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2014 Global Ebola Outbreak

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A U.S. aid worker who was infected with the deadly Ebola virus while working in West Africa will be flown to the United States to be treated in a high-security ward at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, hospital officials said on Thursday.


The outbreak in West Africa is the worst in history, having killed more than 700 people since February.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5639847?utm_hp_ref=tw



What could possibly go wrong?:o
 
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Shaddup, Kev. You're Canadian. You don't gotta worry about this cuss. :o
 
Its pretty damn scary. I have family in Georgia. The Mayor of Atlanta and Governor of Georgia and the president of the CDC have some massive brass balls, cause if there is a containment breach and this virua kills even one american on US soil besides patient zero well it will be all three of their heads on the chopping block. Hell I hope the public raises hell over this. Talk about needless risk.

I do hate that this american has this hellspawn of a virus, but endangering the people of Atlanta and this country and bringing one of the most deadly virus's known to man across our borders while its active in a patient is insane.
 
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We're doomed. :(

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Oh come on, if America keeps them as secure as it keeps it's national secrets I'm sure it'll all be fine.

Uh.
Oh.
 
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I'm sorry, but this aid worker chose to go there, and one person versus risking bringing Ebola to the United States where it has never been before?

That's not even a question. And the answer is No.
 
I don't really understand why they're bringing him back here. It's a virus, the only thing you can do is wait it out and support the body to fight it itself. Stuff they can do in Africa. And by the time the patient shows major symptoms, it is often too late. Such a long flight would likely be very stressful and not great for the already-weak immune system.

Unless Emory has some super-secret treatment they want to experiment on him with. Or the aid worker has some really powerful and rich relatives who is willing to pay people off for this. I really have no clue.
 
People are freaking out over nothing. America is not Sierra Leone. And this isn't the movie Outbreak. Believe me, they're going to keep this guy pretty damn quarantined and at the mercy of modern medical tech and extra strict protocol obviously not seen in West Africa. There's not going to be an Ebola epidemic.

Instead of being scared and angry, let's show some sympathy and understanding for this poor person and hope they do recover thanks to the advanced resources in the states.
 
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People are freaking out over nothing. America is not Sierra Leone. And this isn't the movie Outbreak. Believe me, they're going to keep this guy pretty damn quarantined and at the mercy of modern medical tech and extra strict protocol obviously not seen in West Africa. There's not going to be an Ebola epidemic.

Instead of being scared and angry, let's show some sympathy and understanding for this poor person and hope they do recover thanks to the advanced resources in the states.

I just did some quick reading. Since there is no cure for ebola, treatment focuses on replenishing fluids, maintaining proper blood pressure, replacing lost blood, and treating related infections.

The CDC is more equipped in the states to do this. No arguing that. Blood transfusions and treating secondary infections would be much harder in Africa. I still don't like the risks of moving the patient thousands of miles, through two airports, and a major city. I see the advantages of this course of action, but if anyone drops the ball (even the best laid plans can go awry) the consequences could be substantial. So I think a modicum of fear is healthy when dealing with ebola.
 
I really hate to go all conspiracy on y'all, but I think the CDC is doing this so they can get their hands on an Ebola sample for their labs. It has to be illegal to import a sample of that virus for study. But it's probably not illegal to bring a patient infected with Ebola into the states in the interest of curing him.

This is the only reason I can think of to bring the person here. Like Anita points out, it's a virus. There is nothing they can do here that they can't do in Africa.

Tho it's entirely possible that this isn't a normal Ebola outbreak or even Ebola and that's why they are bringing him back. Maybe they think they can treat it or want to try some sort of experimental medicine or therapy. Whatever they are hoping it still doesn't justify this. This is an honest to god time that all Americans should tell the government and CDC "Hell ****ing no!"

Basically Burke's plot from Aliens then?
 
Basically Burke's plot from Aliens then?

Haha yeah, but it's more likely they think they can help him and from what I've read in the past hour there are some treatments that just wouldn't be practical or possible in Africa. Not within the time frame they are working with. Delete that quote if you don't mind. I'm gonna delete that post to avoid inviting any conspiracies into this thread at all and I just don't think it's a particularly intelligent post.:funny:

This whole thing makes me uneasy, but the CDC know the magnitude of the situation.
 
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Time to bring in Dustin Hoffman and Morgan Freeman before thing thing goes Outbreak on us.
 
Allegedly the virus that killed 50M around 1918 has been replicated in Madison,WI

Sleep well y'all
 
Allegedly the virus that killed 50M around 1918 has been replicated in Madison,WI

Sleep well y'all

A quick trip to Google later:

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reverse engineered an influenza virus from a similar one found in birds, combining several strains to create one that is nearly identical to the one that caused the 1918 outbreak. They then mutated the genes to make it airborne, and to study how it spreads between animals.

https://news.vice.com/article/a-flu-virus-that-killed-millions-in-1918-has-now-been-recreated

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Why the **** would you even do this? And then they tinkered around with it more until they made it airborne.
 
I guess the dark alien overlords want to thin out the herd of humanity even more.
 
Not to get all comic booky sci-fi, but the possibility of weaponizing it is there. You think anybody is gonna challenge when we can throw some ebola up in your face via a drop?
 
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I'm sorry, but this aid worker chose to go there, and one person versus risking bringing Ebola to the United States where it has never been before?

That's not even a question. And the answer is No.
My thoughts exactly. This is an incredibly scary situation.

I know the CDC is trying to make light of any chance of it spreading but as one human to another I know mistakes are always absolutely possible. There's never a 0% chance that it won't spread like the CDC has been saying the past few days.
 
This is a horror movie waiting to happen
 

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