Casper Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Just watched part of the live CDC press conference from the White House. When was the last time you saw the CDC doing a press conference, on live tv, from the White House? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Just watched part of the live CDC press conference from the White House. When was the last time you saw the CDC doing a press conference, on live tv, from the White House?When was the last time a terrifying sounding disease has become a political lightning rod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 When was the last time a terrifying sounding disease has become a political lightning rod? Bird flu, swine flu, flu flu, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Bird flu, swine flu, flu flu, etc...Those weren't politicized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-bus Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Is the ebola a conservative or a liberal?Well it's roots are in Africa and it's bad for America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) soooo.... news is saying there might be a case in Washington DC... panic? edit: oops, two people under observation in DC...edit: one of the two in DC doesn't have ebola Edited October 4, 2014 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strictly Street Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 soooo.... news is saying there might be a case in Washington DC... panic? edit: oops, two people under observation in DC... Two more in Kentucky and one in Idaho. Not verified yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsuMj Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Science stuff, discusses indirect transfer of ebola from pigs to a primate: http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/121115/srep00811/full/srep00811.htmlKinda interesting. I get that the CDC is trying to make sure that the public doesn't panic, but I hope they also don't downplay the risk too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) Today's news says more or less 100 patients under observation across the country.I think this is mostly the CDC's reaction to the Dallas screw-up.Not really going to take any chances this week. And government orders 160,000 hazmat suits... edit: Dallas alone has 100 people under observationmaybe another 100 across the country 77 people have been denied boarding on aircraft in the recent days, for obvious symptoms of fever etc quoting an infection control expert: "soap and water will wash it safely away, and bleach definitely kills it" Edited October 4, 2014 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Those weren't politicized.sure they were Google says 3,590,000 websites discuss bird flu and politicizing/politicized518,000 for swine flu226,000 for ebolamumps and measles aren't exempt either... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) Preppers to the rescue! Here's what the survivalists are buying up currently:http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/how-preppers-are-stocking-up-for-ebola-outbreak.html I already have a gas mask and a 3M respirator, they can be handy. And two boxes of cheap general purpose flu masks... Why? mostly because if you needed one, you'd never find one in time... all sold out... edit: should get a box of nitrile gloves and some more Clorox... "as of Wednesday sales of a type of full-body protective suits were up 131,000 percent and sales for one type of mask had risen 18,000 percent in 24 hours," CNBC reports. Edited October 4, 2014 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Well it's roots are in Africa and it's bad for America.Zing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Preppers to the rescue! Here's what the survivalists are buying up currently:http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/how-preppers-are-stocking-up-for-ebola-outbreak.htmlI already have a gas mask and a 3M respirator, they can be handy. And two boxes of cheap general purpose flu masks... Why? mostly because if you needed one, you'd never find one in time... all sold out...edit: should get a box of nitrile gloves and some more Clorox...Looks like I'm stopping by the paint shop at work Monday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiomike Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Yes. That is physical contact with substance. Thats not an airborn transfer.Sneeze spittle can be transferred via the air when you sneeze. To me that's airborn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Sneeze spittle can be transferred via the air when you sneeze. To me that's airborn.No. Airborn transfer is molecules in the air you breathe in and gets in your body from you lungs. Actual substance like spit from the sneeze that is absorbed thru you eyes, mouth, nose. "Mucus Membrane" is not airborn transfer. To contract this you have to physically have contact with infected substance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strictly Street Posted October 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) CDC director: Travel ban could make Ebola outbreak worsehttp://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/219786-cdc-director-travel-ban-could-make-ebola-outbreak-worse A travel ban to the countries facing an Ebola outbreak could paradoxically make the problem worse, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden said during a Saturday press conference. Frieden said the CDC would consider any and all precautions, but warned that a travel ban could make it harder to get medical care and aid workers to regions dealing with the outbreak. He cited the recent delay African Union aid workers experienced trying to get to Liberia. "Their ability to get there was delayed by about a week because their flight was canceled and they were stuck in a neighboring country," he said. **** Sure sounds funny to me. Isolate the patients but have free travel to and from the country?Here is one answer to that. Problem solved. Edit: Added link. Edited October 5, 2014 by Strictly Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiomike Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 No. Airborn transfer is molecules in the air you breathe in and gets in your body from you lungs.Actual substance like spit from the sneeze that is absorbed thru you eyes, mouth, nose. "Mucus Membrane" is not airborn transfer. To contract this you have to physically have contact with infected substance.Semantics....lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Sneeze spittle can be transferred via the air when you sneeze. To me that's airborn.That's because you don't understand what airborne means. An airborne virus can live on its own without bodily fluids, suspended in the air for an extended amount of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Semantics....lol.No, truth. Learn it before inducing a panic upon simple people that can't think on their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 That's because you don't understand what airborne means. An airborne virus can live on its own without bodily fluids, suspended in the air for an extended amount of time.Pretty much the dead on cliffs notes version. Someone gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-bus Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 So my initial reaction to people like MT is "so they're walking around eating other people's shit?". But then I remember that we're talking about a third world country. Note the middle picture. These aren't toilets with sanitizer, soap, and water..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 The diagram for fever looks like Tyrone biggums, the crackhead from 'Chapelle ' s show' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Pretty much the dead on cliffs notes version. Someone gets it.High praise from someone who thinks I'm a paranoid asshat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Yes, sanitation doesn't exist over there like we are accustom to. Simple common sense and reasonable hygiene can prevent you from getting it. Simple minds are creating a panic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 High praise from someone who thinks I'm a paranoid asshat. Never said paranoid, and only an occasional asshat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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