Biggest news stories of the summer?

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<p>In your opinion, what are the top 5 news stories of this summer SO FAR? </p>

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<p>ebola virus in europe… I think</p>

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<p>The biggest local story has to be the wildfires, especially the Carleton Complex Fire, and the season has barely begun.
<a href=“New map shows how record Washington wildfire grew”>http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/28/map-record-washington-wildfire/13286505/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@helpme12, um, do you mean Africa? No cases reported outside Africa, although of course tonight’s news is that the US citizens who have it may be airlifted out today and back to the US.</p>

<p>The airliner shot down over Ukraine and the Israeli/Hamas/Gaza conflict would be in the top 5, IMHO.</p>

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<p>@intparent‌ </p>

<p>I heard somewhere about it spreading from Africa to Europe… But yeah not sure…</p>

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<p>Well… Google news and CNN don’t have it. I would say it hasn’t happened (yet). Certainly could, though. And I think the Africa outbreak alone is a candidate for a top 5 story this summer.</p>

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<p>It is in big cities and initial symptoms are indistinguishable from the flu, so it can travel easily.
They are discussing coordination of efforts to quarantine, but are stymied as to how that will be enforced.
How did they deal with the Andromeda Strain?
I read simple hygiene could control it?
Not reusing syringes, washing with soap and water, etc.</p>

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<p>Um… I think they nuked the town with the Andromeda strain in it, didn’t they? So that probably isn’t going to be a solution here… You certainly would want to take those basic hygiene precautions if you somehow were to become exposed, but the US doctor that got it had been treating patients with all precautions taken. Certainly any patient who is diagnosed in a first world country will quickly be quarantined, and all of their contacts since initial symptoms identified and monitored. </p>

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<p>Well I was quoting Peter Piot, but I believe it is like chicken pox in that you are contagious before symptoms appear.</p>

<p>But yah, nuclear explosions aren’t much of a solution.
<a href=“http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ebola-discoverer-peter-piot-i-would-sit-next-infected-person-tube-1459154”>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ebola-discoverer-peter-piot-i-would-sit-next-infected-person-tube-1459154&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>How about our southern border being wide open? Welcoming and beckoning anyone who can make it there, whatever their age or their reason? I can’t think of any other country with that policy ,in this generation, though maybe they do exist. </p>

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<p>emerald, according to WHO,that is not true.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/faq-ebola/en/”>http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/faq-ebola/en/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>How it is transmitted:</p>

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<ol>
<li>Lebron goes to Cleveland</li>
<li>USA makes it past group of death</li>
<li>Germany whoops Brazils ass</li>
<li>MH17</li>
<li>Forbes ranks Williams as #1 college </li>
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<p>Where did you “hear” this? I can’t find any reputable source which states it has spread to Europe.</p>

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<p>So Piots statement, that you can’t get it from casual contact is true?
Its transmitted like Hep B?</p>

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<p>IMO, biggest news stories are the escalating Israel-Hamas fight and the Malaysian Air flight shot down over Ukraine. Ebola story is evolving… I hope it will not turn into a major catastrophe. </p>

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<p>I have done a lot of reading on Ebola in the past (pretty fascinating disease), and have been watching the news reports carefully. Based on what the WHO says and also the books I have read, a patient is not contagious prior to showing symptoms, but the symptoms include a lot of… fluid. Diarrhea, vomiting, and eventually bleeding. If you come into contact with the fluids, you are at risk. A lot of Africans get infected when preparing their family member’s body for burial, too (also brings them into contact with the fluids). So you likely could sit next to someone who was infected but had not symptoms and not catch it.</p>

<p>I thought it was interesting that they are reporting that the animal reservoir for hiding the disease when there isn’t an outbreak is fruit bats. I saw at least one report of this yesterday, but I know in the past they have NOT been able to track down the exact animal host(s) in spite of a lot of effort. Eating infected chimp meat has been suspected in the past for sure. Maybe there has been progress in the past couple of years on this, though.</p>

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<p>Anything Kardashian related?</p>

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<p>I’m sort of surprised that a possible case in Europe (rumored) would be a bigger story than hundreds, possibly thousands, dying in Africa.</p>

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<p>I think it’s kind of hard to downplay three major shooting wars going on right now with constant civilian casualties and serious geopolitical implications: Gaza, Eastern Ukraine, and the rise of ISIS in Syria and Iraq. </p>

<p>The Ebola outbreak could certainly rise to that level of seriousness – the number of deaths so far isn’t that much less than in Gaza, and if it results in a lot of restrictions on travel and trade that could be more significant, or if it gets established in a city like Lagos. But it ain’t there yet.</p>

<p>The Argentine debt default is a significant, slow-simmering story, because if the current precedent stands it will essentially make international sovereign debt restructuring impossible, with dire consequences for much of the developing world (although maybe an advantage for a handful of countries with low current debt). Also, if the world drops back into a financial crisis over the next week, this will look pretty significant.</p>

<p>In retrospect, it may turn out that the DC Circuit’s opinion on Obamacare tax subsidies was a major event. Or not. If it’s not reversed by the full court en banc and/or if the Supreme Court agrees with it, that will not only be the end of Obamacare but pretty much a cataclysmic event for the U.S. healthcare system, since unless Congress came up with a short-term fix (which seems pretty unlikely) millions of people would lose insurance (and insurance companies lose revenue) in one fell swoop. The Hobby Lobby case is a PITA, but does not fundamentally threaten the system. This case is existential.</p>

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<p>Also, having read and seen tons of information on the work of the Border Patrol, the walls, the steady increase in deportations, etc., I was puzzled by the idea of an “undefended border”. But googling that term showed me a whole world of wacky websites I wouldn’t ordinarily see.</p>