so i know this is a little off topic but if the " we have good diets" means the USA has a good diet this is wrong. As a nation the USA is in a horrible place in terms of diet. We as a nation are eating ourselves to an early grave. Yes i get that the average life expectancy has increased but that is due to improvements in medicine not because of a good diet.
Ebola round 2
- Thread starter ecoli73
- Start date
- Status
Sensationalized public health concerns as well as Bona-fide Epidemics come and go.
Recently - SARS, west nile, whooping cough, swine flu, just to name a few
Not to be overshadowed by serious epidemics like AIDS, spanish influenza and Polio
Its mother nature, there's nothing you can do. Its biology.
Fortunately most of the US has a lower than average population density. Our tap water is clean, and the streets don't flow with human waste. People dont wipe them selves with their left hand when they use the toilet, and the toxic food we eat is at least most of the time not laden with pathogens.
Its a very serious problem. However considering my personal circumstances I am not concerned for my well being at this time.
Ebola can happen anywhere but so can many many other things at anytime.
Recently - SARS, west nile, whooping cough, swine flu, just to name a few
Not to be overshadowed by serious epidemics like AIDS, spanish influenza and Polio
Its mother nature, there's nothing you can do. Its biology.
Fortunately most of the US has a lower than average population density. Our tap water is clean, and the streets don't flow with human waste. People dont wipe them selves with their left hand when they use the toilet, and the toxic food we eat is at least most of the time not laden with pathogens.
Its a very serious problem. However considering my personal circumstances I am not concerned for my well being at this time.
Ebola can happen anywhere but so can many many other things at anytime.
Hello; I find that your post rambles somewhat and is difficult to decipher. The best I can make out is that you feel we (In the USA) are somehow less likely to have a virus such as ebola become a public health problem once it gets out into the general population. I disagree with this assumption based on my education and personal observations made mainly in public schools.
I do have a biology degree and did teach AP biology aimed at potential med students. I had to keep up with some aspects of viral disease. We seem to have as much trouble with the other virus strains that are out in the states as does any other country. Once out into the general population I fear we will have issues even if not at the same level as Africa.
The basic hygene you mention is not so good in my experience and observation. I fear that few have a sound grasp of the steps necessary to prevent the spread of even a non-airborne virus like ebola. I recently had a discussion with an friend about sharing a water bottle. He seemed to be under the impression that because he knew a fellow and considered him clean that he knew the fellow could not have a disease. Even as I have conducted classes on disease and hygene, many students would share drinks and other stuff during flu and other outbreaks.
The advantage for those who actually have a good diet may be that they are in better condition and thus have more strength to survive the ebola virus. I do not see how a good diet can prevent a person from becoming infected if exposed.
The treatment facilities are much better in many areas in the USA. There are some areas with a small ratio of hospitals for the population. Even the hospitals that exist tend to have relatively small volume of total isolation units. We here can adapt to create more isolation units but I do not wish to speculate about how quickly this can be done if a large number become infected.
The last portion of your post seems at odds with itself. That we have state of the art hospitals and yet have the truly serious disease issues you list. Look up the the issue of hospital acquired infections.
I understand that it would be comforting to feel that folks living in developed countries do not have any thing to be worried about concerning ebola. The best thing will be that the virus never gets out into the general population. Once it does get out, then quarintine and tracking down all contacts of an infected person might keep it contained. I still contend that it would have been a better practice to keep all known infercted individuals out of the country.
There was a 30 minute documentary aired on PBS's Frontline tonight. It showed some of the protocals the medical personel are using in Africa.
Hello; another point occurred to me this morning. I live in Tennessee where a RAM often operates. RAM is Remote Area Medicine operated in part by Stan Brock. They set up free clinics several times a year for those that do not have regular access to health care. They set up in large buildings, once in a fairground livestock pavilion and have people lined up waiting in the wee hours of the morning for health dental and vision care. Tennessee law allows licensed health care workers from other states to practice here unlike most other states. There continue to be large numbers of people in the states who cannot afford to take part in the state of the art health care.
A number of the people without regular access to health care also live in somewhat more densely packed housing. I know of families where more than one generation is living in the same house for economic reasons. The implication of these two observations being that there appears to be a population more vulnerable to the spread of a disease such as Ebola right here in the states.
A number of the people without regular access to health care also live in somewhat more densely packed housing. I know of families where more than one generation is living in the same house for economic reasons. The implication of these two observations being that there appears to be a population more vulnerable to the spread of a disease such as Ebola right here in the states.
Hello; Try not to panic, there are precautions that work you can take. By the way where would we run to?
I got into some habits when teaching that helped reduce the number of times I caught a cold or flu.
- Status
