MidgetTodd Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Attention Whore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiomike Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 How long has ebola been plaguing Africa? Knowing of its spread there and considering how easy a person can jump on a plane for anywhere it would seem the cdc would have already been on top of this teaching top level hospitals how to handle an ebola patient. Ebola is probably not going to become the next bubonic plague. It is dangerous, it can be deadly. The biggest thing about it being here in what some of you think is a 'epidemic proof' dome, is how this infection has shown the glaring deficiencies in our precious CDC and its 'procedures' as well as how well prepared our level 1 health facilities really are when it comes to protecting us from potential plague like diseases. We should be more concerned with that, probably moreso than our chances of becoming infected with ebola.Think if some sort of highly contagious, highly deadly disease hit the US in the same manner ebola came here. Something manmade with no known cure, something they also had to create a serum for. Holy crap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Since the 70's that we know of. Social media has made it the threat that it is. We should get vaccinated against FB fear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Odd factoid, did you know that bubonic plague is found several times a year in places like Houston, New York City, and Los Angeles? (Seaports with rats.) It's easy to recognize, and reasonably easy to deal with. The last major outbreak was 1994 in India. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 (edited) I'm more worried about the West Nile increases in California. But Ebola is news, which has equated to bringing in an additional $400k of disinfecting type inventory and suppliers, with brands like Purell,are now rationing supplies. Edited October 17, 2014 by Gump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Thank FB fear mongers Gump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturg Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 I'm more worried about the West Nile increases in California. But Ebola is news, which has equated to bringing in an additional $400k of disinfecting type inventory and suppliers, with brands like Purell,are now rationing supplies.you seems to have a lot of worries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 you seems to have a lot of worries.You've guessed wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 quote from a HAZMAT trained nurse in Maine, from Google+ Ebola is brilliant. It is a superior virus that has evolved and fine-tuned its mechanism of transmission to be near-perfect. That’s why we’re all so terrified. We know we can’t destroy it. All we can do is try to divert it, outrun it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 What's her take on Herpes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) lol, those 160,000 hazmat suits? that's only enough to treat less than 30 people. They go through about 240 a day for each patient... edit: (assuming full suits in use, and not just protective mask and gown stuff) Edited October 18, 2014 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zx3vfr Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 I thought the 2 doctors were cured in Atlanta with an experimental drug. Maybe it is like any herpes virus. It can go into remission and pop out anytime it wants. Also Ebola can survive in seminal fluid for 90 days after you've been cured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 There will be an Ebola vaccine. Eventually. Canada, Japan and the UK are in progress. But it's basically compressing ten years of research into 12 months. Any sort of clinical trials to prove it works will begin now and take some time. At least one of the vaccines should work. The USA was unable to proceed on developing a vaccine due to the recession, lack of funds, mismanagement of funds, misappropriation of funds, lack of guidance and leadership, political infighting and general disagreement on how to proceed. But we have an Ebola czar. No one else does. We should feel safe now. Yes, that was sarcasm. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmh_sprint Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 There will be an Ebola vaccine. Eventually. Canada, Japan and the UK are in progress. But it's basically compressing ten years of research into 12 months. Any sort of clinical trials to prove it works will begin now and take some time. At least one of the vaccines should work. The USA was unable to proceed on developing a vaccine due to the recession, lack of funds, mismanagement of funds, misappropriation of funds, lack of guidance and leadership, political infighting and general disagreement on how to proceed. But we have an Ebola czar. No one else does. We should feel safe now. Yes, that was sarcasm.That second paragraph is the manta for just about every mid-sized to large company and government entity in this country. It's like watching the proverbial monkey fucking a football everywhere you look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 I've been telling people at work to expect insurance companies to step in and make changes (and make money) off this imaginary crisis. Already happened. Ebola is either excluded from new policies or is included at higher cost.Corporate and medical facility policies now, maybe individual policies later. http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/10/22/health-ebola-insurance-idINKCN0IB29A20141022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strictly Street Posted October 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 It was just a matter of time. The lawyers are here! Oct 26 (Reuters) - A nurse held in quarantine for Ebola monitoring in New Jersey plans to file a federal lawsuit challenging her confinement as a violation of her civil rights, her lawyer told Reuters on Sunday. Norman Siegel, a well-known civil rights lawyer, said that Kaci Hickox’s confinement after she returned from West Africa raised “serious constitutional and civil liberties issues,” given that she remains asymptomatic and has not tested positive for Ebola. “We’re not going to dispute that the government has, under certain circumstances, the right to issue a quarantine,” he said. “The policy is overly broad when applied to her.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 You fuckers are still talking about ebola? Isn't that last week's problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strictly Street Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 You fuckers are still talking about ebola? Isn't that last week's problem?It will be in court for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Odd that the Federal government has issue with local government violating civil rights. See Patroit Act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 So has it hit a confirmed 10 people yet? That was my guess for cases this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Yes! 10 cases, on the nose, I win. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_cases_in_the_United_States Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsuMj Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 The year isn't over yet! Who wants to go lick an Ebola patient to prove mags wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) I wish there was only 9 cases so magz himself would lick an ebola patient to prove himself right Edited December 5, 2014 by Steve Butters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/29/health/ebola-scotland/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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