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re: A Dallas hospital worker now has Ebola
Posted on 10/13/14 at 2:19 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 10/13/14 at 2:19 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
I just saw an opportunity to quote Lebowski and took it.
This post was edited on 10/13/14 at 2:22 pm
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Posted on 10/13/14 at 2:22 pm to Boats n Hose
Picture of nurse is up and she has been identified. She's 26.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 2:23 pm to Boats n Hose
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More than just one domestically aquired case.
Very sporatic cases related to travel and those involved with their care wouldn't worry me much. If domestically aquired infections start piling up in one place, I'd be concerned. It would still likely stay contained IMO, but I'd be pretty uncomfortable with it.
See, I think people are concerned about exactly what you are posting...they are just expressing their concern before it happens. We are on the brink of what you just described. If the nurse has infected a few people, we are probably there now.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 2:30 pm to moneyg
Considering the population of the endemic areas, the lack of hygiene and close living quarters, and the rate of infection, I don't think that's accurate.
But, that's just my opinion. Most of my posting in here is just wanting people to understand the realities of the illness over sensationalist BS presented by a lot of new outlets and misinformation spread by people who know no better.
That and humoring GeauxxxTigers lame troll attempts.
ETA and when I said domestic cases piling up, I don't mean like 5-10. I mean like 20-50 or more in a relatively short time period. That would be scary to me. I think the chances this one nurse infected any significant number of people are extremely low.
But, that's just my opinion. Most of my posting in here is just wanting people to understand the realities of the illness over sensationalist BS presented by a lot of new outlets and misinformation spread by people who know no better.
That and humoring GeauxxxTigers lame troll attempts.
ETA and when I said domestic cases piling up, I don't mean like 5-10. I mean like 20-50 or more in a relatively short time period. That would be scary to me. I think the chances this one nurse infected any significant number of people are extremely low.
This post was edited on 10/13/14 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 10/13/14 at 2:31 pm to Boats n Hose
This is a major issue. And how anyone can think otherwise is beyond me to be frank. All it would take is very small chain of people that get exposed and don't take this very seriously.
This post was edited on 10/13/14 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 10/13/14 at 2:31 pm to Boats n Hose
They're not lame
Posted on 10/13/14 at 2:34 pm to BigEdLSU
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This is a major issue. And how anyone can think otherwise is beyond me to be frank. All it would take is very small chain of people that get exposed and don't take this very seriously.
Well.
Ah. I quit. I've repeated myself enough. Anyone wants some perspective, go back and read myself and Volvagia's posts. I'm out.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 2:39 pm to Boats n Hose
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That's in Africa though. We don't have any data for mortality rate in the US or other developed nations.
Fair point. Hopefully our version of supportive treatment is worlds superior to what was administered there with limited success, people get treated sooner, etc etc etc. Hopefully there won't be enough cases to derive meaningful statistics. If anyone has it, I'd be interested in seeing an up-to-date list of people who have been treated in developed countries. I know the Liberian guy in Dallas died.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 2:44 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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I said it before, but trying to treat these victims is Lizzie playing with the walkers. This shite's gonna keep multiplying, it's going to mutate and become airborne, and it's going to be the end of us all. LINK quote:...Ebola Reston, which was transmitted among monkeys by breathing. In 2012, Canadian researchers found that Ebola Zaire, which is involved in the current outbreak, was passed from pigs to monkeys in the air. quote:One group of researchers looked at how Ebola changed over a short period of time in just one area in Sierra Leone early on in the outbreak, before it was spreading as fast as it is now. They found more than 300 genetic changes in the virus. "It's frightening to look at how much this virus mutated within just three weeks," said Dr. Pardis Sabeti, an associate professor at Harvard and senior associate member of the Broad Institute, where the research was done.
My wife has read about past ebola out breaks. The shite is most certainly capable for air borne transmission.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 3:31 pm to CharlesLSU
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My wife has read about past ebola out breaks. The shite is most certainly capable for air borne transmission.
You quoted my initial trollish post, which I guess I'll never live down, unless it turns out I was right.
FTR, I believe it's unlikely Ebola will become airborne like influenza, and what I wrote is more the stuff of movies. I've since written about the things that really do give me pause, much more so than the airborne possibility. I do still like the "Lizzie playing with the walkers" characterization. The protocols are difficult to follow with perfection, the consequences of slipping up are dire, the Lizzies go home at the end of their shifts and interact with other people, potentially putting them at some risk, and it remains to be seen just how many victims can be fixed using best practices. I don't consider that part of it trolling. I think it's depressingly apt.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 3:35 pm to CharlesLSU
quote:Well, if your wife read about them, she must be an expert.
My wife has read about past ebola out breaks. The shite is most certainly capable for air borne transmission.
Yes, it has the potential to go airborne, but the chances are so damn slim that worrying about it is simply stupid.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 3:43 pm to Scruffy
But if it does go airborne can I panic?
Posted on 10/13/14 at 3:53 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Is there any amount of money you'd accept to lick someone in the mouth with full blown Ebola, and start treatment immediately to see if you make it?
Posted on 10/13/14 at 3:58 pm to StormTiger
10 mill
Posted on 10/13/14 at 4:00 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:If it goes airborne, Scruffy'll start to panic.
Message Posted by GeauxxxTigers23 But if it does go airborne can I panic?
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Is there any amount of money you'd accept to lick someone in the mouth with full blown Ebola, and start treatment immediately to see if you make it?
Agree with 10 mil.
This post was edited on 10/13/14 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 10/13/14 at 4:28 pm to moneyg
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At what point should the general population be concerned? What will be the signs/indicators?
Tertiary cases.
The cases of people with no direct contact to a Patient Zero, and come into the hospital heavily symptomatic.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 4:35 pm to Volvagia
Posted on 10/13/14 at 4:39 pm to TigerBandTuba
My buddy lives in Dallas(Recently moved from Houston) and I asked him a week ago if he caught the Ebola yet. He said no, it always hits the suburbs first(he gives me shite for not living in the city). Calls me Sunday, the nurse who tested positive lives 3 blocks from his house.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 4:47 pm to lsufanintexas
Shouldn't be an issue if the nurse gets the ZMapp since she is an American . Duncan is a liar and is the reason the nurse is sick. Also, Duncan received free healthcare and he's not even a citizen
Posted on 10/13/14 at 4:50 pm to lsugal121212
We can blame the UK for this. Colonize Africa, then leave and let it go to hell in a hand basket.
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