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on โ18-10-2014 03:09 PM
Personnel we deployed to to fight I.S.?
600.
Personnel we deployed to fight Ebola?
Zero.
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on โ18-10-2014 03:12 PM
And to put the fundng into perspective -
The government spent $21.6mill to Disney to ensure they filmed the next Pirates of the Carribean in Australia.
Mark Zuckerman donated $28million to funding the fight against Ebola announced the same day our government announced our paltry $18mill.
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on โ18-10-2014 03:16 PM
Health Minister Peter Dutton said an infected person would not survive the 30-hour flight to Australia if they were to contract the virus in West Africa. Government officials said it could take up to a week to evacuate an infected person to Australia.
Officials revealed diplomats have been seeking an agreement for weeks with counterparts in the US, Britain and Europe to take any Australians who may need to be evacuated after contracting the virus, or to provide treatment in the region. No nation has yet been willing to supply such a guarantee.
"I think it would be a little irresponsible of an Australian government to order Australian personnel into this dangerous situation if we didn't have effective risk mitigation strategies in place and at the moment there is no way of doing that," Mr Abbott said.
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on โ18-10-2014 03:21 PM
@i-need-a-martini wrote:And to put the fundng into perspective -
The government spent $21.6mill to Disney to ensure they filmed the next Pirates of the Carribean in Australia.
Mark Zuckerman donated $28million to funding the fight against Ebola announced the same day our government announced our paltry $18mill.
Shameful, it is.
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on โ18-10-2014 03:26 PM
@*julia*2010 wrote:Health Minister Peter Dutton said an infected person would not survive the 30-hour flight to Australia if they were to contract the virus in West Africa. Government officials said it could take up to a week to evacuate an infected person to Australia.
Officials revealed diplomats have been seeking an agreement for weeks with counterparts in the US, Britain and Europe to take any Australians who may need to be evacuated after contracting the virus, or to provide treatment in the region. No nation has yet been willing to supply such a guarantee.
"I think it would be a little irresponsible of an Australian government to order Australian personnel into this dangerous situation if we didn't have effective risk mitigation strategies in place and at the moment there is no way of doing that," Mr Abbott said.
Medical personnel have volunteered to go. They are not expecting to be under order to go.
It wouldn't take any longer to evacuate and Aussie than it would take to evacuate anyone else. Medical teams work together in these situations and our government is just insulting them all.
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on โ18-10-2014 03:33 PM
It wouldn't take any longer to evacuate and Aussie than it would take to evacuate anyone else.
evacuate them to where?
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on โ18-10-2014 03:35 PM
@*julia*2010 wrote:It wouldn't take any longer to evacuate and Aussie than it would take to evacuate anyone else.
evacuate them to where?
To a hospital equipped to treat them.
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โ18-10-2014 03:44 PM - edited โ18-10-2014 03:46 PM
Why wait till ebola gets close to our shores (Abbotts view) when sending money and help to the frontline now could contain it from spreading?
We need logistical expertise, nurses, doctors, clinicians. We need people power to really help contribute to bringing the epidemic under control.
Daniel Stewart is from Save the Children and is based in the Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown
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on โ18-10-2014 03:52 PM
Health Minister Peter Dutton said an infected person would not survive the 30-hour flight to Australia if they were to contract the virus in West Africa. Government officials said it could take up to a week to evacuate an infected person to Australia.
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on โ18-10-2014 03:53 PM
yes i read that Martini, Disney must be a more worthwhile investment than stopping ebola to some

