okay, so ebola is a little to close to me for my own comfort.

http://www.whas11.com/news/national/CDC-Ebola-confirmed-in-Dallas-patient-277651291.html

not sure how i feel about heading into a crowd of people down there in a week or so....

 

Just dont kiss or **** any of em and ya should be ok.

 

Too.

 

Hopefully no one sneezes/pukes on me at the fair

 

....so it was nice knowing you, sir!

 

Anyone ever sneezes /pukes on me. Having Ebola is the gonna be the least of their problems.:boxing:

 

It won't be until next weekend, so it's likely we'll pretty much know if it spread past that one person. If it were this weekend, though, I would stay the hell away from that fair. I don't care how "hard" it is to spread it. I'm not going near a usually fatal Level 4 disease that has an infectious dose of 1-10. It ain't that hard to get it. I'd rather get HIV.

 

The illegals have brought it across and are spreading it everywhere. It's closer than you think (Dallas)

 

Lemming! LOL

 

In fact, it is not a highly communicable disease as far as the US is concerned.

Additionally, as long as you receive treatment after it is identified you stand a very good chance of surviving. Hell, all 3 US citizens identified as having the disease in Africa had enough time to be flown back to the states and all survived.

 

If it mutates once it gets spread outside Africa we might be doomed, but for the time being, say NO to Texas slutty whorns during trip to Dallas.

 

Ahhh, practical, logical advice...:biggrin:

 

It's funny that they are down playing this event by saying you cannot transmit this virus unless you are sick. Ebola, like all viruses, has a prodrome in which very subtle symptoms may be present and the individual may or may not consider themselves "sick". During this prodrome the individual is very contagious. I think the CDC is trying too hard to down play this and by not tracking all the contacts of this individual they are risking allowing a new case to develop in the country, IMO.

One very scarey fact is that Ebola can be transmitted via semen for up to 3 months AFTER the individual recovers from symptoms. I think it is this alarming fact that will allow the epidemic in Africa to continue to spread much like the HIV epidemic has.

And Badger is correct. The more it spreads the more it mutates. There are already 2 examples of the virus spreading by the airborn route in other species in labs.

 

I know what they're saying. They don't want panic, so they're downplaying it. If they wanted chaos, they could easily do that with all kinds of horror stories. Ebola isn't something to take lightly, and I guarantee that nobody involved with it is. We've got the best healthcare in the world, so I suspect we'll take care of this. I'm not impressed by 3 US citizens still being alive, though.

 

Wat?! Then, might as well stay home and watch it on TV.

:frown:

 

Yes, the half-hourly updates concerning the patient in the US on every radio and television news station along with the daily coverage of the situation in Africa for the last 6 weeks certainly amounts to downplaying the situation.

 

I didn't realize the CDC, WHO, doctors, etc. run the media.

 

Mr. Duncan may have become infected after his landlord’s daughter fell gravely ill. On Sept 15, Mr. Duncan helped his landlord and his landlord’s son carry the stricken woman to the hospital, his neighbors and the woman’s parents said. She died the next day.

http://www.100percentfedup.com/news...tact-with-5-kids-who-were-in-school-this-week

doesn't sound like to me he had sex with the infected person...and on top of that...ANY pics I've seen of anyone helping they are in haz-mat outfits...so if they are not taking chances neither am I.

 

My gawd man after years of hearing about the red raider rash I'd think you would have learned to say no to Texas sluts by now.


NO! STAY AWAY!