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08-06-2014, 12:25 PM #76
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08-06-2014, 12:29 PM #77
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08-06-2014, 12:44 PM #78
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08-06-2014, 12:50 PM #79
And places like America just don't have the conditions to spread a disease like ebola, or even really the 1918 flu/avian flu thing. Calm the fuck down, everyone. Yes, I know we spread flu every year, but it never hits with a severity even near that of 1918, because our living standards and medical science are so much more advanced than they were in 1918.
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08-06-2014, 01:57 PM #80
it was not health care workers returning from Liberia. It was Nigerian health care workers that cared for him after his arrival.
and it wasn't the only ones he came in contact with
But on Tuesday the state health commissioner, Jide Idris, said Ebola was diagnosed only after Sawyer had been taken to hospital and had direct or indirect contact with at least 70 others. They include airline passengers, airport officials and health workers, and have all been placed under precautionary surveillance. Seven have been quarantined.
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08-06-2014, 02:06 PM #81
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08-06-2014, 02:13 PM #82
to skared to hyperventilate. that would suck in all teh dropletz
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08-06-2014, 02:24 PM #83"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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08-06-2014, 02:25 PM #84
They are caring for patients in tents in Africa. Dirt floors. Little to no plumbing. Hard to contain and isolate bodily fluids.
Sales of Ricola are going off though. What a stroke of luck for them!
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08-06-2014, 02:41 PM #85Banned
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08-06-2014, 02:51 PM #86
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08-06-2014, 03:15 PM #87
The reason who don't have flu with the mortality of the 1918 flu is a) we haven't had a flu strain as virulent as the 1918, and b) vaccination.
The 1918 flu did have an unusual propensity to infect young people (aided by the concentration of young men in the armies of WWI) and an unusual ability to cause a severe pneumonitis. The flu virus is constantly mutating and it requires constant surveillance to identify emerging strains and produce vaccine. We do have treatments that weren't available in 1918--antiviral drugs that may be of some use but are by no means as effective as antibiotics are against bacterial infection (for the moment), and mechanical ventilators, of which there are not nearly enough to treat an epidemic. Influenza--a disease we know a lot about and have known a lot about for a long time--still requires the constant concerted efforts of governmental and non governmental agencies and private vaccine makers to keep in check. Given the modern business climate, where vaccine making is becoming increasingly unpopular with drug companies, and the general political climate that makes cooperation across borders increasingly insecure, and it's not hard to see how a 1918 like epidemic could take place. Imagine a scenario where a Tea Party controlled Presidency and Congress decide to eliminate the CDC.
A catastrophic epidemic of any disease, like a catastrophic asteroid hit, is extremely unlikely to occur in the lifetime of any of us, but given enough time it becomes increasingly likely. The main conditions for epidemics will always exist--enough potential victims in close proximity to each other and the ability of microorganisms to mutate faster than we can come up with treatments and prevention for them. My point here is not that we should panic, but that are existence is highly dependent on the efforts and constant vigilance of the disease-control community, of which we are largely unaware in our daily lives.
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08-06-2014, 06:30 PM #88Funky But Chic
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Wait, what's up with Ricola? The google knows nothing of this.
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08-06-2014, 06:34 PM #89
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08-06-2014, 07:11 PM #90
http://m.imgur.com/jTG3sCx
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08-06-2014, 07:17 PM #91
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08-06-2014, 07:18 PM #92Funky But Chic
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@ uglymoney: Thanks. I saw that but I figured it must be something else, like some myth it prevents teh ebolaz or something
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08-06-2014, 07:32 PM #93powdork.com - new and improved, with 20% more dork.
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08-06-2014, 07:37 PM #94
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08-06-2014, 07:46 PM #95
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08-06-2014, 08:41 PM #96Registered User
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So, powdork, what exactly would "heading for the hills" look like for you? You already live in the hills.
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08-06-2014, 08:48 PM #97
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08-06-2014, 10:11 PM #98powdork.com - new and improved, with 20% more dork.
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08-06-2014, 10:22 PM #99
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08-06-2014, 10:25 PM #100
no way mang. if i'm gonna do it it's gonna be fun. lots of dirt roads head up into the hills from 395 where we can take the van too. i just need you guys to help me scare hutchski into it.
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