Welp...It is now here folks...ebola

[KahrMan]

I don't understand why everybody is so worried about this virus from Africa.  He only has a little over a year left on his term.

[Oh Shoot]

Well, Ebloa is gonna kill the first dog too:

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-patients-pet-dog-euthanized-precaution/story?id=26014974

 

- OS

[Sam1]

It's not airborne, but the nurse in Spain was wearing full protective garb from head to toe & only went into this guy's room 2 times, but she still caught it.

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/10/07/after-nurse-contracts-ebola-spanish-health-workers-raise-concerns-about-protective-equipment/

[bud]

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[bud]

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[Sam1]

of course they messed up on something, was just making a point on how easy it can be transmitted.

 

Especially the part about how they used a general use/employee elevator to transport his infected materials/waste around.

[bud]

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[Sam1]

Well, rest assured that some of our greatest right up the road from us at Ft. Campbell will be going over there to fight it.  And when they come back, after being exposed to the environment... They will still be right up the road from us. :)

[Dustbuster]

If Ebola doesn't kill us, stupid mothers not vaccinating their kids will get us w polio, tuberculosis and more.

[Sam1]

If Ebola doesn't kill us, stupid mothers not vaccinating their kids will get us w polio, tuberculosis and more.

But but but Jenny McCarthy says it is bad!

On a side note, it would be interesting to know if this new virus going around is the result of all of these unvaccinated illegal children that showed up this year. Edited October 8, 2014 by Sam1

[Dustbuster]

Shots are bad but her store bought rack...... Aint

[Omega]

Sorry, I didn't mean to come across as directing any of my rant toward your post or you personally.

 

I'm irritated that there seems to have been many instances of healthcare workers not following protocol so far here in the U.S., in just our hand-full of cases, and I'm worried about how it seems there's no one group setting and enforcing standards of care/handling of the possibly infected.

Also, I'm sickened by the thought of our military personnel having the direct contact they're about to have with the infected. Seems like there is a higher percentage chance of them experiencing bodily harm than if they were being deployed to a war-zone. 

Hopefully, our people who become infected will all be treated here at home at the same facility, by a well trained staff, and not spread about the country; But I don't know if that's a possibility.

Yea, dont worry about our military guys; the VA is already preparing a special list...

[tnguy]

The military tends to vote republican anyway.

[TMF]

Excellent post TMF.

 

Reliable information is out there, but way too many people are just too darn lazy to search it out...it does require some effort.

 

And lazy, frightened, "sheeple" are easy pickings for the profiteers.

 

Thanks.  It seems that snake oil sales haven't really evolved in the last few hundred years.  Folks should always be skeptical of people who incite panic only to roll that into a solution, which comes at a small price.  It's how beauty companies manipulate women into buying crap.  It's how liberals push gun legislation. 

 

To Obama's credit, for all the crises we've had in the past couple years, he hasn't done much in proposing solutions.  I rest easy that his incompetence is genuine.

[Ron_TN]

What is EBOLA?

 

It's a virus that attacks a person blood system:

 

Ebola is what scientists call a hemorrhagic fever - it operates by making its victims bleed from almost anywhere on their body. Usually victims bleed to death.

 

Ebola is highly contagious; Being transmitted via contact with body fluids such as blood, sweat, saliva, semen or other body discharges.

 

Ebola is however NOT AN AIRBORNE VIRUS!

 

EXTREMELY deadly: About 90% of people that catch Ebola will die from it. It's one of the deadliest diseases in the world, killing in just a few weeks.

 

Not treatable(no cure): Ebola has no known treatment or cure. Victims are usually treated for symptoms with the faint hope that they recover.

 

How Do I Know Someone has Ebola?

 

•Fever •Headache •Diarrhoea •Vomiting •Weakness •Joint & Muscle pains •Stomach Pain •Lack of Appetite

 

Protect Yourself: •Wash Your Hands with Soap Do this a lot. You can also use a good hand sanitizer. Avoid unnecessary physical contact with people.

 

â– Restrict yourself to food you prepared yourself.

 

â– Disinfect Your Surroundings The virus cannot survive disinfectants,heat, direct sunlight,detergents and soaps.

 

Clean up!: •Fumigate If you have Pests. •Rodents can be carriers of Ebola. •Fumigate your environment & dispose off the carcasses properly! •Dead bodies CAN still transmit Ebola. •Don't touch them without protective gear or better yet avoid them altogether.

 

Protect Yourself: •Use protective gear if you must care or go near someone you suspect has Ebola.

 

Report: •Report any suspicious symptoms in yourself or anyone else IMMEDIATELY.

Do not delay!

 

Educate Everyone: •Tell your neighbors, colleagues and domestic staff (anyone really). Basically you're safer when everyone is educated. •dont share alcohol.



 

 

 

[Dustbuster]

I wonder if south park will have an episode on Ebola....: /

[mikegideon]

I have started calling it Obola, in honor of our Retard in Chief.

[Oh Shoot]

Duncan died this morning.

 

- OS

[mikegideon]

Duncan died this morning.

 

- OS

 

I know. Brought a tear to my eye  :rolleyes:

[tnguy]

What color is that tear?

[Oh Shoot]

I know. Brought a tear to my eye  :rolleyes:

 

They killed the dog in Spain too -- that for sure is sad.

 

- OS

[Sam1]

Duncan died this morning.

 

- OS

 

Now they need to make fliers and air drop them all over the infected countries so they see that we don't have a magic wand that can save them.

[Sam1]

and possible new case.. this time LEO

 

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/10/08/Texas-Patient-Shows-Signs-of-Ebola-May-Have-Had-Contact-With-Duncan

[DaveTN]

This is 2014; you would think the CDC could say if this is an airborne disease or not. It sure is beginning to look like it may be.

[Oh Shoot]

This is 2014; you would think the CDC could say if this is an airborne disease or not. It sure is beginning to look like it may be.

 

If it were airborne in the true sense of that meaning, West Africa would be virtually empty by now. At the least.

 

What CDC doesn't explain to general public is that spreading a disease by droplets equal to or larger than 5 micrometers (such as generated by a sneeze at close range) is not technically considered airborne, but rather direct transmission.

 

- OS

Edited October 8, 2014 by Oh Shoot