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ebola outbreak in Africa; first case in USA Sept 20 (Dallas Texas)

Seriously though. If you come in contact with it and have the gall to hop on a plane somewhere, you deserve to eat it.
 
plane
bus
bike
horse
cow
feet

it don't matter... scared people.. most don't know they got it.
9 -21 days incubation period. so you can be all fine... running.. spreading...
 
It's spreads through bodily fluids, it's not airborne, so it doesn't spread that easily. Mostly family members and caretakers are at risk. No reason for panic.
 
Gmash said:
No reason for panic
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.. outside of West Africa

While ebola infection is easily avoided via simple hygiene measures - soap will kill it - unfortunately, simple hygiene measures are not so simple in that part of the world :(

In the past, ebola outbreaks have fizzled out before spreading widely largely because it was so very lethal: essentially, it killed it's victims before they could pass it too far on. Apparently, it is not uncommon for such virulent diseases to become less virulent in order to avoid this problem - looks like ebola may be going that way, too ..

Ain't evolution a b**** :mad:
 
America is working on a vaccine. They're testing on monkeys now. Testing on humans is starting in September.
 
Found this relevant given all the advertising dollars the media is making off the two doctors being returned to Atlanta for treatment:
blueflyer said:
The risk of an Ebola epidemic in the US is fairly low. The mode of transmission doesn't facilitate contamination, and the virus kills most of its victims, and kills them quickly, so with proper quarantine, risks of infections are limited.

To date, all Ebola epidemics have been in places lacking the resources, equipment and training to ensure appropriate handling and containment of Ebola patients.
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bchandl said:
deltadude said:
None of this is really true.
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This really IS true. It spreads in Africa because the countries are underdeveloped. Some of the population do not trust their governments and public health officials. They are often uneducated and ignorant of the true causes of Ebola how it spreads. There are people there that think the doctors are killing patients when in fact it's the disease. This is causing them to hide patients from the health officials only causing it to spread more. In a developed country like the United States infected patients can be easily identified, quarantined, and treated.
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Source: Ebola Medevac Flight From Africa To The U.S.
 
Yes, I hope they find a cure for this, but I also hope is stays far from our shores. We have enough of our own problems to have to worry about a serious Ebola outbreak too.
 
bjacks12 said:
Seriously though. If you come in contact with it and have the gall to hop on a plane somewhere, you deserve to eat it.
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With an incubation period of up to three weeks, during which time the infected person doesn't have any symptoms and, therefore, has no idea they're infected, it doesn't take gall to get on a plane, it just takes travel plans. :rolleyes:
 
Its a shame they keep sending people over there where they can contract it and spread it more. It would be better if we just stayed out of it.
 
Blackflag4 said:
Its a shame they keep sending people over there where they can contract it and spread it more.
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I think you'll find that those from so-called "developed nations" who have contracted the virus went to Africa voluntarily, out of humanitarian concern for their fellow human beings.
 
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