Yeah, 1500. Something like 50 million died of influenza in 1918.
Yeah, 1500. Something like 50 million died of influenza in 1918.
I hear it spreads via Facebook. Just stay off there and you should be ok. Unless some one you know tags you.
I thought facebook died a few months ago.
Ebola is introduced into the human population through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals. In Africa, infection has occurred through the handling of infected chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest. It is important to reduce contact with high-risk animals (i.e. fruit bats, monkeys or apes) including not picking up dead animals found lying in the forest or handling their raw meat.
Once a person comes into contact with an animal that has Ebola, it can spread within the community from human to human. Infection occurs from direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, or other bodily fluids or secretions (stool, urine, saliva, semen) of infected people. Infection can also occur if broken skin or mucous membranes of a healthy person come into contact with environments that have become contaminated with an Ebola patient’s infectious fluids such as soiled clothing, bed linen, or used needles.
Health workers have frequently been exposed to the virus when caring for Ebola patients. This happens because they are not wearing personal protection equipment, such as gloves, when caring for the patients. Health care providers at all levels of the health system – hospitals, clinics and health posts – should be briefed on the nature of the disease and how it is transmitted, and strictly follow recommended infection control precautions.
Burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased person can also play a role in the transmission of Ebola. Persons who have died of Ebola must be handled using strong protective clothing and gloves, and be buried immediately.
People are infectious as long as their blood and secretions contain the virus. For this reason, infected patients receive close monitoring from medical professionals and receive laboratory tests to ensure the virus is no longer circulating in their systems before they return home. When the medical professionals determine it is okay for the patient to return home, they are no longer infectious and cannot infect anyone else in their communities. Men who have recovered from the illness can still spread the virus to their partner through their semen for up to 7 weeks after recovery. For this reason, it is important for men to avoid sexual intercourse for at least 7 weeks after recovery or to wear condoms if having sexual intercourse during 7 weeks after recovery.
One of the causes for the spread in Africa I have heard, is the loss of confidence in modern medicine (probably because it really can't be cured, just controlled). People are returning to more "traditional" activities even when they are told not to (e.g. washing and other close contact with the infected dead).
In summary, don't be in idiot.
Dr. Hess wrote: Yeah, 1500. Something like 50 million died of influenza in 1918.
Wasn't terribly long ago someone dug up some of the victims in Alaska to try to isolate the virus. Yeah, theres a smart thing to do.
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/08/us/alaskan-victim-of-1918-flu-yields-sample-of-killer-virus.html
So, then that Fruitbat with Avocado salad and Monkey Liver on Rye with sprouts sandwich is out, then, right?
There's been some crazy E36 M3 going on over there. People trying to burn down the hospital, spreading rumors that the hospital is a cover for cannibals and that's whey they don't get their relatives back, etc.
Dr. Hess wrote: There's been some crazy E36 M3 going on over there. People trying to burn down the hospital, spreading rumors that the hospital is a cover for cannibals and that's whey they don't get their relatives back, etc.
[edit] Ah, skip it. I had a big flounderish diatribe written up, but this isn't the place.
Dr. Hess wrote: So, then that Fruitbat with Avocado salad and Monkey Liver on Rye with sprouts sandwich is out, then, right? There's been some crazy E36 M3 going on over there. People trying to burn down the hospital, spreading rumors that the hospital is a cover for cannibals and that's whey they don't get their relatives back, etc.
This is also the same area of the world that arrested, tried, and convicted a goat of witchcraft, so there is that.
Yeah, the indigenous population isn't exactly helping things.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-workers-battle-trust-issues-attacks-in-ebola-outbreak/
What I've been puzzled over is why they thought it was a good idea to bring two victims back to the US. I presume it was for testing using some sort of equipment that couldn't readily be transported to the site of the outbreak, and I know the risks of spreading it are fairly low. I know they are usually working with bugs I'd rather not think about at the CDC. But I'm not sure I understand why they thought the possible gain might outweigh the risk / expense. Anyone have more information on what, exactly, the plan was to accomplish?
yes, it's a work of fiction, but there's quite a bit of fairly accurate info in the Tom Clancy book "Executive Orders" … other than the idea that it can be transferred aerosol ….
lots of the same things that have been posted here … entertaining book nonetheless
How often are they going to get actual people to practice on. It's not like they could offer some poor people free health care, a nice lunch then shoot em up with the Ebola.
wbjones wrote: yes, it's a work of fiction, but there's quite a bit of fairly accurate info in the Tom Clancy book "Executive Orders" … other than the idea that it can be transferred aerosol …. lots of the same things that have been posted here … entertaining book nonetheless
Clancy said more than once he'd research hell out of the facts for books like that, get scared E36 M3less, then change stuff around for the books. Said it wasn't a real help because the info is freely available to anyone who cares to search for it but it settled his conscience a bit.
Wally wrote: How often are they going to get actual people to practice on. It's not like they could offer some poor people free health care, a nice lunch then shoot em up with the Ebola.
Thank goodness our Government wouldn't do something like that.
Ebola is a scary disease, but so is Meningitis. Both are difficult to get. I think what's more scary about Ebola versus say, influenza, is that it can kill an otherwise healthy person. I'd think most adults would be able to cope with a virus like the swine flu or h51n1, and with modern medicine I think even the 1918 outbreak would be easily contained and treated today. EDIT: I don't know much if anything about the cytokine storms which they believe was the real killer of the A-Strain Influenza during the 1918-1919 outbreak.
Now a hybrid strain of ebola mixed with the flu would suck.
mndsm wrote:Dr. Hess wrote: So, then that Fruitbat with Avocado salad and Monkey Liver on Rye with sprouts sandwich is out, then, right? There's been some crazy E36 M3 going on over there. People trying to burn down the hospital, spreading rumors that the hospital is a cover for cannibals and that's whey they don't get their relatives back, etc.This is also the same area of the world that arrested, tried, and convicted a goat of witchcraft, so there is that.
There is an answer.
Somebody's bio stock just popped: http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/04/health/experimental-ebola-serum/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Huh. Subsidiary of Reynolds America (tobacco): http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-05/ebola-drug-made-from-tobacco-plant-saves-u-s-aid-workers.html
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