Official Ebola 2014 Thread

[The Broken Regal]

I'm quite excited for this thread to continue to slowly turn into a who didn't pass high school biology and who did...

 

[crooks]

http://bigamericannews.com/2014/09/...eases-picture-of-first-ebola-zombie-captured/

 

[Chester Copperpot]

 

[m_dogg]

Dallas Ebola patient vomited outside apartment on way to hospital

 

[Chester Copperpot]

From above:

The New York Times said that Duncan, in his mid-40s, helped transport a pregnant woman suffering from Ebola to a hospital in Liberia, where she was turned away for lack of space. Duncan helped bring the woman back to her family's home and carried her into the house, where she later died, the newspaper reported.

Four days later Duncan left for the United States, the Times said, citing the woman's parents and neighbors.

Texas health officials said that up to 18 people, including five children, had contact with the Ebola patient since he returned to the United States in late September. The children had gone to school early this week but have since been sent home and are being monitored for symptoms.

For this much disregard he has for this fucking virus, I can't imagine what else he has sneezed/coughed/spit/etc on. Hold on to your butts. It's about to git gud. Not to mention if any animals chowed down on that vomit before it was cleaned up.

 

[SleeperLS]

Yeah, this guy sounds kinda stupid.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

don't worry once the commander and chief is doing prancing around Chicago on Pat Quinn fund raisers he will look into this issue of said ebola

 

[Jokerzl]

Um, Africa is a pretty big fucking place! Just because shit is hopping off in one part doesn't mean that the entire continent is affected at all. I will most likely be traveling to the southern part for my yearly visit this December and I am not concerned in the least.







There are more reasons to go to Africa than to see wildlife.


The ignorance between these two posts is quite high.

Tell that to the 5 kids

 

[rocket5979]

So knowing the risk you're willing to take a chance?
You believe this shit has not spread enough over in Africa to reach wherever it is you're going there?
at:

This is the sort of ignorance I am referring to. Africa is an immense place made up of many different countries and cultures, and quite diverse in demographic and geography as well. To put its size into perspective, the US is 3.7 million square miles of landmass, whereas Africa is 11.6 million square miles. Average population density is quite similar between the African continent and the USA as well (95 vs 85 respectively). So, if you're that concerned due to an ebola outbreak happening in the northern part, then you might as well move out of the US too, since you are even closer to the guy in Texas; with zero border control between "it" and you either. The southern part of Africa is 3,000 miles, as the crow flies, from the shit happening in Liberia/Sierra Leone. Guess how far you are from Dallas, TX? Just under 800 miles...

So, to put this all into context, with regards to proximity, you are taking a higher chance staying here than if you were to visit southern Africa.

Like I said, posts such as yours are wrought with complete ignorance and fear-mongering. Writing off an entire continent just because a few of its countries are having an issue is plainly small-minded.

Tell that to the 5 kids

How in the world do those 5 kids have anything to do with your idiotic comment regarding people only going to Africa to see elephants? By the way, your fallacy-ridden appeal to pity for those kids doesn't really help your argument; and only makes your ill-informed opinion falter even more. Nice try though.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

I <3 when Rocket goes HAM.

 

[ChicagoSRT8]

Small minded? There have been over 3,000 deaths! In Africa.
0 that I'm aware in the U.S. So far the 2 health care workers that were brought over to the U.S. where cured. Do you wanna compare Africa vs U.S. advanced medicine?

Please. Go to Africa. Just don't bring the shit back to your family friends and community.
If it were up to me I would have put this MF in Texas down a long time ago.

Again 1 person in isolation vs 3,000 dead plus thousands more contaminated.
Have a great trip!!!!!:ugh2:

 

[Yaj Yak]

holy.

fucking.

shit.


notsureiftrollingorifserious

 

[Mook]

Mother nature is gonna purify us all in the waters of lake minnetonka.

 

[bikrboy128]

so.....3000 people dead out of 1 billion. BETTER NUKE THEM ALL

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

this seems like a good start for the end of days plague

 

[Yaj Yak]

Mother nature is gonna purify us all in the waters of lake minnetonka.

lake minnetonka is incredible.

 

[Yaj Yak]

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

 

[rocket5979]

Small minded? There have been over 3,000 deaths! In Africa.
0 that I'm aware in the U.S. So far the 2 health care workers that were brought over to the U.S. where cured. Do you wanna compare Africa vs U.S. advanced medicine?

Please. Go to Africa. Just don't bring the shit back to your family friends and community.
If it were up to me I would have put this MF in Texas down a long time ago.

Again 1 person in isolation vs 3,000 dead plus thousands more contaminated.
Have a great trip!!!!!:ugh2:

According to CDC data, there are between 3,000-49,000 people that die each year in the USA due to influenza. The wide spread between those two figures has to do with the fact that flu seasons are shorter some years, which leads to less average deaths. It is spread via direct contact, airborne, and indirect contact. Ebola, on the other hand, is spread via direct contact with bodily secretions. I guess we should evacuate the US now since we clearly have a bigger problem with the flu since it has killed many more people here than ebola has in Africa; and is more contagious too.

My source: Estimates of Deaths Associated with Seasonal Influenza --- United States, 1976--2007

If it were up to me I would have put this MF in Texas down a long time ago.

This further illustrates my earlier point referring to your small-minded mentality. Fortunately, there are considerately more intelligent people running things in TX.


Any other stupid shit you want to say?

 

[Eagle]

Ch5 news this morning had Dr Oz on the Today show. He said something crazy like there are ~65000 cases known world wide currently, but that the CDC forecasts something like 1.1 MILLION cases?!?!

Good God, I sure hope not.

 

[Marko]

Yeah, this guy sounds kinda stupid.

He sounds like an ignorant asshole

 

[Turk]

Influenza's greatest offense is appearing to be more dangerous than it is allowing the government and big pharma to control us by convincing us to inject our bodies with unidentified substances resulting in an explosion of autism.

 

[Eagle]

Ebola Explained in 5 Clicks | The Dr. Oz Show

 

[jason05gt]

The US should ban travel to and from the countries that are the main problems-Guinea Liberia, Sierra Leone. Why risk it?

 

[wombat]

Influenza's greatest offense is appearing to be more dangerous than it is allowing the government and big pharma to control us by convincing us to inject our bodies with unidentified substances resulting in an explosion of autism.