jazzyjembreaze

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Thoughts on this
Blood born pathogen, 1 infected person carries enough particles to infect the world ,virus can stay alive on a surface for a long time .incubation can take 3 weeks , quarantine will soon be controlled by military if the Spanish outbreak spreads , airports shut down ? Defcon 4

Tidgy

Ebola isn't 100% lethal, a person in good health should recover from it. roughly just below 50% survival rate supposedly, but it tends to pop up in poorer areas where health levels are lower.

CrisPDuk

That 50% will have massive scarring, permanently damaged internal organs and be a constant drain on health resources until they finally die though tidgy.

Surely it would be far better to treat all infected people, regardless of origin, in situ

Tidgy

from what I understand that only tends to happen if they don't get prompt treatment, which is typical for 3rd world country's where the outbreaks have been happening.

David Lock

Cheerful soul

I think Sierra Leone and Liberia could be in real trouble if they can't get a handle on it very, very soon. There simply won't be enough trained folk left to control it.

Europe should be OK with stringent checks but there is always a backdoor entry into Europe without controls?

dl

PS. What is Defcon 4??

PaulC72

The sh*t hitting the fan.

zip106

That's Mansfield fcuked then.

zip106

My mrs is currently in Romania working - all she can get on tv (in English) is the BBC Worldservice.
They've just announced on there that Ebola could very well be in Britain by 20th November.

Tidgy

dpb

We've been waiting a long time for something to pick off the Jeremy kyle generation

zip106

Perhaps we should parachute some infected people into the middle of the IS.

Martin2005

'We've'?

Not sure it's that selective

RA Dunk

lol.

banny sti

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Had to be the muslamics again

dpb

I'd be very surprised if the yanks haven't considered this option all ready!

kingofturds

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Nothing like a good pandemic to clear out the dead wood!

Seriously though it seems to be running out of control in Liberia.

legb4rsk

It sure is spreading like wildfire.
There's 3 bloody threads on here for a start.

Shaid

Lol

warrenm2

I'm OUTRAGED!

jazzyjembreaze

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A dirty Bomb laced with particles dropped on jihadi johns head would do it for me

urban

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Its speading at an alarming rate.
Now we have cases in the USA, Europe, and Australia now mentioned also.

BrownPantsRacing

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God help us!

jonc

An0n0m0us

what a bunch of

As far as ebola spreading I think the response has been far too lax and it's going to come and bite the authorities on the ar$e big time, not just here but globally.

neil-h

Agreed, the fact the Americans shipped someone who was infected back to the states strikes me as complete madness. If they wanted to test some new medication then you'd have thought the doctors would have gone to him. Given how infectious ebola is, giving it a plane ticket across the atlantic is just daft.

David Lock

Well I am pleased that UK is doing a decent job by helping with 750 army guys to construct some facilities. Won't be anything like enough but might spur some other countries into action. And Obama may act big time as well.

Bet there is going to be tight discipline for our guys with no sneaking out to Freetown to buy a girl a drink

Seems a much better use of resources to me helping this way rather than sending a couple of Tornados into Iraq and using expensive ordnance to destroy an ISIS truck and a few innocent civilians.

dl

jonc

The "checks" are carried out at the country of departure, not at destination. The guy was a regular passenger on a flight to the US. Clearly containment of the virus within the host countries is beginning to be stretched, though hopefully not at breaking point. I can't imagine the panic that could ensue on board a long haul flight with someone found to be displaying symptoms....

hodgy0_2

I think what is puzzling some health professionals, is that in previous outbreaks the spread of the virus has been contained by the success of the disease - in that the fatality rates are so high (in poorly resourced African countries)

the virus becomes a victim of its own success in killing its host relatively quickly

jazzyjembreaze

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That's not entirely accurate , say a host coughs up mucus or spits on a surface . The Ebola particles can stay alive for weeks .

dpb

Days, .as far as i can tell, and only on non porous surfaces away from heat and light