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KinMd

(966 posts)
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 09:11 AM Dec 2014

Time magazine's 2014 Person of the Year: Ebola fighters

Source: NBC News

Time magazine has selected the Ebola fighters, who have fought to contain the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, as its 2014 Person of the Year.

The title, according to the magazine, goes to an individual or group who, for better or worse, has had the biggest impact on the world and the news over the course of the previous year.

"It’s an incredible honor," Dr. Kent Brantly, medical missions advisor for Samaritan's Purse and the first American to be affected with the virus, said Wednesday on TODAY of the shared title.

"Those who paid the highest price for their service are themselves West Africans. It’s an honor for me to be considered as a part of that group."

Read more: http://www.today.com/news/time-magazines-2014-person-year-ebola-fighters-1D80349125



Hard to argue with the choice
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Time magazine's 2014 Person of the Year: Ebola fighters (Original Post) KinMd Dec 2014 OP
Good choice! Mike Nelson Dec 2014 #1
Excellent, and so much deserved. n/t MBS Dec 2014 #2
Damn, thought it was going to be the Foo Fighters underpants Dec 2014 #3
It's also a priceless time to inform the world there are actually people who will put others first, Judi Lynn Dec 2014 #13
Wise choice. Deadbeat Republicans Dec 2014 #4
The cover: marble falls Dec 2014 #5
Excellent choice. 840high Dec 2014 #7
I was ready to give them some crap for putting a white male on the cover mnhtnbb Dec 2014 #6
WTF? FLPanhandle Dec 2014 #12
Yes! Most of these Ebola cases have been in Africa and treated by African MD's and nurses. mnhtnbb Dec 2014 #14
These VA_Jill Dec 2014 #8
These are brave people but it does not fit the Time criteria. former9thward Dec 2014 #9
Yeah, they don't follow the criteria. harun Dec 2014 #10
The most egregious was in 2001 when they gave it to Giuliani NYC Liberal Dec 2014 #17
Given everything, bin Laden probably should be Person of the Decade. former9thward Dec 2014 #18
Great Choice Jean Genie Dec 2014 #11
TIME GETS IT RIGHT Skittles Dec 2014 #15
BREAKING: Taylor Swift Announces Title of New Album Derek V Dec 2014 #16

underpants

(182,839 posts)
3. Damn, thought it was going to be the Foo Fighters
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 09:41 AM
Dec 2014

I mean they've had a great year - Have YOU had any Foo problems? No probably not.


Very well deserved. The fact that they were there in the first place is worthy of awards alone.

Judi Lynn

(160,554 posts)
13. It's also a priceless time to inform the world there are actually people who will put others first,
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 04:39 PM
Dec 2014

people who care more about life for all first above remaining protected, comfortable, and perfectly insulated as they are already.

It's a true phenomenon.

People of absolute value. Hard to find.

mnhtnbb

(31,395 posts)
6. I was ready to give them some crap for putting a white male on the cover
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 11:47 AM
Dec 2014

until I saw that they've created several covers with males/females of different races
to represent the Ebola fighters.

Good choice.

mnhtnbb

(31,395 posts)
14. Yes! Most of these Ebola cases have been in Africa and treated by African MD's and nurses.
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 06:26 PM
Dec 2014

And they are not mostly white.

former9thward

(32,028 posts)
9. These are brave people but it does not fit the Time criteria.
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 01:20 PM
Dec 2014
The title, according to the magazine, goes to an individual or group who, for better or worse, has had the biggest impact on the world and the news over the course of the previous year.


They have not had the "biggest impact on the world and the news" by any measure. Ebola has had only an impact in selected countries of west Africa, not the world at all. The doctors, unfortunately, have not had much of an impact even in those countries. In most cases Ebola has abated due to killing those infected to the point no one else can be.

This is a feel-good selection as most the Time selections have been over the last 10-15 years.

former9thward

(32,028 posts)
18. Given everything, bin Laden probably should be Person of the Decade.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 12:10 PM
Dec 2014

He and his influence have shaped two major wars which have involved dozens of countries. The entire Middle East has been turned into turmoil as a result. Putin has taken aggressive measures knowing the U.S. is tired of war and military adventures.

Jean Genie

(275 posts)
11. Great Choice
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 04:07 PM
Dec 2014

For a while I was afraid they might actually choose "Tay-Tay." Whose goofy idea was it to include her on Time's Person of the Year list? Somebody out there really knows how to get that girl all the publicity and face time any moderately talented young woman could ever hope for.

 

Derek V

(532 posts)
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Wed Dec 10, 2014, 07:45 PM
Dec 2014

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