ebola, anyone else mildly terrified?
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Jimbeaux said:
If you are partial to Heinz products, perhaps you should put in a call to our Secretary of State's wife. She can set you up with all of your stockpiling needs. 
Haha Jim, I had to look her up as I know nothing about US politics, which is just a bit less than I know about my own country's 
croyde said:
Jimbeaux said:
If you are partial to Heinz products, perhaps you should put in a call to our Secretary of State's wife. She can set you up with all of your stockpiling needs.
Haha Jim, I had to look her up as I know nothing about US politics, which is just a bit less than I know about my own country's 
Just a midday (early evening) brain exercise.Jimbeaux said:
Skylinecrazy said:
Jimbeaux said:
eharding said:
Jimbeaux said:
Obama just cancelled a campaign stop to have an Ebola meeting; now things are serious. NOTE: If he cancels a fundraising stop, then critical mass has been reached.
...just as long as he doesn't cancel the next round of golf. Obama Missing Golf == The End Of Days.
Daily Telegraph said:
'President Barack Obama canceled a trip to Rhode Island today, where he was due to talk about eh economy.
He also shelved a fundraising engagement in New York to focus on the response to Ebola, the White House said.
Mr Obama had previously cancelled fundraising and campaign visits to New Jersey and Connecticut yesterday.'
edit for biff formatting.He also shelved a fundraising engagement in New York to focus on the response to Ebola, the White House said.
Mr Obama had previously cancelled fundraising and campaign visits to New Jersey and Connecticut yesterday.'
Edited by hidetheelephants on Friday 17th October 04:33
hidetheelephants said:
Jimbeaux said:
Skylinecrazy said:
Jimbeaux said:
eharding said:
Jimbeaux said:
Obama just cancelled a campaign stop to have an Ebola meeting; now things are serious. NOTE: If he cancels a fundraising stop, then critical mass has been reached.
...just as long as he doesn't cancel the next round of golf. Obama Missing Golf == The End Of Days.Daily Telegraph said:
'President Barack Obama canceled a trip to Rhode Island today, where he was due to talk about eh economy.
[b]He also shelved a fundraising engagement in New York to focus on the response to Ebola, the White House said.
Mr Obama had previously cancelled fundraising and campaign visits to New Jersey and Connecticut yesterday.'[/b]
[b]He also shelved a fundraising engagement in New York to focus on the response to Ebola, the White House said.
Mr Obama had previously cancelled fundraising and campaign visits to New Jersey and Connecticut yesterday.'[/b]
TTmonkey said:
So when I wrote that, the US authorities said the nurse didnt show any signs of being infected whilst she travelled and that no one need worry.
However, within hours, the authorities have confirmed that she was in fact sick before/during travel.
Do you not recognise that sometimes the things that you are told are true at the time they are told to you, but turn out not to be true sometime later?
I'm not saying people are lying, just that they are repeating 'known facts' which are nothing more than 'what we know now/what we knew at the time'. Things change, and I beleive we dont know enough about this virus to make some of the 'cast iron' statements that some people have been making.
She had a mild fever, that isn't really symptomatic. I wouldn't have wanted to snog her and I'd be relieved when the three weeks are up and I was fine, but I wouldn't be overly concerned.However, within hours, the authorities have confirmed that she was in fact sick before/during travel.
Do you not recognise that sometimes the things that you are told are true at the time they are told to you, but turn out not to be true sometime later?
I'm not saying people are lying, just that they are repeating 'known facts' which are nothing more than 'what we know now/what we knew at the time'. Things change, and I beleive we dont know enough about this virus to make some of the 'cast iron' statements that some people have been making.
You're right we don't know enough to be absolutely doubt free (hence the caution) but we are pretty sure.
Interesting video of how the ambulance workers have to deal with Ebola in Monrovia. Looks terrible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbsnyqlihs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbsnyqlihs
marked1 said:
Interesting video of how the ambulance workers have to deal with Ebola in Monrovia. Looks terrible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbsnyqlihs
Brave people indeed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbsnyqlihs
superkartracer said:
marked1 said:
Interesting video of how the ambulance workers have to deal with Ebola in Monrovia. Looks terrible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbsnyqlihs
Brave people indeed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbsnyqlihs
Poor girl.
superkartracer said:
marked1 said:
Interesting video of how the ambulance workers have to deal with Ebola in Monrovia. Looks terrible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbsnyqlihs
Brave people indeed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbsnyqlihs
Poor girl.
superkartracer said:
marked1 said:
Interesting video of how the ambulance workers have to deal with Ebola in Monrovia. Looks terrible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbsnyqlihs
Brave people indeed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbsnyqlihs
Raises a question though... are some people immune?
marked1 said:
Interesting video of how the ambulance workers have to deal with Ebola in Monrovia. Looks terrible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbsnyqlihs
Very brave and selfless, would many of us powerfully built PH types move out of the family home so as not to infect our loved ones to enable us to continue to help others?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbsnyqlihs
Heroes as are the Doctors without borders.
Though our politicians are f
king idiots.There should be a no entry policy without quarantine from Ebola hotspots.
nightflight said:
This puts a new angle on things.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/14...
2 days old + nothing on CIDRAP webiste or BBC = craphttp://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/14...
otolith said:
Survivors are thought to be. Someone posted earlier that a significant proportion of people in some areas of Africa are seropositive for Ebola without having ever been ill. Mechanism unclear.
That was me. One possible explanation apart from the fruit idea is that they eat infected bats. If cooking doesn't kill the virus totally it must surely degrade it quite a bit? Might be a stupid idea as I don't know enough to know how a degraded RNA virus would behave.
nightflight said:
This puts a new angle on things.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/14...
Oh feck, so air transport as an example is most probably a good way of it transmitting it if a passenger onboard is contagious. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/14...
I did suggest this might be the case earlier on in this thread
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