Ebola Ski Vacation Precautions Avoidance

[Lindahl]

Well, you should probably avoid Texans, so that rules out Breckenridge and Wolf Creek.

[DropCliffsNotBombs]

A preemptive nuke strike on Texas? That would solve a LOT of problems....

[Garth Bimble]

Don't do this...or I guess if you get the opportunity, do...it's worth the risk.

[Harry]

FTR i've not been in the padded room for a couple of weeks...have avoided that area like the plague

The spread of Ebola threads on TGR roughly mirrors the spread of Ebola in the real world. Ebola threads started in the backwaters of Padded Room, spread to the nearby third-world nation of PolyAss, and now have crossed the ocean and landed in Ski/Snowboard. MiCol is an unwitting Patient X.

[capulin overdrive]

Considering Scummit county grocery stores are the next best thing to a Somali pirate convention, I'd say Texans are the least of your worries around I-70.

[coldfeet]

Considering Scummit county grocery stores are the next best thing to a Somali pirate convention, I'd say Texans are the least of your worries around I-70.

Chamonix is closer to Liberia than Somalia is to Liberia. So you may also want to avoid French people.

At least avoid anyone who smells of garlic and eats snails - they probably have some kind of disease anyway.

[Rainbow Jenny]

SLC with its number of returning missionaries may pose some small but conceivable risks.

Please read and understand relative risks and R0

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014..._medium=social

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic...duction_number

[BGnight]

Ebola: Swine Flu part II
Keep believing the fear porn and lies spewed from the MSM and CDC.
http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/category/ebola/

[whippersnapper]

SLC with its number of returning missionaries may pose some small but conceivable risks.

Please read and understand relative risks and R0

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014..._medium=social

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic...duction_number

Before everyone feels too happy about how Ebola can be contained, consider something rather important about the Basic Reproduction Number for Ebola Zaire. The npr story indirectly quotes CDC that Ebola Zaire has an R value of 1.5 to 2, very low:
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It boils down to something called "R0."
The reproduction number, or "R nought," is a mathematical term that tells you how contagious an infectious disease is. Specifically, it's the number of people who catch the disease from one sick person, on average, in an outbreak.*
Take, for example, measles. The virus is one of the most contagious diseases known to man. It's R0 sits around 18. That means each person with the measles spreads it to 18 people, on average, when nobody is vaccinated. (When everyone is vaccinated, the R0 drops to essentially zero for measles).
How Do You Catch Ebola: By Air, Sweat Or Water?


At the other end of the spectrum are viruses like HIV and hepatitis C. Their R0s tend to fall somewhere between 2 and 4. They're still big problems, but they spread much more slowly than the measles.
And that brings us back to Ebola. Despite its nasty reputation, the virus's R0 really isn't that impressive. It typically sits around 1.5 to 2.0...."
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But the R number is wrong for Ebola in crowded cities, the 1.5-2 number refers to villages which were stricken in earlier outbreaks. In Lagos, the place called an Ebola nightmare if it were to take hold, the transmissibility could double or triple. And without medical isolation in such crowded areas, it certainly will. And recall that Ebola has mutated into over 300 variants since this outbreak began. Incidentally, consider the inadequate size of the US military contigent now in West Africa. What limited its size? Answer: the airlift capacity of C17s to get them out with security forces when they have to withdraw, for their own safety, in 2-4 months. Unless everybody gets their act together, a prospect that would be greatly aided by the creation of an effective vaccine.

I have a healthy respect for the virus in part because I once met and spoke with two players from the Hot Zone: Jerry and Nancy Jaxx, who were part of the team that discovered Ebola Reston.

[coldfeet]

Nigeria contained Ebola there before it could become an epidemic (this time anyway): http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/t...taining-ebola/

So apparently Texas has a lower functioning public health system than Nigeria, which probably isn't that surprising, but I don't know where Summit County ranks on this scale.

[hutash]

You are all missing the obvious...Don't ski West Africa.

Problem solved.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

with the quotient of returning missionairies in SLC, it sounds like skiing Alta, or DPS skis, is pretty much out of the question. I'll be on a pair of Moments, since the layer of backwater Reno casino filth baked into every topsheet will keep all other meeker diseases at bay. I've also yet to see a West African skiing backcountry off Teton Pass, so I'll probably stick to there. Avoid the tram at all costs...

[Micol]

with the quotient of returning missionairies in SLC, it sounds like skiing Alta, or DPS skis, is pretty much out of the question. I'll be on a pair of Moments, since the layer of backwater Reno casino filth baked into every topsheet will keep all other meeker diseases at bay. I've also yet to see a West African skiing backcountry off Teton Pass, so I'll probably stick to there. Avoid the tram at all costs...

Traitor...you know only Lhasa pow can deflect ebola infected pow








Signed patient x

[hortence]

Sorry to disappoint but I was exposed to Dustin Hoffman's Outbreak and eternally perplexed from contagion....

FTR i've not been in the padded room for a couple of weeks...have avoided that area like the plague

Gr8! So you had to bring da crazy here. If you'd read that threead you'd know that watching The Walking Dead is the best thing you can do. That's right, Ebola is the vector for the new zombie state of mind.
http://www.travelerstoday.com/articl...deo-report.htm

To keep yourself safe, panic more than you would in the face of terrorism. Prepare yourself for the new Pandemic Mindset, guaranteed 100% more overwrought than the new (now old) Terrorism Mindset.

Then wallow in a puddle of blood and soiled bedclothes. That'll give ya something to worry about.

[digitaldeath]

if i contracted ebola............ i would blow all my money skiing!

[Micol]

Gr8! So you had to bring da crazy here. If you'd read that threead you'd know that watching The Walking Dead is the best thing you can do. That's right, Ebola is the vector for the new zombie state of mind.
http://www.travelerstoday.com/articl...deo-report.htm

To keep yourself safe, panic more than you would in the face of terrorism. Prepare yourself for the new Pandemic Mindset, guaranteed 100% more overwrought than the new (now old) Terrorism Mindset.

Then wallow in a puddle of blood and soiled bedclothes. That'll give ya something to worry about.

My god man, did you not follow your own link? You do realize that this is either the book of Revelations unfolding before our very eyes or my favorite episode of X files? :

And I quote:
"Another article on the Ebola zombie outbreak is making waves online. The first reported Ebola zombie outbreak was in Liberia when a man thought to be dead from the virus had come back to life.... However, on their way they had seen the burial team prepping up to wrap a dead body whose cause of death was the Ebola virus. Yet, the man whom they had thought had already died suddenly came back to life. Other reports on the Ebola zombie outbreak involves two victims from Nimba County. The female patients were confirmed dead from the Ebola virus but had suddenly resurrected."

I'm Micol, I'm running for Senate and I approve this massage. You know my man Tom down there in New Mehico?

[raisingarizona13]

Shit, I haven't left the house since Y2K. The computers are going to crash any day now.

[abraham]

They already have, we are the rubble.

[hortence]

They already have, we are the rubble.

What if we were like Neo and woke to realize that our mental energy is being harvested by the Machine Overlords?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot7XS8rm_rc

I'm not saying I believe this, but I'm just saying!

[southern_expat]

this.

[flatNshallow]

First... ....don't expose yourself to others without warning them

This pretty much sums it up.

[hortence]

Your man Tom in NM is currently under quarantine, waiting to see if he displays any of the dread Ebola symptoms. He was last seen with a nurse, from Spain, with whom he is sharing quarantine.

[Timberridge]

Anyone that knows me and my inbound hauntings know I'm on first chair any legitimate powder day with or without viral contagion made in USA or Africa.
Sorry I'm buying a pair of the Stoat gloves from FTPG

Homey crib, fly to Breck, slide the ride, shootem up bang bang epic

Check out Lakeland Industries stock (ticker: LAKE). Up 40% since the first US case. They make hazmat suits and protective gear. This could be your niche MiCol. Let Patagonia and the others worry about their vapor barrier stuff. You go big.

Btw, are the Stoat gloves made in US?

http://slowoodworker.files.wordpress...3wjl2_aw99.jpg

[Micol]

Check out Lakeland Industries stock (ticker: LAKE). Up 40% since the first US case. They make hazmat suits and protective gear. This could be your niche MiCol. Let Patagonia and the others worry about their vapor barrier stuff. You go big.

Btw, are the Stoat gloves made in US?

http://slowoodworker.files.wordpress...3wjl2_aw99.jpg

I am working my azz off trying to keep up with current business but hope to be able to hire some key people in near future to help me roll out my existing product line and some new ones....not sure if hazmat is really something i know anything about. Rest assured that when it is time for me to roll out jobs they will appear in our own "Work or lack of it" area posted before any industry job sites.

Stoat are not USA made as far as I know but I try to support new maggot upstarts just like I started. Therefore I will buy some stoats to support our community and because Black Diamond has dumbed down some of the details of their offerings (last years gloves anyways) and are starting to make decisions based on Earnings per Share instead of what works and what I need for my outdoor activities.

[yahs]

One would think that the smaller ski resorts would be a great place to keep the local population safe. Close the road off with armed gunmen and flamethrowers like in Road warrior. Take turns guarding the fortress and skiing. Perfect plan I know.