Ebola Virus Outbreak! EPIDEMIC
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first blood
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Where is it right now?? Im sure it will make it state side.
A leading doctor who risked his own life to treat dozens of Ebola patients died Tuesday from the disease, officials said, as a major regional airline announced it was suspending flights to the cities hardest hit by an outbreak that has killed more than 670 people.Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, who was praised as a national hero for treating the disease in Sierra Leone, was confirmed dead by health ministry officials there. He had been hospitalized in quarantine.Health workers have been especially vulnerable to contracting Ebola, which is spread through bodily fluids such as saliva, sweat, blood and urine.
Two American health workers are currently hospitalized with Ebola in neighboring Liberia.The Ebola outbreak is the largest in history with deaths blamed on the disease not only in Sierra Leone and Liberia, but also Guinea and Nigeria. The disease has no vaccine and no specific treatment, with a fatality rate of at least 60 percent.Binyah Kesselly, chairman of the Liberia Airport Authority board, said police are now present at the airport in Monrovia to enforce screening of passengers."So if you have a flight and you are not complying with the rules, we will not allow you to board," he said.In a statement released Tuesday, airline ASKY said it was temporarily halting flights not only to Monrovia but also to Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Flights will continue to the capital of the third major country where people have died — Guinea — though passengers departing from there will be "screened for signs of the virus."Passengers at the airline's hub in Lome, Togo also will be screened by medical teams, it said."ASKY is determined to keep its passengers and staff safe during this unsettling time," the statement said.The measures follow the death Friday of a 40-year-old American man of Liberian descent, who had taken several flights on ASKY, causing widespread fear at a time when the outbreak shows no signs of slowing in West Africa.Patrick Sawyer, who worked for the West African nation's Finance Ministry, took an ASKY Airlines flight from Liberia to Ghana, then on to Togo and eventually to Nigeria where he was immediately taken into quarantine until his death.His sister had died of Ebola though he maintained he had not had close physical contact with her when she was sick. At the time, Liberian authorities said they had not been requiring health checks of departing passengers in Monrovia.
The World Health Organization says the risk of travelers contracting Ebola is considered low because it requires direct contact with bodily fluids or secretions such as urine, blood, sweat or saliva, experts say. Ebola can't be spread like flu through casual contact or breathing in the same air.Patients are contagious only once the disease has progressed to the point they show symptoms, according to the WHO. And the most vulnerable are health care workers and relatives who come in much closer contact with the sick.Still, the early symptoms of Ebola — fever, aches and sore throat — mirror many other diseases including malaria and typhoid, experts say. Only in later stages of Ebola do patients sometimes experience severe internal bleeding and blood coming out of their mouth, eyes or ears.At the Finance Ministry where Sawyer worked, officials announced they were temporarily shutting down operations. All employees who came into contact with Sawyer before he left for Nigeria were being placed under surveillance, it said.
Two American health workers are currently hospitalized with Ebola in neighboring Liberia.The Ebola outbreak is the largest in history with deaths blamed on the disease not only in Sierra Leone and Liberia, but also Guinea and Nigeria. The disease has no vaccine and no specific treatment, with a fatality rate of at least 60 percent.Binyah Kesselly, chairman of the Liberia Airport Authority board, said police are now present at the airport in Monrovia to enforce screening of passengers."So if you have a flight and you are not complying with the rules, we will not allow you to board," he said.In a statement released Tuesday, airline ASKY said it was temporarily halting flights not only to Monrovia but also to Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Flights will continue to the capital of the third major country where people have died — Guinea — though passengers departing from there will be "screened for signs of the virus."Passengers at the airline's hub in Lome, Togo also will be screened by medical teams, it said."ASKY is determined to keep its passengers and staff safe during this unsettling time," the statement said.The measures follow the death Friday of a 40-year-old American man of Liberian descent, who had taken several flights on ASKY, causing widespread fear at a time when the outbreak shows no signs of slowing in West Africa.Patrick Sawyer, who worked for the West African nation's Finance Ministry, took an ASKY Airlines flight from Liberia to Ghana, then on to Togo and eventually to Nigeria where he was immediately taken into quarantine until his death.His sister had died of Ebola though he maintained he had not had close physical contact with her when she was sick. At the time, Liberian authorities said they had not been requiring health checks of departing passengers in Monrovia.
The World Health Organization says the risk of travelers contracting Ebola is considered low because it requires direct contact with bodily fluids or secretions such as urine, blood, sweat or saliva, experts say. Ebola can't be spread like flu through casual contact or breathing in the same air.Patients are contagious only once the disease has progressed to the point they show symptoms, according to the WHO. And the most vulnerable are health care workers and relatives who come in much closer contact with the sick.Still, the early symptoms of Ebola — fever, aches and sore throat — mirror many other diseases including malaria and typhoid, experts say. Only in later stages of Ebola do patients sometimes experience severe internal bleeding and blood coming out of their mouth, eyes or ears.At the Finance Ministry where Sawyer worked, officials announced they were temporarily shutting down operations. All employees who came into contact with Sawyer before he left for Nigeria were being placed under surveillance, it said.
CH3NO2
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Ebola is a very nasty Hemorrhagic Fever. There are various versions of it all around the world Like Korean Hemorrhagic Fever and the Hantavirus. There was a small out break in the South West here in America a few years ago that killed a few people. It was found that crystalized mice urine was the cause. I guess mice pee and it dries in the dirt and dust. The dust its then disturbed and if you inhale the dust you can catch the virus.
thats it!?!?!?!?!!!??? Thats all you need for Ebola , my goodness man, that is scary as fuck all!
CH3NO2
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Yup Presser... I was in the Army in the 90's and spent a year in Korea. Thats what they told us when we were there.
I just read this. Looks like this may not be contained to just Africa.
How deadly Ebola has spread across the globe: Health officials try to trace 30,000 linked to death of US victim - as Nigerian film star sparks outrage by fleeing Africa first-class in an Ebola mask | Mail Online
I just read this. Looks like this may not be contained to just Africa.
How deadly Ebola has spread across the globe: Health officials try to trace 30,000 linked to death of US victim - as Nigerian film star sparks outrage by fleeing Africa first-class in an Ebola mask | Mail Online
CH3NO2
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I should correct my above statements. There are many different types of Hemorrhagic Fevers. Ebola is carried in a Fruit Bat I am now reading. Still a rat, just one that flies...LOL
Yes and ebola is the most efficient killer of all the hemorrhagic fevers. Something in the range of 95-98% mortality. That is the scary part. There are some characteristics of it that prevent it from becoming a large pandemic disease in the sense that AIDs/HIV has become. One it is so efficient a killer and it has a relatively short incubation from time of infection til symptoms develop that its not that easy to spread once the diagnosis has been made. Plus, thank God its not airborne. If it were there would be a complete thinning of the human race. This is truly one of the most dangerous viruses known to man. Throw in the fact the index case and the disease reservoir has never been exactly pinned down and you have the makings of a possible world wide panic attack. It is also worth mentioning that it is mainly only in underdeveloped countries that it spreads with any degree of rapidity due to their lack of training, lower standards of hygienic microbial control of the health care facilities. Even a minor out break here would be tragic but it would be controlled so quickly that it wouldn't pose much at large risk. Lets hope it gets corralled soon in Africa as well.
first blood
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The Dr who died was on his way home after treating patients. If he made it home he could have spread it. Where is CDC protocol????
The CDC has a protocol in place but there is no way to completely protect everyone from every risk. The truth is, fortunately, it isn't that easy to spread this disease. Of the 1000 plus cases confirmed on a 3rd world continent, how many currently uninfected people came in contact with those who were shedding virons and didn't get sick..its dangerous and its frightening but unless a disease like this mutates and gains the ability to be spread through the air, it wont be the one to bring on the Apocalypse. My supposition is if you want to worry about a pandemic that can truly cause havok world wide...a mutated influenza is far more worry some.
what do you mean, like loaded onto a warhead and spread like that? Shit all you need to do is drop a dab or two of the virus into the New York Subway, boom, were all dead
IDK, they said its spread easily through contact alone, and could go airborne, just seen it on news, of course i don't believe everything i read or watch lol, but still, its the fucking EBOLA virus lol, scary none the less
It is not airborne. It can be spread through aerosol whis is droplets that come from speaking, sneezing, coughing etc. If it were airborne you'd see a hell of a lot bigger reaction. And yes the news nowdays has so much time to fill they tend to sensationalize any event to a huge production. And i completely agree if you have or will be in contact with anyone that has or may have ebola then you need to have a biosuit on in my opinion. The truth is again that if it were that easy to spread or symptoms appeared slower after contraction of it then things would be worse. Much worse. Symptoms appear within a week to10 days and if you know that you've been exposed as the doctor and the aide worker here were. ( both were aware of being around ebola victims) then the minute that 1st headache hits quarantine your fucking self. Death usu occurs within a week of symptoms. Its a scary scary disease but it still wont be anythimg most of us have to worry about. As i mentioned earlier, the flu is the shit that will get us. It mutates regularly and if you are into global catastrophes and enjoy scaring your self look into the 1918 spanish flu outbreak. It made the bubonic plague look preferable.
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