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Dallas patient diagnosed with EBOLA. How many did he come in contact with?

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  • 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.

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    The WHO announced that 70% of people who contract Ebola can expect to die.

    That's pretty fucking grim.

    @dste-ace said:

    The WHO announced that 70% of people who contract Ebola can expect to die.

    That's pretty fucking grim.

    What percentage of those infected are in Africa with no access to adequate modern health care?

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
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    @mld-woody said:

    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.

    @pumpkin-eater said:

    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.

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
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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?

    @dste-ace said:

    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?

    No - that would make sense. Other nations are doing this, including African nations.

    Hope has two beautiful daughters: Their names are Anger and Courage. Anger that things are the way they are. Courage to make them the way they ought to be. - St. Augustine. Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their vision. - Ayn Rand
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    @dste-ace said:

    The WHO announced that 70% of people who contract Ebola can expect to die.

    That's pretty fucking grim.

    What percentage of those infected are in Africa with no access to adequate modern health care?

    @mld-woody said:

    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 banning

    flights from Liberia, East Africa, et al is an unreasonable action.

  • 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...

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!

  • You're an ignorant little fuck aren't you.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.

  • oh hey, look... another post by DieHard without anything backing it up... shocker

    go to bed old man

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!

  • 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.

    :neutral_face:

  • So our health care system, infrastructure, overall cleanliness, average intelligence about this sirt of thing, etc etc is the same as Africa?

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!

  • http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/10/15/texas-health-officials-say-second-healthcare-worker-at-dallas-hospital-tests/

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.

  • Yep

    :neutral_face:

  • And it begins. How many did this scumbag come into contact with that WONT report fever to the hospital immediately?

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • Shits going to get real bad by Christmas

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • By now people in Texas are fleeing north probably carrying the virus with them

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • Just a reminder gentlemen that there is another crisis on our door steps every so often whenever rumors of what will be next deadly influenza pandemic is reported.

    My prediction is now the same as it has been throughout the rest of these diseases. In 6 months it will be all but forgotten. Rest in peace bird, swine, chicken, goat, kangaroo, wallaby or whatever different flu was the latest rage.

    Six months from now with no American plague. Anybody want to bet a beer?

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    MLD WoodyM 1 Reply

  • I hope you're right, but Ebola is not influenza.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.

  • http://www.flu.gov/pandemic/history/

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.

  • @westside-steve said:

    Nope. But it is a virus, like SARS right? Which is much harder to control than a bacterial infection. Well until bacteria starts to mutate...

    And hopefully my opinion hasn't been tainted by the previous cries of wolf.

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  • Even the CDC is "rethinking" how they handle ebola.

    That is bad. It's more dangerous than they've said?

    Just one sick illegal having ebola being shipped somewhere else, along

    with others on a bus, in our country, could start a pandemic, right?

    ..."no big deal....just...eh....stocking up on food and water...to stay indoors for

    weeks if we have to.....nothin going on really....just buying some stuff to boost

    our immune systems, and staying away from the public places......everything is fine........"

    Let's all just figure everything will ...mostly...be just fine.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-chief-says-u-s-must-rethink-how-it-handles-ebola/

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