Ebola

[aholbert32]

Re: Ebola

How would you feel if you were the cab driver that drove him? I would be worried. I understand that it's not transmitable without symptoms being present, however it's still very scary.

On a side note, the first nurse who got Ebola is now Ebola free. It looks like the earlier it's caught, the higher the recovery rate! Hopefully, they can stop this at this doctor.

I wouldnt be too scared. Like you said only transmittable if the symptoms were present and I doubt he came in contact with the guy's bodily fluids. I'd get checked though just in case.

[Knight165]

Re: Ebola

These are tweets from cameraman Ashoka Mukpo who contracted Ebola and has since beaten it and is clear......but makes you think a bit....

"For the record - no idea how I got it. It was something fluky. My best guess is I touched a surface and didn't chlorinate fast enough."

"Thought I was keeping a good distance, wish I knew exactly what went wrong."


Also...a Dr. in Manhattan who recently was in Africa is being tested.
103.7 fever and abdominal pain.
He said he self-quarantined when he began to feel sick ...but there is a report he took a taxi to go bowling a couple of days ago.

Hopefully it's "just" malaria or something else.

M.K.
Knight165

Maybe you missed this.

Easy to talk **** from far removed.


M.K.
Knight165

[aholbert32]

Re: Ebola

Maybe you missed this.

Easy to talk **** from far removed.


M.K.
Knight165

Dont know who this is directed to or what the point is you are trying to make. If its directed at me, I dont know why you think I was talking "****" when I was responding to a question.

[Knight165]

Re: Ebola

Dont know who this is directed to or what the point is you are trying to make. If its directed at me, I dont know why you think I was talking "****" when I was responding to a question.

The first part was for you ...mike24.....and anyone else who keeps furthering talk that you basically have to swap spit to transmit, that's just not true.....and that trip he took out(he went out more than once from a few days before he called to right put to the night before he called) was WHILE he was symptomatic.


Th second part was just to the thread in general.....take a spoonful as needed.


M.K.
Knight165

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Ebola

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/525805337027559424

Oh cool.

[mike24forever]

Re: Ebola

The first part was for you ...mike24.....and anyone else who keeps furthering talk that you basically have to swap spit to transmit, that's just not true.....and that trip he took out(he went out more than once from a few days before he called to right put to the night before he called) was WHILE he was symptomatic.


Th second part was just to the thread in general.....take a spoonful as needed.


M.K.
Knight165

Pump your breaks there big guy. I said nothing of the sort. I actually went back to what I wrote to see what elicited your response. I thought I maybe said something wrong, or bad about The Show. As for what I said, he should have not been out in public and even though doctors say a person is not contagious unless they have a fever or stomach pains...wait for it...I would be very concerned. People have contracted it and have no idea how they got it. You need to relax and take a deep breath before you type.

So, take a spoonful of JUST RELAX and stop acting like you're the only one at risk because you are in the "front lines".

[Knight165]

Re: Ebola

Pump your breaks there big guy. I said nothing of the sort. I actually went back to what I wrote to see what elicited your response. I thought I maybe said something wrong, or bad about The Show. As for what I said, he should have not been out in public and even though doctors say a person is not contagious unless they have a fever or stomach pains...wait for it...I would be very concerned. People have contracted it and have no idea how they got it. You need to relax and take a deep breath before you type.

So, take a spoonful of JUST RELAX and stop acting like your the only one at risk because you are in the "front lines".

Actually.....you're right.....I didn't mean to lump you in......but I think you might need a slight pump yourself.
I'm not screaming at anyone here.


M.K.
Knight165

[mike24forever]

Re: Ebola

Actually.....you're right.....I didn't mean to lump you in......but I think you might need a slight pump yourself.
I'm not screaming at anyone here.


M.K.
Knight165

Cool. Just a misunderstanding. I blame it on the HGH I'm on.

[NDAlum]

Re: Ebola

Stop rubbing that in my face brah

[aholbert32]

Re: Ebola

The first part was for you ...mike24.....and anyone else who keeps furthering talk that you basically have to swap spit to transmit, that's just not true.....and that trip he took out(he went out more than once from a few days before he called to right put to the night before he called) was WHILE he was symptomatic.


Th second part was just to the thread in general.....take a spoonful as needed.


M.K.
Knight165

You need to take a step back and calm down a little.

First, you wont find one post where I said you needed to "swap spit" for you catch it. Second, just because you post one interview with a photographer who says that he doesnt know how he got it doesnt mean he wasnt somehow in contact with someone's bodily fluids. Especially when he openly admits that he was covering people infected with Ebola.

Finally, just because I disagree with you doesn't mean im "talking ****" so dont characterize my statements like that again. I disagree with a travel ban and some of the panic that has been caused by what is a very serious disease but that has only affected a very small number of people in the US.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Ebola

I think the vast majority of the panic is due to the incompetence of the people supposedly in charge (agencies, hospitals, doctors who are actually getting it, cleaning crews, etc) rather than the disease itself.

[aholbert32]

Re: Ebola

I think the vast majority of the panic is due to the incompetence of the people supposedly in charge (agencies, hospitals, doctors who are actually getting it, cleaning crews, etc) rather than the disease itself.

I disagree with that though. I'm not saying that the people in charge have done a good job or everything that they have been even average at taking the proper steps to manage this. I'm just saying that this is alot of attention (damn near 24 hr coverage on all 3 major news agencies) for a disease that hasnt done alot of damage YET.

I'm just comparing it to the other recent viruses that have hit the states and caused significantly more sick people and deaths. There are also stories of the powers that be mishandling those "outbreaks" but they dont seem to carry as much weight as this current Ebola crisis. The only difference is that Ebola is getting more press attention.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Ebola

Mandatory quarantine already paying dividends. Good.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/10/24/health-care-worker-under-ebola-watch-has-developed-a-fever-in-new-jersey/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=story&utm_campaign=ShareButtons

Hopefully no issues with anyone handling this lady.

[OSUFan_88]

Re: Ebola

Once again, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out how to stop this spread in America.

Good to see mandatory quarantine finally happening and, not shockingly, it's paying off. I understand it's an inconvenience but Jesus, do what is safe for you, your family, and literally everyone around you.

Once someone is diagnosed, though, its really not hard to treat the disease and stop the spread. In fact, for the heath care infrastructure and precautions we have in America *except for the damn moron of a nurse in Texas*, it's really hard to catch the virus.

Ebola won't become anything incredible serious. Just maintain good hygiene. If you do come down with basic symptoms, then it never hurts to visit a doctor.

[bad_philanthropy]

Re: Ebola

Vice did a nice video series on ebola in Liberia. One of the more interesting interviews was with a Liberian doctor, and he asserted that a great deal of ebola's lethality was due to inadequate treatment resources in terms of quickly diagnosing (due to lack of actual access to healthcare, education, negative stigmas, etc...), tracking fluid loss in a very precise way, and the resources to replace those fluids, and provide nutrition viable to the body under duress. Obviously healthcare resources in the broadest sense are too scarce in that part of the world, generally, as well.