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Will Ebola become a big problem in the United States?

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  1. 1. Will spreading of Ebola become a big problem in the United States?

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I missed this thread the first time around.  Wish I could have participated in it back when it was a hot topic.  But I guess it's at least refreshing to see that the majority here didn't buy into the FUD circulated by some of our politicians and media outlets and their calls for restricting aid and travel.

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It was the biggest I knew of when I wrote it.  I don't think it's at all trivial either.  Imagine it's your daughter in place of my in-laws. You're right, not the same thing.  Silly me.  On

phan52
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Let me know when somebody other than a healthcare worker, who worked in close proximity with highly contagious patients, comes down with Ebola in this country. But you go ahead and be afraid.

Lihu
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I think you meant the topic of the thread goes nowhere. Hope you're right too.

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.....and the National Institutes of Health in Maryland have tested a ebola vaccine that produced antibodies in 20 volunteers. 20 people who are heroes.


Funny how no ebola outbreaks have occurred since the elections are over...

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I missed this thread the first time around.  Wish I could have participated in it back when it was a hot topic.  But I guess it's at least refreshing to see that the majority here didn't buy into the FUD circulated by some of our politicians and media outlets and their calls for restricting aid and travel.

Yeah, I could've used your help! ;) Don't be a stranger!!!

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What's FUD? ****ed Up Disinformation?

Yours in earnest, Jason.
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trickyputt Great Member

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[QUOTE name="trickyputt" url="/t/77593/will-ebola-become-a-big-problem-in-the-united-states/594#post_1079664"] .....and the National Institutes of Health in Maryland have tested a ebola vaccine that produced antibodies in 20 volunteers. 20 people who are heroes.[/QUOTE] That's good news. But remember, it usually takes years to approve something like this. I assume that they will fast track this, and maybe others, to the populations in West Africa, who will really be the guinea pigs in all of this. Maybe it is worth the risk to them, but I believe that it would never happen that quickly in the US. Mainly because we are way ahead of most in prevention of these diseases anyway.

we are ahead because of heroes, people who forsee. And no, it wasnt years ago that ebola came to our soil and to the attention of facebook, but rather a few months ago. Everything seems faster now, I know.

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Guys I live in South Africa. AFRICA. And it not even a problem here. Not 1 person that I know has ever met anybody with it. Not 1 person in my town has got it. And this is africa.

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This thread is moot because they've found a reasonable vaccine.

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ilikefishes Well Established Member

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This thread is moot because they've found a reasonable vaccine.

Yeah, plus the fact there has been no contamination here. Just a bunch of crap created by media and fed on by a misinformed public.

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I never met a virus that didnt facinate me. I also admit that when I was in college a few even gave me a scare. Anyhoo, there are only 16,000 confirmed cases of ebola and its still growing, but slowing.

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This thread is moot because they've found a reasonable vaccine.

Not necessarily. The best way to test the efficacy of a vaccine is through controlled trials, but who would want to participate in a controlled trial when the half of the recipients get a placebo? It is a tricky dilemma.

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Crossing 17000 cases now.

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Just for some perspective.

From the WHO website.

Malaria

Fact sheet N°94

Updated March 2014

Key facts

Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes.

In 2012, malaria caused an estimated 627 000 deaths (with an uncertainty range of 473 000 to 789 000), mostly among African children.

Malaria is preventable and curable.

Increased malaria prevention and control measures are dramatically reducing the malaria burden in many places.

Non-immune travellers from malaria-free areas are very vulnerable to the disease when they get infected.

According to the latest estimates, released in December 2013, there were about 207 million cases of malaria in 2012 (with an uncertainty range of 135 million to 287 million) and an estimated 627 000 deaths (with an uncertainty range of 473 000 to 789 000). Malaria mortality rates have fallen by 42% globally since 2000, and by 49% in the WHO African Region.

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Ebola got the back page once the Mike Brown, Ferguson story took a foothold.  Spewing race hate trumps deadly viruses in our media priority list I guess.

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Ebola got the back page once the Mike Brown, Ferguson story took a foothold.  Spewing race hate trumps deadly viruses in our media priority list I guess.

Now we just need a natural disaster!  The media loves those!

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Ebola got the back page once the Mike Brown, Ferguson story took a foothold.  Spewing race hate trumps deadly viruses in our media priority list I guess.


Yep and a few mentioned early in this thread that as soon as the next bigger media pony came along they would hop on it. Not sure how long they can drag the Ferguson thing out though seems people are coming around.

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The bug has some high level influence. TIME magazine "person of the year" goes to Ebola Fighters. http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/10/world/time-person-of-the-year/index.html?c=homepage-t

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Five cases of Ebola currently being treated in Liberia.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/26/liberia-ebola_n_6547610.html

STOP THE FLIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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