I don't want to panic anyone, but Ebola may be coming to a town near you
 

At least we won't have to slog through another 7-9 Chiefs season....

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politic...Ebola_Outbreak

"Ebola ain't nothing to **** with."

-Method Man, WHO Official

One more thing that can get you.

Ban Liberians.

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We must make it a point that all incoming and outgoing persons should be quarantined for at least 48 hours before being allowed to travel further.

From Nigeria and Liberia? Absolutely.

You can be infected by Ebola and have no symptoms for 2 weeks or more.

Well, that's going to make it harder to contain.

No. Every country.

The fact that there are still rich Islamist assholes out there, an increasingly evil Russia and the massive amount of yuppie idiot parents whom aren't vaccinating children anymore the USA must take active steps to insulate the country from pandemics.

Unless there are travel bans put in place, I don't see how it will be contained.

Surely there are blood tests to see if someone is a carrier.

If Ebola makes it out of Africa, instant worldwide Great Depression. ****ing deadly viruses.

There are enough pricks at the airport already. I don't want another one.

Then don't leave the country.

I've been saying we could use a good plague to thin the herd, but this is actually pretty scary.

How do we know you're not Ebola??

We're gonna get the Super AIDS.

Quick everyone to Nzoners cornfield.

Overpopulation is imminent. The culling of human population, most likely through a plague like virus, is inevitable.

Yes, but it's not infectious unless you're showing symptoms. Unfortunately, the symptoms are basically flu-like or whatever, so it's not like "HEY, CRAP, EBOLA!!" But I'm fairly confident it would be contained relatively quickly in a western country where they don't distrust doctors, insist on burying their dead (and/or digging up their graves to give ebola victims "proper" burials) and other stupidities that help ebola thrive.

New Study Suggests The World Is On The Brink Of The Next Great Extinction

LMAO

Walking Dead style zombies, please.

No 28 Days or World War Z types.

Kill it with bleach and fire. Sorry Africa.

Scary shit.

This is always a real fun game to play unless of course one of your family members helps cull the population then it doesn't seem as fun an arrogant myopic pragmatist thing to whip out at parties.

Where the heck is Rainman at to chime in and give us all perspective and direction? eidntwnt2di

It's fun as long as it's for the greater good.

Honest to god, something needs to be done at these airports. I don't care how they have to do it, even if it means a temporarily hold on people flying out of the affected areas. The world cannot risk this thing being unleashed on the rest of the world and densely populated areas. There is whispers that Ebola is already airborne in some cases. If it mutates into a virus that is as easily caught as the common cold, it will be devastating if it gets out of Africa.

I'm busy building up my food and water stockpile for the inevitable in-home quarantine.

ok, then let's start with everyone you know and love. Not you, you get to wait until after you watch your entire family die a horrible death.

just for fun and the greater good

can dogs smell the virus?

maybe a sniff test for every overseas flight?

My family has excellent immune systems. I'm pretty sure we'd be fine.

Everyone else is ****ed though. It was nice to know you BTW.

Thanks ... bye

This a million times over.

You must me a member of the Schrute clan.

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yep, it's just a matter of time. Too many plants in the garden, too many fish in the pond, whatever the case may be, if you overpopulate any ecosystem, if's just a matter of time until one organism infects two, two infect four, and before you know it, the population is wiped out, save a few lucky and genetically adapted organisms.

birth control is EVIL!!!!!!!!!

Ebola victim was set to visit Minnesota

http://kstp.com/article/12303/?vid=5247046&v=1

If Ebola becomes airborne, that's game.

Geez people overreact.

Ebola's really not that bad if you catch it in time.

I've had it three times. You get it , you bleed a little , you get over it.

Just drink plenty of fluids. chicken noodle soup helps too.

I think anybody with peanut allergies and stuff that have to carry around an epinephrine needle should just give it up. Life was trying to weed them out long ago but modern medicine has helped them keep surviving. If a peanut kills you, should you even still be here?

LMAO.......

My wife has developed a penis allergy. Is there any modern medicinal cure?

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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)

It can go airborne.

For many allergies they inject you with a little of the thing to which you are allergic, to build up immunity. So, there you go.
Exposing her to a variety will probably build up the immunity faster.

Let KCNative get a crack her then. Let her get her sea legs about her..

They are bringing 2 patients with Ebola back to the U.S.


:banghead:


stupid,stupid,stupid

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This is how a lot of the "end of the world" type movies start. Next thing you know-Apes are in control.

Yep, i don't give a shit how many safety precautions they are taking. The risks are too great, you don't bring Ebola INTO the country.

If doctors and scientist want to study and treat the patients then send them do it in some remote medical facility in a country we don't care about.

Pakistan would be a wonderful place to treat a deadly disease.

Pretty sure this is how The Walking Dead starts.

Just read that there have been 1300-ish reported cases and 700-ish deaths. That's a far cry from the 90% death rate I had been reading about. Plus, you have to take into account that those cases all originated in Africa with no where near our level of awareness about the disease or medical technology.

I may be off base here, but it doesn't sound like this will wipe out any large percentage of the population.

fyp

I'm far from an expert but from what I was reading about it apparently there are apparently several different strains. The way I understood it was this one had a little lower mortality rate but made up for it in its ability to infect. It traded strength for spreadability.

Who ok-ed this? Thats what I want to know

1300 cases doesn't seem like a lot. Ebola is done for.

I can't wait.

They're easier to deal with than politicians...

You're right. They said there was at least one strain that humans can catch but don't seem to be harmed by. I think they said some researchers contracted that strain from some rhesus monkeys or something.

Maybe the report I read included all cases of Ebola, not just the one that is most fatal.

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I've seen this movie before

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If I recall right, depending on the strain it's any where from a 25% to 90% mortality rate. Which is scary considering the Spanish influenza in the teens had a 2% mortality rate.

I'm not scared by ebola as much as how people in the midwest are so ****ing stupid and ignorant to modern medicine. The sheer breadth of paranoia and ignorance that exists in the US in redneck infested areas is ****ing astounding. A third world developing monkey virus that spreads when people wipe their ass with their hand isn't going to infect your grandmother, genius.

I hit a nerve, must be from pakistan


Oh and GFY