Looks like we got ebola, how u

[EL PRESIDENTE]

First diagnosed case of Ebola in the US (TEXAS BRUH) :MARIS61:

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The real problem will be if and when it hits Mexico City. If that happens we will see millions of panicked people running to the US.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

How me? How about, how u?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

isnt this the second case? Iirc there was one in Minneapolis this year.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

likely a democrat ploy to induce people to keep obamacare

 

[magnifier661]

likely a democrat ploy to induce people to keep obamacare

Winner!

 

[Denny Crane]

The real problem will be if and when it hits Mexico City. If that happens we will see millions of panicked people running to the US.

One Hispanic causing panic is more than enough, thank you.

 

[Blazer4ever]

I think the Ebola situation in Africa is not being handled properly.
I think the solution could be not just to isolate those infected but to test everyone else in their area for the virus and if they're proven healthy get them as far away from there as quickly as possible.

The only people remaining in these areas should be the ones who have the virus or the people taking care of them. Everyone else should return to their homes only when the danger has passed completely.
That's my opinion.

 

[blue32]

I think the Ebola situation in Africa is not being handled properly.
I think the solution could be not just to isolate those infected but to test everyone else in their area for the virus and if they're proven healthy get them as far away from there as quickly as possible.

The only people remaining in these areas should be the ones who have the virus or the people taking care of them. Everyone else should return to their homes only when the danger has passed completely.
That's my opinion.

Dude, its Africa. There is no way that they will be able to contain something like this. They just don't have a sophisticated enough infrastructure or leadership in place to do so.

Most people probably don't even know how it spreads, they think its a curse or some shit.

 

[Denny Crane]

I'm not sure our (or any 1st world nation's) infrastructure could handle an epidemic the scale of the 1917 flu. There are only so many beds in hospitals and doctors and nurses to treat patients.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Further]

I think the Ebola situation in Africa is not being handled properly.
I think the solution could be not just to isolate those infected but to test everyone else in their area for the virus and if they're proven healthy get them as far away from there as quickly as possible.

The only people remaining in these areas should be the ones who have the virus or the people taking care of them. Everyone else should return to their homes only when the danger has passed completely.
That's my opinion.

Even if they had the infrastructure, what you are suggesting wouldn't work. The virus has a two week incubation time when the infected person will carry the virus but not show any signs or be positive when tested. So if they were shipped out and away from the infected, once the virus presents they will infect a whole new population.

 

[Further]

This whole Ebola thing is freaky, but it's killed fewer than 4000 people in its known history. As long as it does not mutate to be transmissible by air, than it shouldn't be too long before we get a hold of things. If it does mutate, god save the queen.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

This whole Ebola thing is freaky, but it's killed fewer than 4000 people in its known history. As long as it does not mutate to be transmissible by air, than it shouldn't be too long before we get a hold of things. If it does mutate, god save the queen.

Why, what happens if the queen gets ebola?

 

[Further]

Why, what happens if the queen gets ebola?

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Too many jokes. All in poor taste. I'll skip it.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

A ton of Christians are batshit crazy that I honestly can't tell if that's satire.

Ebola spelled backwards is Alobe -- Hebrew for the devil is gonna get 'cha.

 

[Further]

It will be interesting to see what type of panic occurs if there are a few cases that originate in the US. That's when you will see racism, bigotry, religious superiority and all sorts of other nasty human finger pointing.

 

[Blazer4ever]

These are valid points. It would indeed be almost impossible to handle such a project of testing and transferring the unharmed.
I think the waiting period in which the virus doesn't even appear on tests is the biggest problem here, because people aren't even being isolated and the disease can spread.

 

[THE HCP]

If I get it, luckily I've got my baller ass iPhone 6 plus. With a screen this big, I'll still be able to type with one of those HazMat suits on!


Sent from my Baller-Ass 5.5" iPhone 6+......... FAMS

 

[Blazer4ever]

I think at least the humanitarian doctors should be kept in isolation a few weeks, then tested, before going back to their countries.
Maybe then expand these facilities to allow whoever wishes to leave the area to stay there in isolation for the waiting period, then if tested negative, to be moved away from the area.

 

[Further]

I think at least the humanitarian doctors should be kept in isolation a few weeks, then tested, before going back to their countries.
Maybe then expand these facilities to allow whoever wishes to leave the area to stay there in isolation for the waiting period, then if tested negative, to be moved away from the area.

I understand reaching for something that will help, and your idea could very well be a great one, but there is no reason to get nervous yet. The virus only spreads from bodily fluids, mostly because someone touches an Ebola corpse or they touch the victim after they are feeling very sick. This is not a fast moving virus. Since 1976, when the first known case presented, fewer than 4000 people have died. That's only about 103 people a year. Whereas lightning strikes kill about 24,000 people every year. There could be a breakout, but the chances from everything I've read are highly unlikely.

 

[Blazer4ever]

I agree, there's no need to panic but the situation has to be contained.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Thomas Eric Duncan has died of Ebola in Texas.

 

[blue32]

Thomas Eric Duncan has died of Ebola in Texas.

RIP. hopefully his remains are taken care of appropriately.

Much like the white walkers, or the vampires on the-strain

 

[noknobs]

I think the waiting period in which the virus doesn't even appear on tests is the biggest problem here, because people aren't even being isolated and the disease can spread.

Fortunately I don't believe people are contagious until they have symptoms.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Seeing how so many are freaking out this whole thing reminds me of the movie 'Cabin Fever'

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[Blazer4ever]

Fortunately I don't believe people are contagious until they have symptoms.

I hope you're right but I'm not sure that you are.
I think the steps made by American government are not enough. For example, they examine people when they land in the US but they should probably be tested before they board the plane. Also, if it is true that people don't even have symptoms for two weeks, is it impossible for them to pass these tests and still have the virus?
I don't advocate panic but strong measures have to take place. Better safe than sorry.

 

[riverman]

I was working and living in Taipei Taiwan when SARS broke out. Ebola is a serious virus, but not airborn like SARS. Changed my life living in a place where the law required masks in public and you had to have your temperature taken to go to work, get on a subway or go to a restaurant. In the end they cleaned up the city, bleached everything and people started washing their hands more often. Ebola is much easier to deal with as you must have contact with fluids of the victim.

 

[riverman]

If you are sick, stay home. If you blow your nose, don't set the tissue on a public surface. Flush the public toilet when you use it and don't stick needles in your arm or have unprotected sex. Stay out of public baths, pools, saunas, etc. My 2 cents