Ebola Comes To USA

[Funky Ghost]

Cool.

 

[Fiset]

I suppose we each define "seriously worried" in our own ways. For me, this outbreak is serious business. That doesn't mean I'm digging my underground shelter and stocking up on episodes of Doomsday Preppers. It also doesn't mean I'm looking at this like its just a normal, garden variety bug thats going around. The death toll is rising and the jury is out on just exactly how this thing can be transmitted. The more people who end up getting infected the more people will flee (not to mention people who have it but don't know it or aren't yet symptomatic). In that regard, its no different than any other virus. But the extremely high mortaility rate of this particular virus has definitely got my attention.

 

[Kaa]

Have they recorded any mutation of the original Ebola from 1976? This outbreak seems to be a lot bigger than all the rest.
Edit: a thought just occurred to me. I have heard that there is a lot of unreported cases of HIV in Africa, might this be a contributor to the number of deaths in this outbreak?

 

[skychief]

(clip) The death toll is rising and the jury is out on just exactly how this thing can be transmitted. (clip)

This is exactly why im paying so much attention to this. Theres indications the (Ebola) virus could be airborne. If thats the case, the disease-control protocols change and risk of (an individual's) exposure goes up ten-fold.

 

[Handyman]

Ah, my bad, I only caught a little of the story. Thanks for the clarification.
Edit: for some reason, I found this autocorrect really funny.

Ha! It gives me visions of an army of hazmat suits invading Lego Land.

 

[MartinG1957]

The more people who become infected in an outbreak of a virus infection the more opportunity the virus has to mutate. I don't know the circumstances of how the US medical staff became infected - if there was a known incidence of a contact known to cause transmission.

As I said earlier, this is not flu, it is a virus which as far as I am aware has not had an opportunity to infect a large and ongoing population - earlier outbreaks were in more isolated and smaller communities with less sophisticated treatment methods and it seemed to basically burn through those populations and with no new hosts, was self limiting. Let loose in a massive and continuous contact population, who knows what will happen. If it mutates to become a viable airborne virus in an environment such as that it's effects would be devastating.

The people in the CDC are concerned, I wouldn't ignore that.

I wouldn't head for a bunker either, but I would be taking it seriously.

 

[pedroims]

Getting into the country of our friends down south is easy. Crossing from there to the U.S. is slightly less easy, thus avoiding pesky restrictions like don't bring Ebola to our country please, thanks.

I have never seen a doctor in the passport control of any US airport, or a crazy machine that can detect what kind of virus a person is carrying. The risk of a infected person coming and entering to US , Mexico , France or any other country is the same.

The average time between contracting the infection can be up to 20 days, somebody with ebola but that looks healthy can be entering to the US right now and nobody will noticed.

 

[Mysterion]

I will be stuffing my Dottore Peste mask with lavender and cloves, and sporting my long coat and goatskin boots for the duration.

 

[Kaa]

View attachment 458798 I will be stuffing my Dottore Peste mask with lavender and cloves, and sporting my long coat and goatskin boots for the duration.

That's gonna get you some action, let me tell you.

 

[Funky Ghost]

I have never seen a doctor in the passport control of any US airport, or a crazy machine that can detect what kind of virus a person is carrying. The risk of a infected person coming and entering to US , Mexico , France or any other country is the same.

The average time between contracting the infection can be up to 20 days, somebody with ebola but that looks healthy can be entering to the US right now and nobody will noticed.

True enough, at this point, however there are already several countries that test for Aids/Hiv before you can enter ( extended stays if I recall properly ) It is a short leap to foresee a policy like that coming into play with the reduction of personal freedoms we see in the world today ( speaking generally here, not wanting to have a politics discussion at all ) especially if this turns into a larger issue than is currently known.

 

[MJ5150]

I ain't gettin' no ebola. I got me, the wife, and the dog in my space elevator. We're heading off to a distant galaxy.

-Mike

 

[Turock]

You might want to check a map, the US doesn't share a border with Liberia the last time I checked.

Really? You mean that they don't share a border? That blows my mind. I was sure they shared a border with at least one of the 57 states.

 

[Turock]

I'm seriously not worried about that. Not one bit.

Famous last words.

 

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

I admire the staff treating these patients. I read that two of the nurses at Emory had cancelled their vacations in order to care for them.

 

[BboogieXVII]

I just read an interesting article about the disease. Seems there is more concern than usual for ebola outbreaks. The U.S. is sending containment suits to some African nations in hopes the healthcare workers there will use them.

LINK

 

[Fxpmusic]

It will probably come up through the southern border anyway.

Cause all the evil comes from the brown boarder right?

 

[Turock]

Cause all the evil comes from the brown boarder right?

Yeah, that's what I was saying.

 

[paste]

Wow. This is just scary... even scarier for the regular folks riding.

Apparently this is what the flight attendants on West African airliners are wearing.

 

[paste]

About as comforting as seeing the pilot walk up to cockpit wearing a parachute.

 

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

Really? You mean that they don't share a border? That blows my mind. I was sure they shared a border with at least one of the 57 states.

<facepalm> </facepalm>