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Post by Derk! on Oct 1, 2014 13:16:46 GMT -5
Not sure why you guys are so worried about it since the Bird Flu killed us all like 4 times in the last decade. Don't forget about H1N1. And the last two or three doomsdays that we went through...
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Post by Cyno on Oct 1, 2014 13:26:51 GMT -5
The thing with Ebola is that it is one of those diseases that unfortunately ravages developing countries while the developed world can mostly shrug it off.
It's a bad disease, but it's easily containable here versus Africa. For one thing it's not an airborne disease, which makes it tough to spread here versus West Africa. We also have much, much more advanced and outright better medical facilities here. The mortality rate decreases significantly with proper medical care, which is in rare quantity in the developing world.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Oct 1, 2014 13:43:31 GMT -5
Could you guys imagine if a case of The Plague got reported? FAN will be fine. The Plague Doctor will protect us Just make sure it's not SCP-049.
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Oct 1, 2014 14:19:07 GMT -5
Remember a few years ago when we were afraid of Tuberculosis
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Post by wisdomwizard on Oct 1, 2014 14:46:01 GMT -5
Not sure why you guys are so worried about it since the Bird Flu killed us all like 4 times in the last decade. Don't forget about H1N1. And the last two or three doomsdays that we went through... Ugh, don't any of you get me even started on that Swine Flu mess. On another board I go to, there was some idiot who claimed to work at a hospital ranting on about how we all should be scared because it was so serious, then went into graphic detail about his symptoms when he caught it. He then proceeded to get offended when people tired to keep things calm. I was like, "of course YOU caught it, you work at a hospital chump!"
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Oct 1, 2014 14:51:25 GMT -5
Remember a few years ago when we were afraid of Tuberculosis With Anti Vaccineers Im still afraid that might rear its head again.
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Post by Red Impact on Oct 1, 2014 14:54:16 GMT -5
The swine flu scare was good in the sense that it got the populations that it was dangerous to to pay attention. Media exaggeration not withstanding, flu is a dangerous thing to a lot of people and if there's a different strand that needs attention, that group should know about it.
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Post by Glitch on Oct 1, 2014 15:04:00 GMT -5
It'll be just like that movie with Dustin Hoffman.......Rainman. Because they are acting like simpletons.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 15:05:05 GMT -5
Remember a few years ago when we were afraid of Tuberculosis With Anti Vaccineers Im still afraid that might rear its head again. Cripes, polio is basically making a comeback - IIRC, this new entrovirus thing that's affecting (and even killing) a bunch of kids all over the country has been likened to it.
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Post by MC Blowfish on Oct 1, 2014 17:42:57 GMT -5
We don't have the hygiene issues that Africa has. That meaning, we typically don't touch and kiss the deceased. We also don't care for one another when we get sick. Our neighbors aren't stopping by when we are sick.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Oct 1, 2014 17:45:45 GMT -5
Could you guys imagine if a case of The Plague got reported? Uh... I hate to break it to you but it still happens damned near every year in the US. Granted, it is usually only a handful of cases, but it happens in the Southwest. As far as Ebola goes, as a microbiologist I am not freaked out. Sure, there have been a lot of people that die from the disease since the initial Zaire outbreak, but that is due to a handful of reasons: 1) The only places where true freak-out-because-the-world-is-going-to-end outbreaks are possible are in regions with poor and inadequate medical care, as well as poorly education populace. For example, the first known outbreak of Ebola was in 1976 in Zaire. A massive part of the problem was that it was initially thought to be malaria (for pretty good reason). Sick people were given quinine injections (a rather effective antimalarial agent), as were everyone else as a prophylactic measure. If this mistake had happened in a Western country, this would not have been an issue as the needles used would have been disposable and not reused. Unfortunately, in 3rd world nations disposing needles after one use is a luxury that usually isn't an option. As a result, perfectly healthy people that would never have been exposed were infected. In reality, it is actually rather difficult to contract Ebola from another person. They are not yet infectious when they are mobile and non-mobile when they are. Additionally, you have to have blood contact from the sick person in order to get infected, so for the most part the only people who find themselves at risk are caregivers and individuals that visit the sick person. Unfortunately, a lot of local customs in Africa actually put more people in the line of danger than ever should be. 2) Having access to modern medicine makes one hell of a difference in survival rate. Ebola sounds horribly scary for two reasons; 1) the way you die and 2) the extremely low survival rate. Unfortunately for those that have been in Africa, modern medicine has been slow to come to that region. It plays a large part in why HIV was pandemic in South Africa. It is why outbreaks of Marburg (which is related to Ebola) has Ebola-level survival rates when outbreaks happen in Angola and the former Zaire and had much better survival rate and much lower infection rates in the 1960's outbreaks in Germany. Do I think infected individuals here could still die? Yes, but not at those truly alarming rates you see in Africa. 3) I am much, much, much more afraid of a few other things. Anytime a flu virus manages to cross the species barrier and infect humans is rather scary, as few things are as infectious as a flu and has not had the chance to attenuate to the new species yet (strictly speaking, a disease that kills a lot of those infected is not successful and will die out unless it adapts to the new species), but as history shows the sheer number of deaths that occurs is due to the massive number that get infected. In general, the odds are in your favor to recover. I am almost afraid to mention this, but Ebola showing up in isolated cases in the US does not scare me at all. What does scare me? Dengue Fever, that's what. A single infection isn't that bad a deal, relatively speaking (It is a hemorrhagic fever causing agent, after all). The survival rate of the first infection is pretty good, and that is when dealing with the somewhat limited medical care of nations south of the Rio Grande. The second infection is what is a nightmare. There are at a minimum 4 groups of Dengue virus. Get infected with one and you should be immune to that group but are now highly sensitive to the other groups. Second infections are lethal, on par with Ebola outbreaks in Africa. Why do I freak out about that? First, it has shown up in the US now for over a decade and is spreading. Second, it is a mosquito-borne disease. West Nile Virus, which is in the same group as Dengue (as is Yellow Fever) is still an issue in the US because eliminating mosquito populations is a difficult thing. Lastly, the initial infection (the survivable one) is more often or not asymptomatic or the symptoms are similar to a cold. You could be at risk of a second infection without even knowing it.
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Post by paulbearer on Oct 1, 2014 22:34:08 GMT -5
JR Ewing : Jock , that E Bohla fella won't set foot on Southfork , I'll see to that....where's ma shot gun !
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Post by paulbearer on Oct 1, 2014 22:37:38 GMT -5
It'll be just like that movie with Dustin Hoffman.......Rainman. Because they are acting like simpletons. Rain Man , frantic : 24 days to HiaC , 24 days !
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Oct 5, 2014 4:47:10 GMT -5
Well, at least the media are staying level-headed about this:
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Oct 5, 2014 4:55:07 GMT -5
Could you guys imagine if a case of The Plague got reported? Already happenedSleep well. Actually, not quite, that's the pneumonic plague, not the bubonic plague. The pneumonic plague is worse, because it's airborn and spreads from person to person, rather than from insect to person. The US gets about seven plague cases a year. It's treatable now, as long as it's caught early. The ground squirrels in Eastern Oregon carry it.
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Post by Hurbster on Oct 5, 2014 5:16:57 GMT -5
Late to the party America. We had one some time ago - he made a full recovery.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 9:43:07 GMT -5
Well, at least the media are staying level-headed about this: Please tell me this is not a legit cover or front page. PLEASE.
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Post by Grand Papillon "The Banker" on Oct 5, 2014 9:50:55 GMT -5
I think I may have discovered a cure for Ebola.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Oct 5, 2014 10:03:18 GMT -5
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Post by ICBM on Oct 5, 2014 10:17:24 GMT -5
SARS, Bird Flu, Swine Flu, Aids/HIV, now Ebola. Do you want to know the one commonality from all of these events/outbreaks? Cable news.
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