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08-01-2014, 03:41 PM #1
ebola outbreak- is it time to head for the hills?
this thing scares me. they keep saying it is not easily transmissible yet those in the medical field taking extraordinary measures continue to catch it. and now they're flying two infected patients to america. several weeks ago i wondered if i should start stocking canned goods for an extended trip to nowhere. now i'm seriously considering it (the stockpiling, not the actual trip, yet).
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08-01-2014, 03:43 PM #2
Bringing them to Atlanta seems smart.
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08-01-2014, 03:50 PM #3
aren't you kind of in the hills already?
NPR interview with the head of the CDC here had some interesting points, as in medical folks not just taking extraordinary measures, but 'meticulous'.Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.
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08-01-2014, 03:52 PM #4I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
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08-01-2014, 03:58 PM #5Brandine: Now Cletus, if I catch you with pig lipstick on your collar one more time you ain't gonna be allowed to sleep in the barn no more!
Cletus: Duly noted.
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08-01-2014, 04:01 PM #6Hugh Conway Guest
find a nice cabin or tent in the sierra where you can get hantavirus.
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08-01-2014, 04:05 PM #7
I heard Tahoe has the Bubonic Plague in its sqirlz.
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08-01-2014, 04:06 PM #8Registered User
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Note: "extraordinary measures/meticulousness" in the field/bush/third world conditions is a far cry from what most of us are used to. The potential for exposure via the known routes of infection are much higher, and no matter how well trained and aware you may be, the uncontrolled and unpredictable environment can easily trump all your skill and technology. Granted, even with the most modern facilities and infrastructure shit happens, but jumping to the conclusion that sick medical staff = uncontrollable transmission everywhere is dangerously inaccurate.
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08-01-2014, 04:19 PM #9
i'm not saying it's uncontrollable transmission everywhere. just saying they don't seem to have as good a grasp on things as they say they do. also, with the greatest defense we have against the disease being the vast oceans between us and africa, bringing two infected personnel here on a plane just doesn't seem smart. even so, it does seem like it is going to get out of control in africa which means it would only be a matter of time before someone ended up on our soil with the disease.
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08-01-2014, 04:19 PM #10Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.
Patterson Hood of the DBT's
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08-01-2014, 04:24 PM #11
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08-01-2014, 04:27 PM #12Banned
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While I agree that people shouldn't be losing their minds over this yet, the increasingly loud refrain of "remain calm, all is well," makes me think we have the makings of a true pandemic on our hands, but nobody will admit it until is is demonstrably true to the world's population.
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08-01-2014, 04:28 PM #13Banned
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The good news - if there is any good news about Ebola - is that you don't spread it when you don't have symptoms. So you can't get it from someone who's healthy. You can only get it from someone who is really quite sick with the disease. And you can't get it through the airborne route. So it takes intense contact with body fluids of someone who's very sick.
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08-01-2014, 04:35 PM #14Registered User
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Yes, run for your life. That is unquestionably the thing to do whenever the talking heads on TV tell you to be afraid of something.
Seriously, powdork, do you have any idea how manyu deadly diseases are already out there that you have an actual chance of coming into contact with? Ebola is absolutely not something you should worry about unless you're planning a trip to Sierra Leone. Instead, worry about brushing your teeth, and getting some exercise if you want to be concerned about you rhealth.
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08-01-2014, 04:37 PM #15
Highly virulent, low transmissibility diseases don't result in Outbreak scenarios- that's going to require aerosolization and why you should be more concerned with pandemic flu than Ebola.
Mtngirl, direct skin contact and exposure through mucous membranes is req'd, saliva, excrement, blood. No, it shouldn't be hard to stop but where these outbreaks are occurring the population isn't exactly stable.Move upside and let the man go through...
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08-01-2014, 04:39 PM #16Banned
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I'm more concerned about the fact that so many government agencies, NGO's and media outlets are telling people not to be afraid.
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08-01-2014, 04:49 PM #18
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08-01-2014, 04:52 PM #19
not exactly. Just don't get cozy with someone who was just in Africa AND happens to be deathly ill and bleeding out of their eyes and ears. Unlike HIV, Ebola only spreads from contact with someone experiencing symptoms.
They all want you to be afraid of something (the Terrorz! the Immigrantz!, the glutenz!), Ebola just isn't on the agenda, yet.Move upside and let the man go through...
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08-01-2014, 06:02 PM #21
weren't people freaking out about ebola some 20 years ago, and then we realized that it is not that kind of danger to us? Did everyone just forget?
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08-01-2014, 06:58 PM #22
While this is a serious disease, the rest is mostly media do what it does best, stirring up the masses. While it sucks to have Ebola, even in African there are not that many cases. You are much more likely to die of the flu, or a bee sting, or lightening (don't go swimming at Venice Beach).
Actually, don't go swimming in at Venice Beach is a good idea, Santa Monica Bay has some nasties growing in it.
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08-02-2014, 01:37 AM #23
Catchy tune from Liberia
Originally Posted by blurred
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08-02-2014, 04:28 AM #24
Do you really ever need an excuse to head for the hills? What else would you do in late summer for fun?
Its not that I suck at spelling, its that I just don't care
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08-02-2014, 06:46 AM #25
Practice your bugout for the real thing.
watch out for snakes
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