ebola, anyone else mildly terrified?

[QuantumTokoloshi]

Bill said:

Because the risk is tiny.

That tiny risk just happened in the USA.

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/09/29/d...

[folos]

QuantumTokoloshi said:

That tiny risk just happened in the USA.

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/09/29/d...

And he was wandering around for two weeks potentially infecting his family and other people.

Is in a critical condition from what I've read.

[otolith]

The risk of someone infected turning up has happened. We wait to see if the risk of them starting an outbreak has been realised. My feeling is that they probably haven't infected anyone else, and that if they have the CDC will chase it down and contain it pretty quickly - it doesn't appear to be contagious enough to get out of control.

[McWigglebum4th]

Well it is still confined to third world countries then

[otolith]

folos said:

And he was wandering around for two weeks potentially infecting his family and other people.

Contagious for more like four days.

•September 19: The adult patient boards a flight to the U.S. in Liberia after being screened for Ebola symptoms
•September 20: The patient arrives in the United States
•September 24: Patient shows first symptoms of Ebola
•September 26: Patient seeks initial medical care
•September 28: Patient admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas

[Oakey]

otolith said:

Contagious for more like four days.

•September 19: The adult patient boards a flight to the U.S. in Liberia after being screened for Ebola symptoms
•September 20: The patient arrives in the United States
•September 24: Patient shows first symptoms of Ebola
•September 26: Patient seeks initial medical care
•September 28: Patient admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas

Erm, there's like 7 days there between boarding his flight and seeking medical care.

[arguti]

TLandCruiser said:

dudleybloke said:

Just type Ebola conspiracy into YouTube and get results from the believable to the insane.

I gave up after the second youtube video I watched...There really are some nutters out there!

Youtube Comment said:

This is a real virus that will be released in the USA to depopulate us. Vaccine testing is going to be done on the illegals. They have them in facilities now to start testing on them. Why do you think that they need real live people already infected brought here? We are going to then be placed in martial law. Signed sealed and delivered.?

I agree there are some insane theories but does anyone remember this incident back in 2009 which IIRC has never been fully explained by Baxter and in theory could not have happened due to the compliance checks in the production process?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=aTo3LbhcA75...

Edited by arguti on Wednesday 1st October 10:44

[otolith]

Oakey said:

otolith said:

Contagious for more like four days.

•September 19: The adult patient boards a flight to the U.S. in Liberia after being screened for Ebola symptoms
•September 20: The patient arrives in the United States
•September 24: Patient shows first symptoms of Ebola
•September 26: Patient seeks initial medical care
•September 28: Patient admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas

Erm, there's like 7 days there between boarding his flight and seeking medical care.

Not contagious until symptoms show.

[AstonZagato]

Oakey said:

otolith said:

Contagious for more like four days.

•September 19: The adult patient boards a flight to the U.S. in Liberia after being screened for Ebola symptoms
•September 20: The patient arrives in the United States
•September 24: Patient shows first symptoms of Ebola
•September 26: Patient seeks initial medical care
•September 28: Patient admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas

Erm, there's like 7 days there between boarding his flight and seeking medical care.

According to the article I read, he was checked for fever before he boarded the flight. If that is right, he was not contagious until after that time.

[Oakey]

Fair enough!

I still wouldn't want to have been on his flight though!

[otolith]

We're just lucky that it's so crap at spreading between humans and that carriers are noticeably sick. I've got a rotten cold I picked up flying EasyGerm from Newcastle last Thursday. Didn't feel ill until Sunday, was probably contagious on Saturday.

[QuantumTokoloshi]

arguti said:

TLandCruiser said:

dudleybloke said:

Just type Ebola conspiracy into YouTube and get results from the believable to the insane.

I gave up after the second youtube video I watched...There really are some nutters out there!

Youtube Comment said:

This is a real virus that will be released in the USA to depopulate us. Vaccine testing is going to be done on the illegals. They have them in facilities now to start testing on them. Why do you think that they need real live people already infected brought here? We are going to then be placed in martial law. Signed sealed and delivered.?

I agree there are some insane theories but does anyone remember this incident back in 2009 which IIRC has never been fully explained by Baxter and in theory could not have happened due to the compliance checks in the production process?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=aTo3LbhcA75...

That was a huge mistake, and considering you have researchers creating a de facto bio weapon for study, does tend to make you think twice.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/american...

Edited by QuantumTokoloshi on Wednesday 1st October 10:58

[Bill]

otolith said:

The risk of someone infected turning up has happened. We wait to see if the risk of them starting an outbreak has been realised. My feeling is that they probably haven't infected anyone else, and that if they have the CDC will chase it down and contain it pretty quickly - it doesn't appear to be contagious enough to get out of control.

My tiny risk comment referred to the rest of us catching it. There have already been a few cases land in Europe.

[vescaegg]

This is quite a good Q&A with some knowledgeable people;

http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/2hy3r9/sc...

[Terminator X]

QuantumTokoloshi said:

Bill said:

Because the risk is tiny.

That tiny risk just happened in the USA.

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/09/29/d...

One person in 300 odd million you say

TX.

[Jimbeaux]

McWigglebum4th said:

Well it is still confined to third world countries then

The third world is on a high street in London if you want to see what it really looks like.

[Bill]

Jimbeaux said:

The third world is on a high street in London if you want to see what it really looks like.

C&A went bust years ago.

[Jimbeaux]

Bill said:

Jimbeaux said:

The third world is on a high street in London if you want to see what it really looks like.

C&A went bust years ago.

Forgive this colonial but...C&A?

[ikarl]

Terminator X said:

QuantumTokoloshi said:

Bill said:

Because the risk is tiny.

That tiny risk just happened in the USA.

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/09/29/d...

One person in 300 odd million you say

TX.

Surely it is one person in (however many people travel between A&B)

• A being the country where the disease was contracted, B being the USA

or am I being thick?

[Bill]

http://www.c-and-a.com/uk/en/corporate/fashion/ Apparently not bust after all, just no longer in the UK. Which news just made a bad joke worse