How Come Ebola Hasn't Killed Us All?

ClovenHoof

Only seems like the other day the media was in convulsions of hysterics at our imminent mass demise.

Now it is like they never were going on about it as psychotically as they were.

Which they were. All of them.

Did Live Aid 30 cure it?

Nodin

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Only seems like the other day the media was in convulsions of hysterics at our imminent mass demise.

Now it is like they never were going on about it as psychotically as they were.

How do ye know ye aren't dead?

ClovenHoof

Nodin wrote: »

How do ye know ye aren't dead?

Because I am still living in terror of the Late Late Toy Show.

Summer wind

Don't talk too soon.

SEPT 23 1989

the sheep need a good worrying every now and again

super_furry

The bird-flu made us all immune.

MRnotlob606

Shock Therapy, probably distracting us from something else.

DoomZ

It kills its host so fast, eventually it peaks and falls off....but it will be back. :-/

LowOdour

The media realised that the water charges and/or xmas will kill us first.

Cookie_Monster

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Only seems like the other day the media was in convulsions of hysterics at our imminent mass demise.

because that's all it was, the next 2 day story on nothing.
It's still killing people in Africa and still will be for the next 20 years but its had its moment in the sun in front of the world and been consigned to the reporting dustbin once again.

hfallada

Because its actually not the contagious. Its only an issue in Africa because they actually dont have a pot to piss in. Ebola is spread by bodily fluids, which in the 1st world are treated but in most parts of Africa are allowed to flow through the streets.

If Ebola was in Manhattan, it through proper management would cause minimum loss of life.Where was it would probably kill most of slum in Africa

Delirium

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Only seems like the other day the media was in convulsions of hysterics at our imminent mass demise.

Now it is like they never were going on about it as psychotically as they were.

Which they were. All of them.

Did Live Aid 30 cure it?

The media said we'd all be eaten by roving ATMs and PCs when the Y2K bug hit. You'll pardon if I don't flee to the bunker for this latest panic :P

kneemos

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

because that's all it was, the next 2 day story on nothing.
It's still killing people in Africa and still will be for the next 20 years but its had its moment in the sun in front of the world and been consigned to the reporting dustbin once again.

They only report what people want to hear.

Karl Stein

Lemsip.

Be grand.

TheBeardedLady

I feel ridiculous now but last month, I was convinced I was going to die (I live in Madrid). Genuinely. I had a moment on my couch when I had a small melt down and cried genuine human tears. It passed and now I'm stuck with 8 bottles of hand sanitiser I bought in a panic that I'd planned on slathering myself in. Turns out it makes excellent laptop cleaner!

super_furry

Karl Stein wrote: »

Lemsip.

Be grand.

Well aren't you Mister La-de-dah! Warm, flat 7-up is all you need.

Piliger

I ignored the nonsense when it happened and it has all died down now. The media makes it's millions this way. We really should be teaching children in school how to ignore 90% of the nonsense they print.

Earl Turner

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

I feel ridiculous now but last month, I was convinced I was going to die (I live in Madrid). Genuinely. I had a moment on my couch when I had a small melt down and cried genuine human tears. It passed and now I'm stuck with 8 bottles of hand sanitiser I bought in a panic that I'd planned on slathering myself in. Turns out it makes excellent laptop cleaner!

Did you miss the part about it not being airborne?

ClovenHoof

kneemos wrote: »

They only report what people want to hear.

I disagree completely, the media invents 'news' they do not report it. That old bull**** excuse of 'we give the people what they want in news' was the media's biggest lie of all.

TheBeardedLady

Earl Turner wrote: »

Did you miss the part about it not being airborne?

Nope.

Earl Turner

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

Nope.

So why the breakdown?

The One Doctor

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

I feel ridiculous now but last month, I was convinced I was going to die (I live in Madrid). Genuinely. I had a moment on my couch when I had a small melt down and cried genuine human tears. It passed and now I'm stuck with 8 bottles of hand sanitiser I bought in a panic that I'd planned on slathering myself in. Turns out it makes excellent laptop cleaner!

I hope it has taught you to stop reading/listening/watching the media.

TheBeardedLady

Earl Turner wrote: »

So why the breakdown?

Irrationality.



(A "Mini Meltdown" would be more accurate)

TheBeardedLady

The One Doctor wrote: »

I hope it has taught you to stop reading/listening/watching the media.

Completely, like?

Earl Turner

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

Irrationality.



(A "Mini Meltdown" would be more accurate)

Fair enough. I would be scared of ebola if it were airborne or I lived in Africa.

Venus In Furs

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

It passed and now I'm stuck with 8 bottles of hand sanitiser I bought in a panic that I'd planned on slathering myself in. Turns out it makes excellent laptop cleaner!

And if you fancy an auld tipple, just lob some orange juice over it.

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I disagree completely, the media invents 'news' they do not report it. That old bull**** excuse of 'we give the people what they want in news' was the media's biggest lie of all.

From my years of dossing around doing media studies, it's both from column A and column B.

TheBeardedLady

Earl Turner wrote: »

Fair enough. I would be scared of ebola if it were airborne or I lived in Africa.

I'm normally a fairly level-headed person (outside Boards) and scoff a bit at people who lose the plot over this kind of stuff but the Spanish aren't known for their cool, calm and collected ways. When everyone is losing the plot a bit around you, it's hard to stay completely calm. I didn't go around panicking 24/7 but I was quite scared as I'm out and about a lot. Everyone seemed to have conflicting information on it and the Spanish government weren't telling us anything and there seemed to be one fcuk up after another. People I know here who would generally be level-headed, reasonable types were ****ting themselves. It was a funny atmosphere for those few weeks.

wuzziwig

I'd say it was Bob Geldof who put a stop to the Ebola epidemic. Great lad altogether.