EIRE1922 wrote: » Ivy being ignorant aren't you!
Ficheall wrote: » Ugh. I've not been back up home since Christmas and now I finally book flights for the weekend and this happens...
IvyTheTerrible wrote: » You never heard the song, so?
mockingjay wrote: » Flying to Donegal, the recession must be over!
dan1895 wrote: » Such as death. More than likely gutter journalism hyperbole, hopefully.
smash wrote: » Clearly the best thing to do is drop a bomb on letterkenny... Just to be safe.
EIRE1922 wrote: » Measures have been put in place in Letterkenny Hospital and the Mortuary and also in the local community where the man was found dead. For now it is a suspected case of Ebola and they are just taking precautions. It seems though however it may be more than a suspected case of Ebola as he worked in the same area where several people have already died from Ebola. Hopefully it is not positive! If this is a positive Ebola case it will be the first in Europe! It could spread like wildfire in Ireland and throughout Europe! He should never have come back to Ireland knowing he was ill and may have possibly picked up a virus, be it potentially or not Ebola while in Sierra Leone. He should never have put the country at such risk! It just proves there is no control at our borders or airports. Anybody for anywhere in the world can come into Ireland with any disease. A Brazilian man tested positive in Ireland for Leprosy in January 2013. The first case of Leprosy in Ireland since 1981. TB and HIV cases are on the increase in Ireland from Eastern Europeans and Africans who have brought them into Ireland. Multi drug resistant TB is coming in from the Blatic states.
donegal__road wrote: » Letterkenny hospital is now well and truly on the map.
RobertKK wrote: » We just need RTE to do a sensationalist news piece tonight and follow it with the film Outbreak.
SafeSurfer wrote: » It's hardly the first case in Europe. Did a Spanish missionary not die on his return from Africa of Ebola some weeks ago?
HeidiHeidi wrote: » No chance. It's Albert all the way today on all media.
_Whimsical_ wrote: » I don't think the idea of a 21 day quarantine is unreasonable,in fact it seems the only sensible approach. Certainly anyone showing signs of illness during that period should get the very best of treatment and care,as already pointed out aid workers are risking their lives for others and in essence they're protecting the world from Ebola by being responsible for control of the illness in affected areas. However we are doing no one any favours by letting the illness spread throughout the world. Small measures like a quarantine would make a huge difference.
super_furry wrote: » Irish Times are saying he was working in Sierra Leone and that several of his colleagues had contracted ebola. Still the thing to remember is that it's not airborne.
The Backwards Man wrote: » I'll be grand, sheds are full of turf, garden is full of spuds. Don't start panicking until I change my username to The Omega Man.
omega man wrote: » Still an awful nasty virus. To put it in perspective it has a biosafety level 4 status. HIV is level 2 whilst anthrax is level 3. You're right though, not being airborne is important to be aware of with regard to hysteria.
bohsboy wrote: » no volunteer, just a guy out earning a few quid in Africa.
WakeUp wrote: » yeah I agree with you. Im all for not panicking and such but Im also all for being sensible and not letting our guard down. these people that are going over to infected areas to help, missionaries and aid agency people they are heroes no two ways about that. but they arent trained or qualified to be dealing with a bio-level four agent they just arent. like you say letting the virus spread isnt helping anyone and the only way to fight this is to contain it. there is no other way. we dont have a problem with it until we do have a problem with it. I dont know how many Irish people are over there from these various agencies or intend to go over but it cant be that many. I have nothing but respect and admiration for what they have volunteered to do in helping another countries people with something as serious as ebola. but we need to think about ourselves and our population and take the required steps to keep our people safe. I think the authorities should keep track of every single volunteer heading out there and on there return regardless of whether they are showing any symptoms or not, they should be placed in quarantine for the 21 day incubation period of the virus. just to be sure.
