Ebola on the horizon?

[actaeon277]

They are letting them fly in from other countries and fly all over the states and this damn thing still isnt spreading like wild fire. Apparently it is rather difficult to spread this disease in a 1st world country

Cause, Ebola is not the dreaded super disease the news make it out to be.
Don't get me wrong, it's no fun for those that catch it. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
But as far as "bang for the buck" goes, there are plenty of others out there.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

These photos of the NYPD cleaning up the Ebola crime scene might worry you | Twitchy

 

[T.Lex]

Ebola now in Mali:
BBC News - Ebola crisis: Dozens monitored after first Mali case

Dozens of people are being monitored in Mali after the country confirmed its first case of Ebola.
The patient is a two-year-old girl who recently arrived from Guinea, which along with Liberia and Sierra Leone has seen most of the 4,800 deaths.

I would say that, 2 pop ups of the virus outside of Guinea/Liberia/Sierra Leone, basically on the same day, is bad. Maybe not terrible. But certainly not good.

 

[Expat]

If we have a few more ebola cases pop up here, maybe other countries will put a travel ban on us...

 

[T.Lex]

If we have a few more ebola cases pop up here, maybe other countries will put a travel ban on us...

Somewhat old news.

Ebola: Rwanda reverses plan to screen U.S. visitors - CNN.com

Rwanda imposed limitations, then backed off.

 

[dusty88]

Airlines/Airports have long been used as a source of spreading disease in fiction.
12 monkeys anyone????

And, while it may be fiction, ease of transport helps the spread of more than people.
But, you're not going to stop it. How would you? Stop all airlines????

Exactly. With today's constant interwoven global travel, any successful ban is going to have to ban all commercial traffic and close the borders. The economic disaster, panic, and upheaval would be worse than any current epidemic, so such a thing is only justified in a very extreme case.

We are at risk as long as this outbreak continues, and it has to be dealt with by "surrounding" it. It doesn't look for being able to exercise treatment control. It looks to me like the disease will stay ahead of the personnel until a vaccine is developed and administered in high-risk areas. The vaccines are very, very promising but I would take a wild guess and say it would take a year to get ahead of it with vaccine production and administration.

Happy to be wrong....

 

[Expat]

Somewhat old news.

Ebola: Rwanda reverses plan to screen U.S. visitors - CNN.com

Rwanda imposed limitations, then backed off.

lol, thanks for pointing that out.

 

[JTScribe]

They are letting them fly in from other countries and fly all over the states and this damn thing still isnt spreading like wild fire. Apparently it is rather difficult to spread this disease in a 1st world country

Our culture might have a lot to do with that as well. Americans are significantly less touchy and have much larger personal spaces compared to other cultures.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Ebola patient Nina Pham is now free of the virus; will be discharged today, NIH says

 

[dieselrealtor]

The infections that we have seen so far are somewhat concerning, however it is those that wish to do us harm by using it as a weapon & their own bodies as the delivery system I believe that pose the most danger. They will not be calling the CDC, their doctor or the hospital, they will be visiting buffets, bus lines, prostitutes, etc. to make it as wide spread as possible.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Mayor de Blasio: When going to the ER for Ebola no one should worry about documentation status or ability to pay

NYC officials try to calm city over Ebola | New York Post

 

[ghuns]

no one should worry about documentation status or ability to pay

As if that was not the current understanding amongst those who frequent NYC emergency rooms.

 

[T.Lex]

Dude doing the wiki entry for 2014 Ebola Outbreak introduced a new chart value - % avg. daily growth.
Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It only goes back a few weeks, but I reconstructed it back to the beginning of July. Charting that value, and normalizing for a 3 day rolling average, shows that the percentage of new (reported) infections is going down.

A polynomial trendline still suggests somewhere between 12-14k total cases in 30 days. That's still slower than doubling.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

This seems.... irresponsible? Send Biden to do this stuff.

 

[ghuns]

This seems.... irresponsible? Send Biden to do this stuff.

Biden creeps out young women.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

There are more "experts" on CNN right now talking about Ebola in America than people with ebola in America.

 

[Bunnykid68]

There are more "experts" on CNN right now talking about Ebola in America than people with ebola in America.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

"I'm not interested in photo ops"

?Let?s give a hug for the cameras': Obama makes the most of Nina Pham [photo] | Twitchy

 

[smokingman]

At least the workers cleaning the doctors home in New York from the Bio Recovery corporation are taking precautions.Short sleeves and rubber gloves....check.Shoe covers,and full hazmat gear ...naaaa.
Ebola Patient?s Home Decontaminated as NYC Officials Seek to Reassure Public - Bloomberg

[/IMG]

Hey,lets use this bio hazard tape that will keep us safe.Oh,here is your clipboard,do you want gloves?

[/IMG]

Daily Mail UK has picked up the story(they have a reporter and a photographer on scene).
HazMat team empties Ebola doctor's apartment WITHOUT gloves, face masks or any protective gear


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ITHOUT-gloves-face-masks-protective-gear.html

 

[pudly]

I can see the INGO classifieds entry in about a week: "55 gallon barrel for sale- food safe"