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re: Ebola scare. should we ALL be worried?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 6:33 pm to NC_Tigah
Posted on 7/31/14 at 6:33 pm to NC_Tigah
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Neither by that measure is HepC, Herpes, HIV, Cholera, etc.
And none of these has caused anything resembling a true "ZOMG let's make a I am Legend Movie" epidemic.
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Point being it is a damn deadly bug.
Well (clears throat and puts on smug face" Malaria kills a couple of million every year. Ebola has killed 1600 in 40 years. As someone who had to shite his guts out taking doxycycline as a prophylaxis for two years to avoid catching malaria, I'd like to inform you that there are plenty of deadly "bugs" out there.
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It also allows for a long period of asymptomatic carrier transport rendering the "flight crew screening" relatively moot.
It's not communicable when its hosts/victims are asymptomatic. Once they become symptomatic, they are easy enough to quarantine. It's not airborne.
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Bottomline: Based on what we saw in Charlotte this week, we should be concerned.
Been to West Africa. Zero "concerns" given.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 6:35 pm to Navytiger74
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It's not communicable when its hosts/victims are asymptomatic.
Research and the MSDS sheets say otherwise.
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It's not airborne.
Studies in laboratory environments show airborne transmission in animals AND it can survive on surfaces for several days.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 6:41 pm to Navytiger74
quote:From someone of your apparent intellect, that is an inexcusably imbecilic statement. Sorry, but it is.
Been to West Africa. Zero "concerns" given.
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