What I find disturbing is that this thing can easily go geometric quickly. They talk about the guy in Texas being in contact with 10 people and let it go at that. If the 10 are infected (not extremely likely) and they pass it on to 10 more who each pass it another 10-fold… watch out. It seems that the press is down-playing this scenario,
[quote]SexMachine wrote:
No. If I was infected with one of the most deadly pathogens in human history and knew that I could potentially kill thousands of people I would not lie to enter another country with better healthcare. I would go to one of the Ebola treatment facilities in Africa that are largely paid for by the US and staffed by Western health experts.[/quote]
Then you are very different to many many people.
Texas ebola patient is dead
[quote]beachguy498 wrote:
What I find disturbing is that this thing can easily go geometric quickly. They talk about the guy in Texas being in contact with 10 people and let it go at that. If the 10 are infected (not extremely likely) and they pass it on to 10 more who each pass it another 10-fold… watch out. It seems that the press is down-playing this scenario,[/quote]
It’s just the same with every disease and the flu. The only difference between diseases is the virulence and ease of transmission. I think the press is downplaying it to avoid panic, but I don’t think that scenario is viable in the US whatsoever. Barring some sort of bioterrorism. We have minor problems, but our contact tracing is the best, our resources are the best, as are the rest of the staff here.
A second person has been rushed to a Dallas hospital showing signs of Ebola, they had direct contact with the infected man from Liberia.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
A second person has been rushed to a Dallas hospital showing signs of Ebola, they had direct contact with the infected man from Liberia.
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Niceeee… and the guy in Texas is dead, no funeral plans ATM… what funeral home of crematorium would touch him and hope to be in business the next day?
[quote]beachguy498 wrote:
Niceeee… and the guy in Texas is dead, no funeral plans ATM… what funeral home of crematorium would touch him and hope to be in business the next day?[/quote]
Don’t hospitals have crematoriums? Surely for something like ebola the relatives would get an urn with the ashes rather than the body?
[quote]EvenIfItsSushi wrote:
[quote]beachguy498 wrote:
Niceeee… and the guy in Texas is dead, no funeral plans ATM… what funeral home of crematorium would touch him and hope to be in business the next day?[/quote]
Don’t hospitals have crematoriums? Surely for something like ebola the relatives would get an urn with the ashes rather than the body?[/quote]
Then we’ll have TSA spilling Ebola ashes all over the airport…
[quote]EvenIfItsSushi wrote:
[quote]beachguy498 wrote:
Niceeee… and the guy in Texas is dead, no funeral plans ATM… what funeral home of crematorium would touch him and hope to be in business the next day?[/quote]
Don’t hospitals have crematoriums? Surely for something like ebola the relatives would get an urn with the ashes rather than the body?[/quote]
I don’t think they’re that big to handle a body… maybe I’m wrong. My understanding from the ones in local hospitals that they were made to burn medical waste, tissue samples, etc.
I do suppose cremation is the only way to go with ebola.
What bothers me is all the attention is on human to human transmission while they have been very sloppy about preventing transmission to other animals. When they cleaned up the vomit from Texas victims parking lot all they did was hose it into a storm sewer with plain water. So now there could be rats in the sewers that are infected.
I think a scary scenario would be the creation of a reservoir of the disease in the wild. Then we have random outbreaks like they have in Africa.
[quote]Sifu wrote:
What bothers me is all the attention is on human to human transmission while they have been very sloppy about preventing transmission to other animals. When they cleaned up the vomit from Texas victims parking lot all they did was hose it into a storm sewer with plain water. So now there could be rats in the sewers that are infected.
I think a scary scenario would be the creation of a reservoir of the disease in the wild. Then we have random outbreaks like they have in Africa. [/quote]
You’re kidding me! They didn’t seriously just hose off the vomit did they??
Yes, saw a guy doing it on the news.
2nd paragraph (emphasis added): “On Thursday afternoon, her brother José Ramón Romero told reporters at the Carlos III hospital that her state had deteriorated and she was now intubated. In a television interview with La Sexta he said she was having LUNG PROBLEMS.”
Racism is now the reason for the Ebola-man failing to receive the proper care in Dallas.
So says Jesse Hi-Jackson. Lol
[quote]NorCal916 wrote:
Racism is now the reason for the Ebola-man failing to receive the proper care in Dallas.
So says Jesse Hi-Jackson. Lol[/quote]
or could it be…that ebola is just a racist virus?
Fnally, the first (probable) case of Ebola in France!
It’s not racism. It’s the Republicans, silly.
Republicans are pro-Ebola.
The CDC is too small to stop the virus, but still funds Jazzercise
"…Frantic to hold the Senate, Democrats are now claiming Republicans are pro-Ebola?really. Anything is better than having to defend White House competence or even the adequacy of the public-health response, though this election debate would benefit from a fact or two.
Here?s a heavy-rotation TV spot from Arkansas incumbent Mark Pryor against his GOP opponent: ‘Tom Cotton voted against preparing America for pandemics like Ebola. Congressman Cotton voted to cut billions from our nation?s medical disaster and emergency programs. . . . Instead, Cotton voted for tax cuts for billionaires funding his campaign, rather than protecting our families.’ "
A health care worker at Presbyterian, following all CDC guidelines, has contracted Ebola.
[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
It’s not racism. It’s the Republicans, silly.
Republicans are pro-Ebola.
The CDC is too small to stop the virus, but still funds Jazzercise
"…Frantic to hold the Senate, Democrats are now claiming Republicans are pro-Ebola?really. Anything is better than having to defend White House competence or even the adequacy of the public-health response, though this election debate would benefit from a fact or two.
Here?s a heavy-rotation TV spot from Arkansas incumbent Mark Pryor against his GOP opponent: ‘Tom Cotton voted against preparing America for pandemics like Ebola. Congressman Cotton voted to cut billions from our nation?s medical disaster and emergency programs. . . . Instead, Cotton voted for tax cuts for billionaires funding his campaign, rather than protecting our families.’ "[/quote]
Lol
“I voted for Ebola before I voted against it”
Ebola 2016
[quote]mbdix wrote:
A health care worker at Presbyterian, following all CDC guidelines, has contracted Ebola. [/quote]
I am from the CDC and I’m here to help.