Ship from Sierra Leone docked in Dublin last week, 26 crew cleared.

youtube! wrote: »

What are we to make of this? I am aware that our leaders remind us that there are no direct flights from the west african nations involved and Ireland but what about sea transport? Apparently these sailors were tested and cleared but as it takes up to 3 weeks for symtoms to manifest was it not a really careless act to let them off their ship and into Dublin?

I assume it takes a few weeks to sail from Africa.

WakeUp wrote: »

I dont think the people on that ship were examined/tested and really they should have been. all it takes is for us to let our guard down once. so lets not do that. proactive over reactive. every single time.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/ourview/pebola-epidemic--a-global-crisisp-291045.html

There is an onus on the Irish authorities to do everything in their power to prevent what is rapidly becominga global crisis coming here. Yet the crew members of a ship which left Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, a week ago, disembarked and mingled freely with the public, and God knows what else, when they arrived in Dublin without being tested medically. That’s alarming.

Are they suggesting sheep bothering or something?

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

it's killed only 4000 people, mostly from countries that barely function. How much has the flu killed this year alone?

It's blown out of all proportion IMO

Ebola was only recognised as a epidemic in March of this year. There are another 3 months to go before the end of the year.

The disease has spread much faster than any other prior Ebola outbreak.

The fact that the disease is affecting record numbers of people in countries with poor infrastructure is even more worrying than if the epidemic had started say for example somewhere in the developed world as effectively the outbreaks have allowed a critical mass of infection to spread to other areas outside that region.

The point made about 'the flu' killing people is absolutely moot. Ebola does not negate the flu or any other disease. The flu is not going to disappear just because of the Ebola epidemic.

The exponential rise of the infection rate over previous Ebola epidemics does give significant cause for concern.

The high rate of apparent infection of medical staff also gives cause for concern.

As a starting point I would recommend an account of another plague that had devastating consequences and like Ebola started with a small number of cases and went on to kill an estimated 30–60% of Europe's total population. That epidemic was called the Black Death and it too arrived via ship.

Not saying that Ebola is the same just that there needs to be some appreciation of the significant potential of such a deadly pathogen and how it can spread

Esel wrote: »

Did someone say 'tactical nuke' yet?

It would be much cheaper and more effective to send medical staff.

Would you say it's time to crack each others heads open and feast on the goo inside?

stimpson wrote: »

I assume it takes a few weeks to sail from Africa.

The amount of people that thanked this is worrying. :pac: