Ebola hits Dallas -- it's official

[Peatree]

http://www.drudgereport.com/?COLLCC=1284574938&

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[Ahldagor]

Sweet.

[Zadrian]

I hope you have your bugout bag ready to go! SHTF!

[Zadrian]

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[Peatree]

Originally Posted by Zadrian [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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This gave me quite the chuckle last night. Nice one Z! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Greegon]

ever since that one project i did for microbiology in high school i knew ebola would rock the shit out of this world some day

[lawll]

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ever since that one project i did for microbiology in high school i knew ebola would rock the shit out of this world some day

Rock the world? AIDS spreads quicker then damn ebola. It's not airborne and dies very quickly without a host and is only contagious via body fluids. So you pretty much have the same chance to catch aids from a random stranger as ebola.

[Orruar]

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Rock the world? AIDS spreads quicker then damn ebola. It's not airborne and dies very quickly without a host and is only contagious via body fluids. So you pretty much have the same chance to catch aids from a random stranger as ebola.

So basically don't swap bodily fluids with someone who is so sick they are vomiting up blood? I'm surprised it hasn't decimated the Japanese porn industry yet.

[Byrjun]

Originally Posted by lawll [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

not airborne and dies very quickly without a host and is only contagious via body fluids.

So, there's a very strange amount of "pacifying" misinformation when it comes to Ebola.

This isn't entirely true. Ebola can survive for at least a few hours, sometimes days (depending on environment) without a host. Even on the low end it's more than enough time for you to use some plastic utensils that some other guy just fondled at a fast food restaurant.

It's "unlikely," just like it's unlikely that a nurse taking every precaution in the world against Ebola would contract the virus. But hey, that happened. And due to the long incubation period, we won't really know that there's been a large outbreak until after it's already happened.

There's a low chance that Ebola will affect anyone here. But there is a real threat and people need to be aware of all possibilities.

[lawll]

Compared with most common diseases, Ebola is not very infectious. The primary risk of catching Ebola comes from the bodily fluids of people who are visibly infected primarily their blood, saliva, vomit and (possibly) sweat. These can transmit the disease if they make contact with the mucus membranes (lining of your nose, mouth, and similar areas). Each person in the current Ebola outbreak is infecting on average two healthy people (this figure, known as the R0 value, can be reduced with appropriate precautions). The Sars outbreak of 2002-03 had an R0 of five, mumps 10 and measles a huge 18. People who display no Ebola symptoms are not yet infectious and in any case, casual social contact (being nearby, or even shaking hands) generally doesn’t spread the virus. So pretty much don't touch someones blood, saliva and vomit if they look sick (like you shouldn't do already).