ebola, anyone else mildly terrified?

[FourWheelDrift]

I think this kid in the USA is mildly terrified of Ebola, especially when his parents played a prank on him by telling him he has it, filming his reaction and posting it online to the world. - http://www.viralspell.com/a-hilarious-joke-or-the-...

Therapy can be expensive and last a long time.

[otolith]

FourWheelDrift said:

I think this kid in the USA is mildly terrified of Ebola, especially when his parents played a prank on him by telling him he has it, filming his reaction and posting it online to the world. - http://www.viralspell.com/a-hilarious-joke-or-the-...

Therapy can be expensive and last a long time.

Wonder if he will fall for it twice, they could tell him he's got terminal cancer next. For the lolz.

[chris1roll]

plasticpig said:

Already donated to Medecins Sans Frontieres a while back. On the basis that MSF have the most experience in dealing with ebola. They have been on the ground since the start of the outbreak and they are the most successful at treating it (their treatment centers have the highest recovery rate). They also have no political agenda unlike some of the DEC members,

Good on you.



No idea about the politics of the DEC, but I'm sure the advert I saw said 100% of the money would go to the cause. Hope I'm right, it was late at night...

[B17NNS]

chris1roll said:

Apologies, I only took a quick look. Assumed their minimum donation was £25. Didn't see the 'choose your own amount' box.

[chris1roll]

B17NNS said:

Apologies, I only took a quick look. Assumed their minimum donation was £25. Didn't see the 'choose your own amount' box.

No worries,
I wasn't feeling very eloquent when i got in last night, hence the rolleyes. Sorry if that seemed arsey.

[nonuts]

So as well as a potential case in London the below doesn't appear to be showing any signs of slowing down. I think the comment is rather telling.

[JagLover]

nonuts said:

So as well as a potential case in London

returning health worker

Obviously quarantining not needed

[Stevanos]

nonuts said:

So as well as a potential case in London the below doesn't appear to be showing any signs of slowing down. I think the comment is rather telling.

That Total line is rather worrying.

[Lost soul]

JagLover said:

nonuts said:

So as well as a potential case in London

returning health worker

Obviously quarantining not needed

Its against their human rights innit

[plasticpig]

JagLover said:

returning health worker

Obviously quarantining not needed

Tested negative for ebola.

[vescaegg]

Im actually amazed no one in London does have it yet considering London is the centre of travel in Europe and quite a lot of the world too.

[arguti]

Stevanos said:

That Total line is rather worrying.

Especially if you extrapolate that forward by one month, cases almost double by then.

[soad]

vescaegg said:

Im actually amazed no one in London does have it yet considering London is the centre of travel in Europe and quite a lot of the world too.

A chap (acquaintance of mine) is flying out to Ghana (for a fortnight) this month. He's not a health worker.
fking mental, if you ask me! I wouldn't go there, if you'd paid me.

[otolith]

Ghana is relatively close to the outbreak, but;

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/...

[TinyCappo]

Oh Feck...

http://metro.co.uk/2014/11/03/woman-being-tested-f...

[B17NNS]

TinyCappo said:

Oh Feck...

http://metro.co.uk/2014/11/03/woman-being-tested-f...

Article says hemorrhagic fever. Not just the sniffles then.

[boxst]

[Terminator X]

arguti said:

Stevanos said:

That Total line is rather worrying.

Especially if you extrapolate that forward by one month, cases almost double by then.

Perhaps 2 in London then albeit not confirmed cases

TX.

[Pwig]

Amazing how quiet this has all gone..

[Bill]

Quiet here, or generally?

Continued cases in SL (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/10/ebola-cases-sierra-leone-sharp-rise) but nothing in the west for people to panic about. They're re-recording Band Aid in support.