EBOLA - out of control?

[Woolly Bugger]

Some recent headlines.

Red Cross team attacked while burying Ebola dead

Guilty of Ebola until proven otherwise

US warns Ebola could infect 1.4 million

Massive Aid Needed for Ebola Outbreak as Outlook Worsens

Eight reported dead in attack on Ebola workers in Guinea

As we get read to send troops to build treatment centers and train health workers the crisis is expanding at a horrific rate. The population of the affected countries are not able respond to the medical emergency that this deadly virus presents. Fragile health care systems and staff are totally overwhelmed. The WHO said that as of Sept. 22, a total of 348 health care workers were known to have developed Ebola and 186 of them had died. Half of the cases were in Liberia and 67 in Guinea, which along with Sierra Leone have been worst hit by the outbreak. Are we sending too little, too late?

After decades of civil war and strife, these emerging countries are being hit with a crisis that will overwhelm their economy for many, many years.

What do you think about putting our troops in harms way? Should this be a volunteer job?

[flatlander]

Where is the option to drop bombs?

[Woolly Bugger]

Where is the option to drop bombs?

We've already got people on the ground.... 70 CDC workers are providing support in Africa and over 700 are working providing additional support from back in the states...

[Mudwall Gatewood 3.0]

Another boogeyman is imminent, right at our doors and maybe under our beds!  Put those troops on our border. 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/republican-congressman-immigrant-children-might-carry-ebola/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/jul/18/phil-gingrey/rep-phil-gingrey-says-migrants-may-be-bringing-ebo/

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/michele_bachmann_warns_obama_will_experiment_on_ebola_infected_migrant_kids_invading_us

And almost reliable:

http://www.freewoodpost.com/2014/08/08/bachmann-claims-dirty-immigrants-gave-ebola/

[flatlander]

The scary thing is ...that 1.4 million infection rate projection is for only 2 countries.  It's already in at least 5, isn't it?

[Woolly Bugger]

I heard on npr tonight that the s
CDC's worst Case scenario is the 1.4 million. When the majority of the victims die at home and spread the virus to family members, it's not hard to see how it could explode massively


Home Deaths Spread Circle Of Contagion - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/world/africa/liberia-ebola-victims-treatment-center-cdc.html

[Al]

War and uncontrollable disease - the perfect combination to reduce the world's population.  That's the way it was "way back when". Maybe we are about to see it play out again.

[Mudwall Gatewood 3.0]

All I've heard about the pathogen is it is responsible for many cases in FL, and the cases in other states are thought to be travel related.  I think it is vectored by a very common skeeter species, so it will likely spread.  Mosquitoes don't worry me so much.  It is those damned ticks and all the nameless  crap they may carry that concerns me.

[Big J]

Forget rocky mountain spotted fever, lyme disease, and Chikungunya! Just let me be able to eat steak and hamburgers until the day I die!

http://www.webmd.com/allergies/news/20140813/tick-bites-red-meat-allergy

[Al]

Forget rocky mountain spotted fever, lyme disease, and Chikungunya! Just let me be able to eat steak and hamburgers until the day I die!

http://www.webmd.com/allergies/news/20140813/tick-bites-red-meat-allergy

I've read about that on several of the deer hunting sites and magazines.  Seems that at least one of the TV hunt personalities came down with it - took them awhile to figure it out but it is for real.

I get a lot of tick bites early in the bow season and many of us get them during the summer while bushwhacking to a good trout stream. I've always been concerned with Lyme disease and now have another to worry about.

[Big J]

Forget rocky mountain spotted fever, lyme disease, and Chikungunya! Just let me be able to eat steak and hamburgers until the day I die!

http://www.webmd.com/allergies/news/20140813/tick-bites-red-meat-allergy

I've read about that on several of the deer hunting sites and magazines.  Seems that at least one of the TV hunt personalities came down with it - took them awhile to figure it out but it is for real.

I get a lot of tick bites early in the bow season and many of us get them during the summer while bushwhacking to a good trout stream. I've always been concerned with Lyme disease and now have another to worry about.

I know about a half dozen people in VA that have it. One guy was on an Atkins diet when he got bite and it about killed him. It's pretty rampant around here

[Mudwall Gatewood 3.0]

Biggest lies that men actually believe about women.

http://www.askmen.com/dating/heidi_100/125_dating_girl.html

[Woolly Bugger]

A former Food and Drug Administration chief scientist and top infectious disease specialist said that several people were exposed to the Ebola virus by the unidentified patient in Dallas, America's first case, and it's likely that many more will be infected.

Dr. Jesse L. Goodman, now a professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, said while the nation shouldn't panic, it's best to prepare for the worst

[Mudwall Gatewood 3.0]

A former Food and Drug Administration chief scientist and top infectious disease specialist said that several people were exposed to the Ebola virus by the unidentified patient in Dallas, America's first case, and it's likely that many more will be infected.

Dr. Jesse L. Goodman, now a professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, said while the nation shouldn't panic, it's best to prepare for the worst

So, do we believe this Georgetown scientist on the concern of this viral hemorrhagic fever, and deny the edicts of other scientists on other important unrelated matters? 

http://time.com/3445231/climate-denier-settled-science/

[NCsporksman]

At least its making for some good tunes on the dark continent #eternaloptimist #monroviaswagbitches #donttouchyourfriends