I am going to print this out and put it on the windshield of this crazy lady at my parents church. And a snickers bar. She has a peanut allergy kid and she freaks out if anybody brings anything with peanuts into the church. Its not like they are trying to feed it to her kid. Get a ****ing bubble, folks.

Well that's no good.

Also, lol at Coon Rapids.

Divorce.

Here are five things you should know about this virulent and often deadly infection:

What is Ebola?

Ebola, officially known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a severe disease caused by the Ebola virus that was first recognized in Africa in 1976.

Early symptoms can include fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, sore throat and weakness, followed by diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In some cases, the disease causes rashes, red eyes, hiccups and internal and external bleeding, the CDC says.

Up to 90 percent of people who are infected with Ebola die from it, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Outbreaks have occurred in African countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Sudan, the Ivory Coast, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo, the CDC says.

How is it transmitted?

Humans are not the natural hosts of the Ebola virus, and it's believed that the first person in any outbreak became infected through contact with an infected animal, the CDC says. Animals that are reported to have spread disease to humans include chimpanzees, gorillas, forest antelopes and cynomolgus monkeys, according to the World Health Organization. Once one person has become infected, the disease can spread from person to person through contact with the blood, saliva, mucus or other secretions. In the countries where Ebola has occurred, the disease is frequently spread in health care settings to workers who have had contact with patients and do not wear protective clothing or masks, the CDC says. Re-use of contaminated needles can also spread the disease.

Researchers still do not know where Ebola naturally resides. Studies have shown bats can be infected with the virus and survive without symptoms of disease, according to the WHO. Some have speculated bats play a role in maintaining the virus in nature, the WHO says.

Has there ever been an outbreak in the United States?

Ebola has not caused disease in the United States. In 1990, several researchers in Virginia and Texas became infected with a type of Ebola virus from contact with imported monkeys, the CDC says. However, the type of Ebola in these cases, now called Ebola-Reston, did not cause symptoms in humans, although it was fatal in monkeys.

Is there a cure?

No. Patients with Ebola are treated with supportive therapy, which includes balancing their fluids, maintaining their oxygen levels and blood pressure, and treating them for any complicating infections, the CDC says.

That seems to cause at least short term obsession with them.

The UPS man? :shrug:

It will open up more jobs and get people working.

There is, but it involves a very large injection from a specialist in the field.

As an aside, I read that people became notably taller during the Black Plague. There were enough fewer people that everyone was able to eat more meat, and it actually manifested itself over a couple of generations in greater height. Then the population recovered and everyone got smaller again.

They are bringing a US patient infected with Ebola back to Atlanta for treatment

The stupidest shit I could imagine has now happened :suicide:

It's not an airborne virus, thank god.

What are they going to do with the doctor that was infected? There isn't a cure is there? Is the guy just going to lay in a hospital bed, isolated from others until he dies?

I thought this was about the guy that posts here. I feel better now.

....... yeah........

(figured that would scare you our into the open :D. Awesome news, btw. Prepare to have your world permanently rocked, in a good way)