08-02-2014, 12:51 AM
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Originally posted by Carey
the time it takes for anyone to get here from the African continent will be the most effective prevention for Hawaii.
Which is just a jet flight away. We are isolated in the ocean but connected by jet travel to every continent and nation on Earth, only a few hours away.
AIDS started from just one flight attendant, leaving Africa with HIV and arriving on the east coast a few hours later.
This is starting to sound like the movie Outbreak. Much is being made of the exchange of body fluids and prolonged contact but the avian flu has mutated to be air borne now. This is a virus and doesn't respond to antiseptic treatments like bacteria.
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*