Dallas patient diagnosed with EBOLA. How many did he come in contact with?
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It's not crackpot to believe Africans are going to head for a place they believe they can get better medical conditions by any means necessary carrying the virus with them
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Which prompts me to ask, am I being over-the-top reactionary in thinking that it's time
to ban flights from Liberia, Nigeria, etc. from landing in the U.S. until they start to get
a handle on this?
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.The post isn't in response to its fatality rate...
... It's in response to all of the crack pot theories regarding Obama, Ebola, guns, ISIS, Mexicans, etc etc etc.
Seriously dude stop being a Retard. If this thing gets out of hand no one is going to give a shit about political alliances.
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Seriously dude stop being a Retard. If this thing gets out of hand no one is going to give a shit about political alliances.
Riiight, no one is trying to blow this up for political gain. Every article is truth and we're in "big, serious trouble."
You can build your doomsday bunker, I'm going to go about my life. We'll see who ends up better off.
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I'm building one of these in the Yukon:
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Seriously dude stop being a Retard. If this thing gets out of hand no one is going to give a shit about political alliances.
Riiight, no one is trying to blow this up for political gain. Every article is truth and we're in "big, serious trouble."
You can build your doomsday bunker, I'm going to go about my life. We'll see who ends up better off.
Riiight, no one is trying to blow this up for political gain. Every article is truth and we're in "big, serious trouble."
You can build your doomsday bunker, I'm going to go about my life. We'll see who ends up better off.
Honesty I hope you are right. No one wants to see an Ebola pandemic. But until officials are honest with the public about the real danger we are all in, the risk of a pandemic is greatly increased because people will not be as careful as they should be. It may already be too late. And yes, flights from west Africa should be banned.
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Does anyone know if the virus can stay active for substantial periods of time outside of the body in temperate climates during winter? In other words will a bad winter help keep the virus from spreading into the Midwest?
Traditionally harsh winter conditions damp down viral activities except that people are often in closer proximity being indoors.
Traditionally harsh winter conditions damp down viral activities except that people are often in closer proximity being indoors.
So if you isolate yourself and family they should be able to avoid infection.
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The WHO announced that 70% of people who contract Ebola can expect to die.
That's pretty fucking grim.
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Certainly. Scary. The fact that the patients nurse caught it by not properly removing safety gear is scary. Seems like it is easier spread than they are letting on.
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Several hours?
Several days if not dried up?
that isn't good. The who says soon, 10k new cases of ebola a day may soon be seen....
4500 have died so far.... it is not funny to anybody with any sense.
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How long does Ebola live outside the body?Ebola is killed with hospital-grade disinfectants (such as household bleach). Ebola on dried on surfaces such as doorknobs and countertops can survive for several hours; however, virus in body fluids (such as blood) can survive up to several days at room temperature. -
Look the story is going to be exaggerated by the media no matter how serious it is. That doesn't mean it's a catastrophe nor a complete non concern. Yes the opposition will take advantage of any perceived failure on the part of the administration should it become worse then it is. Rightfully so to an extent. If the administration has absolutely no effect one way or the other then... Well you understand.
WSS
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The WHO announced that 70% of people who contract Ebola can expect to die.
That's pretty fucking grim.
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Riiight, no one is trying to blow this up for political gain. Every article is truth and we're in "big, serious trouble."
You can build your doomsday bunker, I'm going to go about my life. We'll see who ends up better off.
Honesty I hope you are right. No one wants to see an Ebola pandemic. But until officials are honest with the public about the real danger we are all in, the risk of a pandemic is greatly increased because people will not be as careful as they should be. It may already be too late. And yes, flights from west Africa should be banned.
Honesty I hope you are right. No one wants to see an Ebola pandemic. But until officials are honest with the public about the real danger we are all in, the risk of a pandemic is greatly increased because people will not be as careful as they should be. It may already be too late. And yes, flights from west Africa should be banned.
And if people choose to constantly believe the man is lying to them, there is nothing that can change that. Look at climate change and the scientific backing there. It means nothing to people that already know what answer they want to hear.
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Which prompts me to ask, am I being over-the-top reactionary in thinking that it's time
to ban flights from Liberia, Nigeria, etc. from landing in the U.S. until they start to get
a handle on this?
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What percentage of those infected are in Africa with no access to adequate modern health care?
No idea. I would guess that it is vital to diagnose it and begin treatment as soon as symptoms begin to appear.
But the guy in Dallas showed up at the hospital and was sent home. Does your average hospital have the capability
to institute extreme quarantine measures if a case shows up? Apparently, the nurse who has contracted it in
Dallas was wearing the hazmat suit but removed it improperly. When I say extreme quarantine measures I mean
CDC level measures. I honestly question whether your average hospital can implement the extreme measures required
to prevent the spread of this disease.
I don't consider myself a "run for the hills, save yourselves" kind of person but I'm hearing health officials say that Ebola is
not nearly as contagious as the flu. What they fail to mention is that the flu doesn't kill 70% of the people who get it.
While I'm not heading for the survival bunker--yet
--I do believe there is cause for concern. I honestly don't think banningflights from Liberia, East Africa, et al is an unreasonable action.
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My point was that they said 70% of the people that get it will die. This is across the globe I'm guessing. I'd assume the fatlity rate in Africa will be higher than the US. Not that it isn't extremely dangerous in both cases.
I think the important thing to note here us that we aren't Africa...
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You're an ignorant little fuck aren't you.
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oh hey, look... another post by DieHard without anything backing it up... shocker
go to bed old man
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We aren't Africa. But viruses don't discriminate. Some of our population centers are probably just as dense or denser in population. Our health care system and most likely our government won't last through a pandemic affecting 40 million people.
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So our health care system, infrastructure, overall cleanliness, average intelligence about this sirt of thing, etc etc is the same as Africa?
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