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Ebola virus outbreak

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  • #1262
    FullblownRose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭FullblownRose


    Have the people in Spain been cleared yet?
    The ones who were brought in for monitoring after being in contact with the infected nurse..I'd say it's been 48 hours since..?


  • #1263
    PucaMama
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭PucaMama


    FullblownRose wrote: »
    Have the people in Spain been cleared yet?
    The ones who were brought in for monitoring after being in contact with the infected nurse..I'd say it's been 48 hours since..?

    They shouldn't be cleared until way after that Ebola can take up to 21 days to show symptoms


  • #1264
    FullblownRose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭FullblownRose


    PucaMama wrote: »
    They shouldn't be cleared until way after that Ebola can take up to 21 days to show symptoms

    I thought they'd test them and know sooner, though...


  • #1265
    fedor.2.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,944 ✭✭✭fedor.2.


    Look, should I be freaking out or what, just give it to me straight


  • #1266
    PucaMama
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭PucaMama


    FullblownRose wrote: »
    I thought they'd test them and know sooner, though...

    Would be a lot safer to quarantine


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  • #1267
    FullblownRose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭FullblownRose


    fedor.2. wrote: »
    Look, should I be freaking out or what, just give it to me straight

    No


  • #1268
    FullblownRose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭FullblownRose


    PucaMama wrote: »
    Would be a lot safer to quarantine

    First and foremost id hope but is there any reason they cant test once the persons quarantined? I'd be going gaga if it was purely a matter of waiting and seeing, with no test..


  • #1269
    royalflush2003
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭royalflush2003


    the_monkey wrote: »
    Yeah , cos most of those people living in West Africa can afford to just hop on a plane and leave the continent...

    Well in that case planes must be empty flying in and out - someone seriously has a problem managing airlines so -
    Absolutely a main stream person you are ! Or as some people call one of the sheep ! :) baa byewwe


  • #1270
    PucaMama
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭PucaMama


    FullblownRose wrote: »
    First and foremost id hope but is there any reason they cant test once the persons quarantined? I'd be going gaga if it was purely a matter of waiting and seeing, with no test..

    Yes they can test but will it be 100 percent accurate is there any chance it might not show up is what I worry about


  • #1271
    FullblownRose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭FullblownRose


    Michael Monnig in Dallas, has tested negative and been released from hospital



    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hospital-no-signs-ebola-dallas-area-officer-174346701.html#WZEZ8iI


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  • #1272
    littlemac1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭littlemac1980


    FullblownRose wrote: »
    Michael Monnig in Dallas, has tested negative and been released from hospital



    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hospital-no-signs-ebola-dallas-area-officer-174346701.html#WZEZ8iI

    How can they be so sure? I hope they used a proper test.

    There's really only one way to test for Ebola, you need a flame-thrower and a piece of single-core eletrical cable:

    WARNING - LOUD!!!



  • #1273
    Spring Onion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭Spring Onion


    littlemac1980 wrote: »
    How can they be so sure? I hope they used a proper test.

    How do you mean? Do you mean you hope they gave him a blood test as opposed to say a spelling test?


  • #1274
    FlashR2D2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭FlashR2D2


    fedor.2. wrote: »
    Look, should I be freaking out or what, just give it to me straight

    Absolutely not, some people love drama and ramping it up to the max.


  • #1275
    littlemac1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭littlemac1980


    Spring Onion wrote: »
    How do you mean? Do you mean you hope they gave him a blood test as opposed to say a spelling test?

    No of course they used a blood test - but for all our sakes I hope they didn't just use a bunch of the most sophisticated of laboratory equipment and techniques, but rather had Kurt Russell tie him to a seat, roughly cut him with a hunting knife across his hand to extract blood onto a petri-dish, and then using a flame-thrower heated piece of stripped electrical wire, test to see if the blood would leap from the dish when the wire was thrust into the it, which would indicate that the blood was in fact contaminated with Ebola. That's spelling it out :D


  • #1276
    realweirdo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 974 ✭✭✭realweirdo


    FlashR2D2 wrote: »
    Absolutely not, some people love drama and ramping it up to the max.

    You can be sure that the same people who are saying "let's not panic" now will be screaming from the rooftops "why didn't someone do something?" if it does make it to Ireland. Only it will be too late.

    Some people are confusing panic with legitimate concern and this particular outbreak of ebola for those familiar with it, is one to be legitimately concerned about. Anyone who wouldn't be clearly doesn't understand it.

    If left unchecked it will lead to over 100,000 infections in Africa. Which increases exponentially the threat of a worldwide infection. This battle will be won or lost in Africa.


  • #1277
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste




  • #1278
    Spring Onion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭Spring Onion


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    That's a great song for a friday morning.

    Doc, there is only 1 doctor for every 100,000 people in Liberia.
    Shouldn't you be volunteering?


  • #1279
    Putinovsky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 368 ✭✭Putinovsky


    Spring Onion wrote: »
    Doc, there is only 1 doctor for every 100,000 people in Liberia.
    Shouldn't you be volunteering?


    Wouldn't want to be accused of being a 'bleeding heart liberal' by doing something as 'soft' as volunteering to help people desperately in need


  • #1280
    littlemac1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭littlemac1980


    Here's a pretty good article which claims that the implementation of travel bans would only delay the international spread of the disease by only a few weeks:

    http://theweek.com/article/index/269589/a-travel-ban-wont-save-you-from-ebola

    "For starters, the most reliable study modeling the effect of the ban concluded that even if the world managed to scale back air traffic flows by 80 percent, it would delay the international spread of the disease by only a few week"

    The study referred to is available here, and (I have only scanned it so far) appears quite comprehensive and informative. I'm looking forward to reading it thoroughly - and I'm sure there are plenty of the serious posters here who will find it interesting, useful and informative. I look forward to reading your comments:

    http://currents.plos.org/outbreaks/article/assessing-the-international-spreading-risk-associated-with-the-2014-west-african-ebola-outbreak/


  • #1281
    FlashR2D2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭FlashR2D2


    realweirdo wrote: »
    You can be sure that the same people who are saying "let's not panic" now will be screaming from the rooftops "why didn't someone do something?" if it does make it to Ireland. Only it will be too late.

    Some people are confusing panic with legitimate concern and this particular outbreak of ebola for those familiar with it, is one to be legitimately concerned about. Anyone who wouldn't be clearly doesn't understand it.

    If left unchecked it will lead to over 100,000 infections in Africa. Which increases exponentially the threat of a worldwide infection. This battle will be won or lost in Africa.

    I just realised, you are right, I am putting on my chem suit now as a matter of urgency and am heading out to the woods for the next year. You all listen up now, we are all doomed I tells ya.


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  • #1282
    Spring Onion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭Spring Onion


    http://www.unicef.org.uk/landing-pages/ebola-crisis-donate/?gclid={SI:gclid}&gclid=CKPPn56AosECFfMZtAodJx0ARA


  • #1283
    Spring Onion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭Spring Onion


    http://www.redcross.org.uk/ebolavirus?gclid=CM_yrr6AosECFSuWtAodGCQAWA


  • #1284
    Spring Onion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭Spring Onion


    http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/454


  • #1285
    littlemac1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭littlemac1980


    This appears to be a very good link with details of the exponential growth pattern of the Virus outbreak.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-ominous-math-of-the-ebola-epidemic/2014/10/09/3cad9e76-4fb2-11e4-8c24-487e92bc997b_story.html?

    There are also graphics and videos including one which statistically compares this Virus to other common well-known and deadly viruses. Link here : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/health/how-ebola-spreads/


  • #1286
    nokia69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,895 ✭✭✭nokia69


    Spring Onion wrote: »
    what are you on about?

    We have been studying viruses for over 100 years, and we've never seen a human virus change the way it is transmitted.

    HIV has infected millions of humans since the early 1990s. It is still transmitted among humans by introduction of the virus into the body by sex, contaminated needles, or during childbirth.

    Hepatitis C virus has infected millions of humans since its discovery in the 1980s. It is still transmitted among humans by introduction of the virus into the body by contaminated needles, blood, and during birth.

    Why would ebola be special??? Because there is a thread in AH?

    and I never said it could change the way its transmitted

    I said it could change the rate at which it kill people which could be even worse

    go back and read my post again, you tard


  • #1287
    Spring Onion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭Spring Onion


    nokia69 wrote: »
    and I never said it could change the way its transmitted

    I said it could change the rate at which it kill people which could be even worse

    go back and read my post again, you tard

    I did.

    The question put to you was: "What are the chances of it mutating and becoming airborne?"

    You replied "very little but the the virus is now changing/evolving faster than ever, so who knows what could happen"

    Care to retract?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92551352&postcount=1253


  • #1288
    nokia69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,895 ✭✭✭nokia69


    Spring Onion wrote: »
    I did.

    The question put to you was: "What are the chances of it mutating and becoming airborne?"

    You replied "very little but the the virus is now changing/evolving faster than ever, so who knows what could happen"

    Care to retract?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92551352&postcount=1253

    retract what

    there is little or no chance of the virus becoming airborne

    and since there are more people than ever with the virus by a very long way, the virus is changing faster than ever


  • #1289
    Spring Onion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭Spring Onion


    nokia69 wrote: »
    retract what

    there is little or no chance of the virus becoming airborne

    and since there are more people than ever with the virus by a very long way, the virus is changing faster than ever

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92552328&postcount=1266

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92552024&postcount=1262

    zero chance.


  • #1290
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,623 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Just read a comment elsewhere

    'Ebola has been in the US for less than 2 weeks and people are wearing masks. HIV has been here for over 30 years and people still don't wear condoms'


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  • #1291
    youtube!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,265 ✭✭✭youtube!


    All I know is I have never seen the word "exponential" used so often, it's a bloody great word though I have to say!:D


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