The U.S. Agency for International Development ordered 5,000 body bags from a Florida company last month as part of its planned response to an outbreak of the Ebola virus in western Africa.
And as President Obama prepares to enlarge America's aid to affected countries, a company that makes protective clothing says the State Department, which oversees USAID, has invited bids for 160,000 hazmat suits.
The body-bag purchase came on August 19, just after the World Health Organization said the epidemic had killed 1,000 people. That death toll is now greater than 2,400.
The size of the contracts indicates how seriously governments are taking the threat, especially considering that all 5,000 body bags were destined only for Liberia – one of three countries whose citizens have been hammered with new disease cases and paralyzed with fear.
And the purchase says nothing about what resources might be coming as part of other nations' contributions.
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The body bags are for the soldiers he intends to kill. Our golfer in chief is sending advisors to a war zone where overwhelming force is the only answer and then sends the best soldiers in the world to a deadly epidemic zone in his native land. To anyone who hasn't figured it out yet-your "president" is the enemy.
ReplyDeleteI think you drank too much kool aid
ReplyDeleteLuckily they've stocked up on coffins here in USA.
ReplyDeleteBut don't overreact about this situation because the government says it will be just OK. From day one I have been saying that this was going to be the "Pandora out of the box".
ReplyDeletewish he'd go himself.
ReplyDeleteObama wiping out America, the anti christ.
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