ebola, anyone else mildly terrified?

ebola, anyone else mildly terrified?

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2013BRM

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39,731 posts

283 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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http://news.sky.com/story/1293274/ebola-outbreak-s...

After reading this book,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hot_Zone

I certainly am, if this disease hits a populated area then it can possibly mutate to become an airborne virus

LotusMartin

1,112 posts

151 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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if....

possibly....

Better things to worry about.

randlemarcus

13,507 posts

230 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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A long way down my list of worries. It's a pretty pathetic virus as it stands, even though the morbidity is high (and that counts against it). AIDS has signally failed to become airborne.

Not a professional, but I have played Plague Unlimited smile

smegmore

3,091 posts

175 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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They were saying similar about the HIV virus 30 years ago

tenpenceshort

32,880 posts

216 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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I did think something had been eating away at me and couldn't put my finger on it. Because it had eaten my finger.

P-Jay

10,551 posts

190 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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It's a terrifying thing to have or course - but like most things of this type, no one will do much about it until it reaches a country where lots of white people live.

simoid

19,772 posts

157 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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Woulnd't worry too much, we could just nuke it.

Bill

52,473 posts

254 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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randlemarcus said:
A long way down my list of worries. It's a pretty pathetic virus as it stands, even though the morbidity is high (and that counts against it). AIDS has signally failed to become airborne.
yes It's nasty but it kills people far too quickly for its own good. Flu is far more dangerous because it's already easily transmitted and fairly unpleasant.

tenpenceshort

32,880 posts

216 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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Bill said:
Flu is far more dangerous because it's already easily transmitted and fairly unpleasant.
By that rationale it's Eastenders we should all be worried about.

Bill

52,473 posts

254 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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hehe

P-Jay

10,551 posts

190 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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tenpenceshort said:
By that rationale it's Eastenders we should all be worried about.
laughlaugh

Thankyou4calling

10,595 posts

172 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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HIV
Aids
Ebola
BSE
Swine Flu
Bird flu
SARS
Rabies.


All these and many more have been promoted as the disease that will kill off the majority of the population. They never do.

Without refacing the article I'd guess it'll be full of ifs, buts, maybes, mights and possibles.

Ebola isn't new.

Pixelpeep

8,600 posts

141 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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Don't pick up a copy of New Scientist magazine any time soon - they have been running stories on this for nearly a year now.

we are all doooooooooomed.


DOOOOOOOMMMED I TELL YA.....

2013BRM

Original Poster:

39,731 posts

283 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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Bill said:
randlemarcus said:
A long way down my list of worries. It's a pretty pathetic virus as it stands, even though the morbidity is high (and that counts against it). AIDS has signally failed to become airborne.
yes It's nasty but it kills people far too quickly for its own good. Flu is far more dangerous because it's already easily transmitted and fairly unpleasant.
Not enough is known about it to discount it, the Reston strain is thought to have become airborn, killing monkeys completely isolated bar the air conditioning

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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Well, the Govt always need some horror story to keep us in line and make sure we neeeeeed them to save us all...

Looks like this is todays, maybe AGW just wasn't working.

otolith

55,899 posts

203 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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There is experimental evidence suggesting airborne transmission of Zaire Ebola between infected pigs and monkeys.

http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/121115/srep00811/f...

Zaire Ebola is not lethal to pigs, it causes a mild respiratory infection. There is evidence that pigs infected with Reston Ebola (the strain which appeared to spread between monkeys by airborne means in the Reston monkey quarantine facility) may have infected their handlers, though that strain does not cause disease in humans. Like some of the animal handlers in the Reston incident, the farmers were seropositive but well.

No airborne human-to-human transmission has been shown to happen, though aerosols are thought to be a risk at close quarters.

P-Jay

10,551 posts

190 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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Thankyou4calling said:
HIV
Aids
Ebola
BSE
Swine Flu
Bird flu
SARS
Rabies.


All these and many more have been promoted as the disease that will kill off the majority of the population. They never do.

Without refacing the article I'd guess it'll be full of ifs, buts, maybes, mights and possibles.

Ebola isn't new.
They only have to be right once.

Du1point8

21,604 posts

191 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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Not too scared when this is available:

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/scientis...

Yoshihiro Kawaoka has effectively created the death of all humanity if his creation is ever released by accident.

It has no known cure and hes caused quite a storm in the last few days by admitting hes created it.

If released its bye bye human race.

Bill

52,473 posts

254 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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Thankyou4calling said:
HIV
Aids
Ebola
BSE
Swine Flu
Bird flu
SARS
Rabies.


All these and many more have been promoted as the disease that will kill off the majority of the population. They never do.
The 1918 flu pandemic killed more than WW1 -estimates reckon between 50 and 100m worldwide.

zygalski

7,759 posts

144 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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Black Death wiped out half of Europe.
Not worried here.smile