ebola, anyone else mildly terrified?
Discussion
Pwig said:
Amazing how quiet this has all gone..
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/10/ebola-cases-sierra-leone-sharp-risehttp://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/11/03/Repo...
Yeah, amazing innit.
Edited by superkartracer on Tuesday 11th November 09:38
Pwig said:
Amazing how quiet this has all gone..
Because there is nothing 'new' to report. The epidemic is still growing and is still coming to the Uk. Until a change in that happens there will be no new 'news' in the Uk.I've donated some money (via the facebook campaign).
Good news that Liberia is at least stopped the growth of new cases.
bosshog said:
Pwig said:
Amazing how quiet this has all gone..
Because there is nothing 'new' to report. The epidemic is still growing and is still coming to the Uk. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ebola-victim...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ebola/11...
As bad as Ebola is, it does feel like it's marginalising the more serious and curable diseases. I'm not particularly scared of an epidemic, and feel it has been blown out of proportion by the media looking to sensationalise and boost sales on a fairly unknown disease. Given the number of deaths by road accidents in the UK alone is more than half of Ebola each year, how worried are you about going to work ?
As bad as Ebola is, it does feel like it's marginalising the more serious and curable diseases. I'm not particularly scared of an epidemic, and feel it has been blown out of proportion by the media looking to sensationalise and boost sales on a fairly unknown disease. Given the number of deaths by road accidents in the UK alone is more than half of Ebola each year, how worried are you about going to work ?
[quote=VeeDubBigBird]Given the number of deaths by road accidents in the UK alone is more than half of Ebola each year, how worried are you about going to work ?/quote]
But road deaths don't double up and double up in an exponential trend.
Ebola at the last check was doing so I think. I've not seen the latest numbers but there is a good chance by Christmas it'll be 10x more risky than driving on the UK roads, then by March it'll be 20x more risky, and so on.
Dave
But road deaths don't double up and double up in an exponential trend.
Ebola at the last check was doing so I think. I've not seen the latest numbers but there is a good chance by Christmas it'll be 10x more risky than driving on the UK roads, then by March it'll be 20x more risky, and so on.
Dave
Mr Whippy]eeDubBigBird said:
Given the number of deaths by road accidents in the UK alone is more than half of Ebola each year, how worried are you about going to work ?/quote]
But road deaths don't double up and double up in an exponential trend.
Ebola at the last check was doing so I think. I've not seen the latest numbers but there is a good chance by Christmas it'll be 10x more risky than driving on the UK roads, then by March it'll be 20x more risky, and so on.
Dave
But it won't be. But road deaths don't double up and double up in an exponential trend.
Ebola at the last check was doing so I think. I've not seen the latest numbers but there is a good chance by Christmas it'll be 10x more risky than driving on the UK roads, then by March it'll be 20x more risky, and so on.
Dave
The fact that there is no outbreak in London shows how hard it is to catch.
Of course people will still die from it but the numbers per month will decrease.
The press are ready now to move on to bird flu as the next epidemic, there might be time to fit in a mad cow scare at Christmas before a good swine flu story in January.
Thankyou4calling said:
Mr Whippy]eeDubBigBird said:
Given the number of deaths by road accidents in the UK alone is more than half of Ebola each year, how worried are you about going to work ?/quote]
But road deaths don't double up and double up in an exponential trend.
Ebola at the last check was doing so I think. I've not seen the latest numbers but there is a good chance by Christmas it'll be 10x more risky than driving on the UK roads, then by March it'll be 20x more risky, and so on.
Dave
But it won't be. But road deaths don't double up and double up in an exponential trend.
Ebola at the last check was doing so I think. I've not seen the latest numbers but there is a good chance by Christmas it'll be 10x more risky than driving on the UK roads, then by March it'll be 20x more risky, and so on.
Dave
The fact that there is no outbreak in London shows how hard it is to catch.
Of course people will still die from it but the numbers per month will decrease.
The press are ready now to move on to bird flu as the next epidemic, there might be time to fit in a mad cow scare at Christmas before a good swine flu story in January.
Still getting steeper vs time.
Yes it's hard to catch, but that isn't gonna be reassuring for your average victim.
And as the numbers infected rise the risk of infection and spreading goes up... I believe that is what drives the exponential pattern we're seeing on the graphs above.
Dave
The Spruce goose said:
so the end hasn't come yet, is it time to move onto bird flu.
There you go: Bird flu strain on UK farm identified as H5N8
Thankyou4calling said:
Mr Whippy]eeDubBigBird said:
Given the number of deaths by road accidents in the UK alone is more than half of Ebola each year, how worried are you about going to work ?/quote]
But road deaths don't double up and double up in an exponential trend.
Ebola at the last check was doing so I think. I've not seen the latest numbers but there is a good chance by Christmas it'll be 10x more risky than driving on the UK roads, then by March it'll be 20x more risky, and so on.
Dave
But it won't be. But road deaths don't double up and double up in an exponential trend.
Ebola at the last check was doing so I think. I've not seen the latest numbers but there is a good chance by Christmas it'll be 10x more risky than driving on the UK roads, then by March it'll be 20x more risky, and so on.
Dave
The fact that there is no outbreak in London shows how hard it is to catch.
superkartracer said:
Thankyou4calling said:
Mr Whippy]eeDubBigBird said:
Given the number of deaths by road accidents in the UK alone is more than half of Ebola each year, how worried are you about going to work ?/quote]
But road deaths don't double up and double up in an exponential trend.
Ebola at the last check was doing so I think. I've not seen the latest numbers but there is a good chance by Christmas it'll be 10x more risky than driving on the UK roads, then by March it'll be 20x more risky, and so on.
Dave
But it won't be. But road deaths don't double up and double up in an exponential trend.
Ebola at the last check was doing so I think. I've not seen the latest numbers but there is a good chance by Christmas it'll be 10x more risky than driving on the UK roads, then by March it'll be 20x more risky, and so on.
Dave
The fact that there is no outbreak in London shows how hard it is to catch.
I cannot for the life of me get even a little bit frightened by ebola, it has effectively killed off a decent attendance at a Scottish football match in a country where many would die from the s
ts anyway. I cannot see it spreading like the Spanish flu. Even if it does I'll be ok, I'm a white 27 year old male with perfect health. Bring it on, "work I wont be in today, I have ebola I'm away to watch the entire boxset of breaking bad, drink lucozade and eat s
te, see you Monday".moanthebairns said:
superkartracer said:
Thankyou4calling said:
Mr Whippy]eeDubBigBird said:
Given the number of deaths by road accidents in the UK alone is more than half of Ebola each year, how worried are you about going to work ?/quote]
But road deaths don't double up and double up in an exponential trend.
Ebola at the last check was doing so I think. I've not seen the latest numbers but there is a good chance by Christmas it'll be 10x more risky than driving on the UK roads, then by March it'll be 20x more risky, and so on.
Dave
But it won't be. But road deaths don't double up and double up in an exponential trend.
Ebola at the last check was doing so I think. I've not seen the latest numbers but there is a good chance by Christmas it'll be 10x more risky than driving on the UK roads, then by March it'll be 20x more risky, and so on.
Dave
The fact that there is no outbreak in London shows how hard it is to catch.
I cannot for the life of me get even a little bit frightened by ebola, it has effectively killed off a decent attendance at a Scottish football match in a country where many would die from the s
ts anyway. I cannot see it spreading like the Spanish flu. Even if it does I'll be ok, I'm a white 27 year old male with perfect health. Bring it on, "work I wont be in today, I have ebola I'm away to watch the entire boxset of breaking bad, drink lucozade and eat s
te, see you Monday".While the gradients keep rising the risks keep rising. If they were steady or dropping, great, a positive sign. But they're not, and while they don't it's likely by this time next year we'll be at 10 million dead.
Dave
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