21 day quarantine for all citizens mandatory :0008.
Should have stopped flights the day it was discovered here in the US :shrug:
Another Ebola thought from Dr. Matt Valente
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21 day quarantine for all citizens mandatory :0008.
Should have stopped flights the day it was discovered here in the US :shrug:
I hope everybody`s just overreacting....but going the safest route on this,imo,makes the most sense...we currently have two infectees so far(we started with one)...that means the virus doubled in the u.s. within a week or two......
what is it,around 10,000 in africa now?...if this thing multiplies exponentially(as some experts claim it can) Africa may see 20,000 in the near future..... that means by the end of Dec it could be as high as 40,000 and with each wave there will be more chance of exporters(non-symptomatic carriers) to other counties like the USA.....
yes,i know theres no valid comparison between the ability of the west and Africa to deal with such a threat..... but people in the u.s. move about 10,000 times faster than folks in liberia.....one person`s contacts in Liberia can`t possibly compare to an American`s(given our advanced transportation systems,office work environments etc))........... 1 poor s.o.b. can easily contact hundreds of people in a very short period of time(and even that would be mitigated if the virus is as hard to transmit as the cdc is claiming)......
we`re o.k. now...but we have to make sure it stops here...don`t overreact...but don`t pooh-pooh this thing either.....just set in motion as many safeguards as possible ...as soon as possible.....
btw...I`m curious to see how duncan`s family gets through the 21-42 day incubation window.....after hearing the 911 call,he apparently fouled that apartment in a nasty way....those people were in there with him and were around all that "waste" for a decent piece of time...if they can come out the other end unscathed,that`s a very good sign...
what is it,around 10,000 in africa now?...if this thing multiplies exponentially(as some experts claim it can) Africa may see 20,000 in the near future..... that means by the end of Dec it could be as high as 40,000 and with each wave there will be more chance of exporters(non-symptomatic carriers) to other counties like the USA.....
yes,i know theres no valid comparison between the ability of the west and Africa to deal with such a threat..... but people in the u.s. move about 10,000 times faster than folks in liberia.....one person`s contacts in Liberia can`t possibly compare to an American`s(given our advanced transportation systems,office work environments etc))........... 1 poor s.o.b. can easily contact hundreds of people in a very short period of time(and even that would be mitigated if the virus is as hard to transmit as the cdc is claiming)......
we`re o.k. now...but we have to make sure it stops here...don`t overreact...but don`t pooh-pooh this thing either.....just set in motion as many safeguards as possible ...as soon as possible.....
btw...I`m curious to see how duncan`s family gets through the 21-42 day incubation window.....after hearing the 911 call,he apparently fouled that apartment in a nasty way....those people were in there with him and were around all that "waste" for a decent piece of time...if they can come out the other end unscathed,that`s a very good sign...
There are 4,033 reported cases in west Africa. Estimates have it reaching 10,000 in six months. They also proposed the same exact thing about thirteen months ago.
The incubation period is 2-21 days and still infectious 7 days after considered cured.
The incubation period is 2-21 days and still infectious 7 days after considered cured.
If you want to talk conspiracy or media sensationalism having an affect, it seems far more reasonable that certain media outlets would love to drive people with the sniffles to the emergency room, inundating the health care system and hospitals with vast unforseen expenses. That would more than likely shake a few old accusations loose about the "foretold" failure of the affordable care act. That seems far more likely to me. Just sayin
Here's a list of updated cases
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/tA-EWVXd9yQ1aSpbneTz6eg/htmlview
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Dallas, Texas (Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital) 10/15/2014
Ebola: Confirmed
Patient: Amber Joy Vinson
Second healthcare worker
Reported fever 10/14/2014
Flew on Frontier Airlines flight 1143 Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth 10/13/2014
132 passengers on the flight
Source - CNN
The plane was used for five additional flights on Tuesday before it was removed from service.
Return flight Dallas to Cleveland
Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale?Hollywood International Airport (FLL)
FLL to Cleveland
Cleveland to Hartsfield?Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
ATL to Cleveland.
Source - CBS Local
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Ebola: Confirmed
Patient: Amber Joy Vinson
Second healthcare worker
Reported fever 10/14/2014
Flew on Frontier Airlines flight 1143 Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth 10/13/2014
132 passengers on the flight
Source - CNN
The plane was used for five additional flights on Tuesday before it was removed from service.
Return flight Dallas to Cleveland
Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale?Hollywood International Airport (FLL)
FLL to Cleveland
Cleveland to Hartsfield?Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
ATL to Cleveland.
Source - CBS Local
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The map of the world, straight up gamer graphics... Unreal
http://www.liveebolamap.com
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I was referring to the total in the current outbreak....probably closer to 10,000.....I think you might be referring to deaths....
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/14/world/europe/ebola-outbreak/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/11/health/ebola-fast-facts/
the 21-42 day factoid I read somewhere...it said 2-21 days is the norm...but a very small percentage of cases can incubate for up to 42 days.....it`s a small percentage(3-4 % or maybe less...I`ll try and find a link) and this is fairly new into that I`m not sure is verified....
let`s hope for the best....
New WHO statistics list 8,914 confirmed Ebola cases, with 4,447 deaths in West Africa. The countries hardest hit by the outbreak are Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The agency has said the numbers and death rate will spike as high as 10,000 new cases per month by December if the response to the crisis isn?t stepped up soon.
This from Reuters
This from Reuters
:facepalm:
Per CBS.......
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that Vinson called the agency several times before flying, saying that she had a fever with a temperature of 99.5 degrees. But because her fever wasn't 100.4 degrees or higher, she didn't officially fall into the group of "high risk" and was allowed to fly.
Per CBS.......
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that Vinson called the agency several times before flying, saying that she had a fever with a temperature of 99.5 degrees. But because her fever wasn't 100.4 degrees or higher, she didn't officially fall into the group of "high risk" and was allowed to fly.
A WHO spokesman said, "We were originally fooled by how fast Ebola could spread." That same WHO spokesman added, "We Wont Get Fooled Again".
Fox News' Shepard Smith destroys Ebola fear-mongering in 4 minutes
Fox News' Shepard Smith destroys Ebola fear-mongering in 4 minutes
Ebola is a very scary disease with horrifying symptoms, but it poses very little risk to the US.
Despite that, the conversation surrounding the disease has become exceptionally heated in recent days. Republicans have accused the Obama administration of mishandling the outbreak. Democrats have blamed the disease's spread on Republican-backed budget cuts. Politicians from both parties have called for a travel ban for flights in and out of Ebola-stricken countries. Media outlets have run stories that suggest, with little scientific basis, the disease could go airborne. The public is also calling on the government to do more.
On Wednesday, Fox News' Shepard Smith said everyone needs to calm down.
"Unless a medical professional has contacted you personally and told you of some sort of possible exposure, fear not," Smith said. "Do not listen to the hysterical voices on the radio and the television or read the fear-provoking words online. The people who say and write hysterical things are being very irresponsible."
He later added, "We do not have an outbreak of Ebola in the United States. Nowhere. We do have two health-care workers who contracted the disease from a dying man. They are isolated. There is no information to suggest that the virus has spread to anyone in the general population in America ? not one person in the general population in the United States."
What is the Ebola virus?
Most people's views of Ebola are probably informed by Hollywood ? they think of it as a deadly and contagious virus that swirls around the world, striking everyone in its path and causing them to hemorrhage from their eyeballs, ears and mouth until there is no more blood to spill.
In reality, Ebola is something quite different. About half of the people who contract Ebola die. The others return to a normal life after a months-long recovery that can include periods of hair loss, sensory changes, weakness, fatigue, headaches, eye and liver inflammation.
As for the blood: While Ebola can cause people to hemorrhage, about half of Ebola sufferers ever experience that Biblical bleeding that's become synonymous with the virus.
More often than not, Ebola strikes like the worst and most humiliating flu you could imagine. People get the sweats, along with body aches and pains. Then they start vomiting and having uncontrollable diarrhea. These symptoms can appear anywhere between two and 21 days after exposure to the virus. Sometimes, they go into shock. Sometimes, they bleed. Again, about half of those infected with the virus die, and this usually happens fairly quickly ? within a few days or a couple of weeks of getting sick.
There are five strains of Ebola, four of which have caused the disease in humans: Zaire, Sudan, Ta? Forest, and Bundibugyo. The fifth, Reston, has infected nonhuman primates only. Though scientists haven't been able to confirm this, the animal host of Ebola is widely believed to be the fruit bat, and the virus only seldomly makes the leap into humans.
The Ebola virus is extremely rare. Among the leading causes of death in Africa, it only accounts for a tiny fraction. People are much more likely to die from AIDS, respiratory infections, or diarrhea, as you can see.
The current outbreak involves the Zaire strain, which was discovered in 1976 ? the year Ebola was first identified in what was then Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). That same year, the virus was also discovered in South Sudan.
Since 1976, there have only been about 20 known Ebola outbreaks. Until last year, the total impact of these outbreaks included 2,357 cases and 1,548 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They all occurred in isolated or remote areas of Africa, and Ebola never had a chance to go very far.
And that's what makes the 2014 outbreak so remarkable: the virus has spread to five countries in Africa plus America, and has already infected more than 8,000 people. It has killed more than 4,000 people. That is more than triple the sum total of all previous outbreaks combined.
Peace!
http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/10/15/6984867/ebola-shep-smith-fox-news
Fox News' Shepard Smith destroys Ebola fear-mongering in 4 minutes
Ebola is a very scary disease with horrifying symptoms, but it poses very little risk to the US.
Despite that, the conversation surrounding the disease has become exceptionally heated in recent days. Republicans have accused the Obama administration of mishandling the outbreak. Democrats have blamed the disease's spread on Republican-backed budget cuts. Politicians from both parties have called for a travel ban for flights in and out of Ebola-stricken countries. Media outlets have run stories that suggest, with little scientific basis, the disease could go airborne. The public is also calling on the government to do more.
On Wednesday, Fox News' Shepard Smith said everyone needs to calm down.
"Unless a medical professional has contacted you personally and told you of some sort of possible exposure, fear not," Smith said. "Do not listen to the hysterical voices on the radio and the television or read the fear-provoking words online. The people who say and write hysterical things are being very irresponsible."
He later added, "We do not have an outbreak of Ebola in the United States. Nowhere. We do have two health-care workers who contracted the disease from a dying man. They are isolated. There is no information to suggest that the virus has spread to anyone in the general population in America ? not one person in the general population in the United States."
What is the Ebola virus?
Most people's views of Ebola are probably informed by Hollywood ? they think of it as a deadly and contagious virus that swirls around the world, striking everyone in its path and causing them to hemorrhage from their eyeballs, ears and mouth until there is no more blood to spill.
In reality, Ebola is something quite different. About half of the people who contract Ebola die. The others return to a normal life after a months-long recovery that can include periods of hair loss, sensory changes, weakness, fatigue, headaches, eye and liver inflammation.
As for the blood: While Ebola can cause people to hemorrhage, about half of Ebola sufferers ever experience that Biblical bleeding that's become synonymous with the virus.
More often than not, Ebola strikes like the worst and most humiliating flu you could imagine. People get the sweats, along with body aches and pains. Then they start vomiting and having uncontrollable diarrhea. These symptoms can appear anywhere between two and 21 days after exposure to the virus. Sometimes, they go into shock. Sometimes, they bleed. Again, about half of those infected with the virus die, and this usually happens fairly quickly ? within a few days or a couple of weeks of getting sick.
There are five strains of Ebola, four of which have caused the disease in humans: Zaire, Sudan, Ta? Forest, and Bundibugyo. The fifth, Reston, has infected nonhuman primates only. Though scientists haven't been able to confirm this, the animal host of Ebola is widely believed to be the fruit bat, and the virus only seldomly makes the leap into humans.
The Ebola virus is extremely rare. Among the leading causes of death in Africa, it only accounts for a tiny fraction. People are much more likely to die from AIDS, respiratory infections, or diarrhea, as you can see.
The current outbreak involves the Zaire strain, which was discovered in 1976 ? the year Ebola was first identified in what was then Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). That same year, the virus was also discovered in South Sudan.
Since 1976, there have only been about 20 known Ebola outbreaks. Until last year, the total impact of these outbreaks included 2,357 cases and 1,548 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They all occurred in isolated or remote areas of Africa, and Ebola never had a chance to go very far.
And that's what makes the 2014 outbreak so remarkable: the virus has spread to five countries in Africa plus America, and has already infected more than 8,000 people. It has killed more than 4,000 people. That is more than triple the sum total of all previous outbreaks combined.
Peace!
http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/10/15/6984867/ebola-shep-smith-fox-news
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I THINK WE'VE GOT AN EPIDEMIC ON OUR HANDS!!!
I THINK WE'VE GOT AN EPIDEMIC ON OUR HANDS!!!
