The ebola outbreak!

[Naaruto]

idc im canadian and my free healthcare has me sleeping soundly at night

 

[SusanooKyuubi]

Ebola can travel through air they just said it,they did the test with the monkey and pig they were no way near in contact so it means they found out it travels through the air

The strand of Ebola currently in Africa doesn't spread by traveling through the air, it travels through physical contact as mentioned before, plus journalists, medical officials, and volunteer workers have been going back and forth without signs of contamination, like I said before, you're overreacting.

 

[Anorien16]

Meh ... People actually die from Malaria and Tuberculosis per month than Ebola per decade and they ARE actually highly communicable diseases.

 

[Aim64C]

How many of you guys are ready to face this kind of sudden outbreak?

(Prepare for tubes and lots of pills)

And if the ebola virus is near your area where do you plan on moving to or do you plan on stay and dying?

Ebola is relatively easy to avoid catching.

It spreads via body fluids (all are considered infectious) and the body remains a possible vector. It doesn't survive well outside the body, and there only exist a few examples of it communicating via mucous droplets in the air (meaning being in enclosed, poorly ventilated areas with someone who is infected and actively coughing/sneezing is a potential for exposure).

While it is a 'nightmare' virus - it also hasn't bee put to the test against well nourished societies with better healthcare standards. So I'm not too worried about it. I believe the outbreak will go global and that we'll be dealing with it far more than we want to - but I don't think it will be nearly the doom-cooties that people are worried about.

For the most part, I will stay where I am and just use common sense when dealing with people. I have some stores of water and freeze dried food - so I can isolate for long enough to let something as insanely hot as Ebola Zaire was blow right over.

 

[Aim64C]

Meh ... People actually die from Malaria and Tuberculosis per month than Ebola per decade and they ARE actually highly communicable diseases.

This is very true.

In other news, the illegal immigrants (or "unaccompanied minors" - control the language, control the discussion) are being sent to schools to receive federal aid money for receiving them. Many of the illegal immigrants have been testing positive for TB - notably the drug resistant varieties. These 'children' are also being bussed around the nation to various sponsors to receive, again, federal money for 'sponsoring' these children.

It's all fun and games until you have 239 TB outbreaks across the continent.

Mark my words - by April, the U.S. will be a burning heap of a mess - if there's a U.S. left to talk about.