Ebola round 2

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The most important thing is to calm the hysteria and panic of the masses. This is a deadly virus that is far more easily transmitted than the "experts" will admit. Indeed, they really don't know as they just parrot what some other expert has been saying. For the record, it is passed on in body fluids. You must have direct contact with the body fluids. It can enter through your mucous membranes or a break in your skin. It is not air borne yet, although some "experts" are saying that it is a possibility that the virus could mutate. If you don't have broken skin and you keep it out of your eyes, nose, mouth and other parts of your body with mucous membranes, you will NOT get an Ebola infection...according to the experts. The experts are already blaming the new case on the person for improper removal of PPE.....just like the nurse in Spain. Health care workers must be really stupid. If they are going to be that stupid, decontamination chambers need to be set up for them where they can be completely hosed down before removal of PPE. Yep, I believe that worker removed their gear and rubbed their eyes and stuck a contaminated finger in their mouth. That's how they got Ebola. They also should approach Ebola as if it is transmitted through the air.

For the head of CDC to say that Ebola might become the next AIDS was a really dumb thing. AIDS is not contagious. I have to question Frieden's basic understanding of Ebola. It is frightening to think that's the leadership we have in this country.
 
"....the (Dallas) hospital has closed its emergency room to new patients, and continues to monitor all staff who had any contact with Duncan."

I wonder how much of the "closing ER to new patients" is aimed at containment, vs hospital resources being maxed out by treating such a contagion.
http://www.woai.com/articles/woai-local-news-sponsored-by-five-star-cleaners-119078/urgent-second-ebola-patient-took-all-12854118

AND ANOTHER PET BEING HANDLED AS POSSIBLE ISSUE: " a hazmat team will be going into the apartment today to decontaminate it. There are also reports that the family has a pet, he said, "we have a plan in place to take care of the pet and we do not believe that pet has any signs." "
http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/Ebola/48054
 
ecoli73 said:
As I said, something worse than a small outbreak in Dallas is if Ebola virus finds a long term host animal in the new world.

Imagine rabies, except it's ebola.
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not too late for the Dallas Jake...
 
The only direct comparison to HIV that I have seen or heard is the /reproductive/ rate, ie, how many people are likely to be infected by each case. Right now, ebola and HIV are both about at an R0 value of about 2. Compare this to, oh, say measles, which has an R0 value of 12-18...

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Hello; I have listened to the public comments of various representatives of medical/health organizations. There seems to be a somewhat common thread. A large protion being that the world's nations need to get behind a massive effort to deal with the ebola outbreak in Africa. The implication seems to be that such an effort will be the best way to stop the spread of the virus. Having read some about this virus and following the various incidents thus far, I find some things to question about this particular approach.

While there is a chance, a reasonable one perhaps, to contain the additional spread from already infected people in other countries like France and the United States, my take is that the virus is out of Africa already. I suspect that these medical people see the dire crisis in Africa and hope to bring aid to the people in the affected areas, the infected and those to be infected. It seems clear that the conditions are bad already and seem destined to become much worse. I can understand why such a huminatarian effort is desireable. I do suspect that such a massive effort, if it can be arranged, will take a while to arrange and is already too late for some areas. I suspect, perhaps, they are using the lure of preventing
the spread of the virus as motovation to get the massive aid needed in Africa. I just do not see it working that way.

Perhaps I have missed it, but so far the affected areas of Africa are not being isolated. People can, apparently, still come and go with a basic screening. I would have thought that the infected areas somehow be isolated by now. Perhaps that is not physically possible or is it just not politically possible?
 
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