote should not be one of the options. Cheers Charlie
NO! Always vote, it’s a duty as a citizen. You can vote against someone but Vote!
For the first time you and Bill O’Reilly agree.
Jim,
It is very important for everyone to vote. There is a clear choice this year. Please reconsider your harmful email. Your issue is important, but very short sighted. Connie Keller
I normally vote Democratic but this year voted for Rauner. Not that I think Rauner’s success as an investor will translate into success as a governor, but Quinn’s continuing support of two prok barrel projects in Illinois with extremely harmful environmental consequences make it impossible for me to support him. These are the Peotone airport, which none of the airlines want or are willing to pay for, and the Illiana a Tollway, an unneeded highway that would do great harm to the Midewin Tallgrass Prairie. The only people who want these are the south suburban politicians, most of whom have their snouts in the trough.
FROM JIM:
Friends, I always planned on voting, and now I have a strategy for governor for Illinois: write-in DAVID HOFFMAN, a respected trial and appellate lawyer with Sidley Austin and attached to the University of Chicago.
Folks. Jim is right – pursuing quarantine for healthy medical workers makes no sense. Isolate and treat them if sick, of course. The “cure” is to end the outbreak in Africa and lending out our expertise, including personnel, is part of the solution. Exiling them to 21 days of quarantine upon return will hopelessly end brave individuals from helping out African friends. But vote!
I’m not opposed to quarantine in this circumstances. Domestic animals routinely are subjected to this precautionary health procedure which is a nuisance but protecting the public in general.
Jim,
My son send me an interesting fact about ebola. Do you know that fewer Americans have died of ebola than have married Kim Kardashian? Maybe she should be quarantined.
Bob
I believe it is my right to vote and I plan to. I am sorry but I do not believe it is your job to tell me not to. Ron E