doc.fixit Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 AFP report it as ,'out of control'. A guy in USA has it. An African airline resumes flights from London into the area.................................................I am no less worried than when I started the topic even though I took heed of the posters who suggested I was over reacting. Is it out of control? Should I/we be worried?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Listening to the Belgian scientist who identified the virus on the BBC yesterday, his opinion is that the main risks remain in Africa, because of the inadequacy of health care and equipment, and funerary practices that spread the virus. Many health care workers don't have gloves, the people who you see on the news in yellow protective suits are mostly volunteers from abroad. Clinics and hospitals are overwhelmed, and are sending people back into the community who have symptoms. Dead people are being washed and buried by relatives, when bodies are still highly infectious. Sierra Leone's economy, previously growing at 12 % is now projected to have zero growth. Schools have been closed for months. Industry is shutting down. The WHO projects around one million dead by the end of the year if spread continues at the current rate. So yes, we should be very worried. Those who have questioned the intervention of the military are wrong. The military can be very effective, it is engineers and military medical staff who have been sent by the UK to Sierra Leone and who are building medical facilities. There are local builders and medics of course, but they just aren't capable of responding on the scale that is needed. As for the developed world, the risks are lower because we have well equipped medics, and hospital hygiene that is a million miles away from standards in West Africa. That isn't to say that there is no risk, it is very worrying that the man from Liberia who was diagnosed in Texas was sent away by a hospital even though he had symptoms, only to be diagnosed with Ebola a few days later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossRoss Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Those who have questioned the intervention of the military are wrong. The military can be very effective, it is engineers and military medical staff who have been sent by the UK to Sierra Leone and who are building medical facilities. Normally the military are used to invade a country. Silly me, they are of course "helping" war is peace ignorance is strength freedom is slavery All the countries the west have ever "helped" will be ever so grateful for our help. Ask the Haitians........Vietnamese.......grenadians.........Malaysians...........Afghans.........Iraqis..........Syrians.........Liberians..........Ivorians They are usually very grumpy and very ungrateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 For those who are concerned about catching Ebola... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Those who have questioned the intervention of the military are wrong. The military can be very effective, it is engineers and military medical staff who have been sent by the UK to Sierra Leone and who are building medical facilities. Normally the military are used to invade a country. Silly me, they are of course "helping" war is peace ignorance is strength freedom is slavery All the countries the west have ever "helped" will be ever so grateful for our help. Ask the Haitians........Vietnamese.......grenadians.........Malaysians...........Afghans.........Iraqis..........Syrians.........Liberians..........Ivorians They are usually very grumpy and very ungrateful. Who do you suggest goes instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Someone will be pleased. http://drrichswier.com/2014/08/06/american-scientist-2006-called-extermination-90-earths-population-using-airborne-ebola-virus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Someone will be pleased.http://drrichswier.com/2014/08/06/american-scientist-2006-called-extermination-90-earths-population-using-airborne-ebola-virus/Hilarious. What a cunt. Edit: the author, not you Lxxx. Obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossRoss Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Who do you suggest goes instead? nobody, they have lived with loads of diseases since the beginning of time and are better off left to their own devices. IF ebola is real then the fewer people in the danger zone the better and less chance of it coming here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Someone will be pleased. http://drrichswier.com/2014/08/06/american-scientist-2006-called-extermination-90-earths-population-using-airborne-ebola-virus/ No, no ebola is here to rid the world of atheists, gays and sluts. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/christian-broadcaster-ebola-could-cleanse-us-of-atheists-gay-people-and-sluts/#.VC7WKfod0Vg.facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossRoss Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Cuba has sent DOCTORS to the 'Ebola' areas of Africa; Obama has sent soldiers. http://aanirfan.blogspot.com/2014/10/ebola-false-flag.html funny that ebola pops up in african countries exporting oil to china Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Maybe they should stop imports from infected countries, what if someone with Ebola was sick on a banana or tomato or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 The case of the nurse in Spain is a particular worry, as she appears to have contracted the disease in Spain, whilst nursing two missionary priests who had Ebola and had been repatriated. So it seems likely that somewhere, the procedures in a sophisticated hospital in the developed world broke down or proved inadequate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDruid-3X3 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Our Vancouver Media has been Spread a Rumored Story that someone with Ebola is in Segregation Ward in Surrey Memorial right now. But if it does go out of Control, just Quarantine the Island by cutting up Trips of Steam Packet and Ronaldsway and wait until the whole thing Burns Itself Out. 3X3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 The thing is, Ebola is only infectious when the person that has it is really quite unwell. If someone is contagious with ebola, they will be in bed or seeking medical care, they won't be going to the shops or out in public. The other thing is the spread in Africa is directly linked to their sanitation practices and hospital resources. They are washing sheets by hand from infected patients, whereas, realistically, the sheets should be destroyed, as there's no way of ensuring the virus is completely removed from them. However, the African hospitals don't have access to more resources. Look at Nigeria, the spread has been well contained so far, as they have kept everyone quarantined, they've followed hygiene practices and it's so far working. Nigeria isn't the richest or most advanced country, but they've had the resources to be able to contain the virus. Of course, the virus itself is impressive in how it has mutated, going from a "Kill you quickly, at the expense of how it spreads" to a slightly more survivable, but more infectious form, which is why it has the ability to spread as it has now. tldr; Assuming reasonable containment, Ebola won't spread easily in the West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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