2014 Global Ebola Outbreak

[Dr. Evil]

The reports are that the person in New York is unlikely to have Ebola.

 

[Caekzor]

I'm in Athens, and some guys I know are freaking out to beat the band. OMG the virus is only 70 miles away!!!

They think that's bad? I heard viruses can travel through the internet!

 

[Pink Ranger]

They think that's bad? I heard viruses can travel through the internet!

I feel a burning sensation whenever I embed a youtube video.

 

[Farren]

British Airways has suspended flights to/from Liberia and Sierra Leone:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28663833

Some of the other airlines have already done the same. Arik Air (a Nigerian airliner) cancelled flights to/from Liberia and Sierra Leone. ASky (based in Togo) has as well. I believe the Gambian government has banned flights from Liberia/Sierra Leone/Guinea as well -- or at least some of them.

 

[Schlosser85]

Well the media sure does the best it can to fan the ERMAGHERD WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!1111 flames.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

This idiot on Facebook is just so stupid. No matter how many fact I present he simply refuses to comprehend it's not a big deal. Dumb people annoy me

 

[Farren]

Facebook is a cesspool of hatred and idiocy. I don't know why I haven't deleted my account because I never use it.

 

[Marvolo]

Well the media sure does the best it can to fan the ERMAGHERD WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!1111 flames.

If or when there is another american epidemic like the spanish flu or polio or smallpox you can bet your bottom dollar that the modern media will be right at the heart of the histeria and lunacy.

 

[:eek:]

First victim outside Africa:

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/06/health/africa-ebola-outbreak/index.html

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/07/rick-wiles-ebola_n_5658481.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

"Yeah, that virus is terrible and all, but if it kills some dudes that wanna get married or women getting abortions, maybe it's not so bad."

 

[Mightmitenot]

So if the CDC and Medical experts think that there won't be an outbreak, why are people still panicking?

Because antivax, climate change deniers, birthers and creationism. The public has a shameful percentage of folk who think they're much more expert on science matters than scientists. And they're prone to panic and incite panicking.

 

[Schlosser85]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/07/rick-wiles-ebola_n_5658481.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

"Yeah, that virus is terrible and all, but if it kills some dudes that wanna get married or women getting abortions, maybe it's not so bad."

I only have two comments.

1) Wiles wouldn't know what a Christian was if it bit him on the ass. People like this are the worst kind of fraud. They're not Christian, and IMO, they know perfectly well that they're not Christian. But they've found a bread and butter portraying themselves as such to drum up fear from the panicky gullible masses who send them their life savings. The 700 Club and its ilk are professional con men, nothing more and nothing less.

2) Does he think Ebola is going to pick and choose "sinful" people and spare righteous folks?

 

[Teelie]

Because antivax, climate change deniers, birthers and creationism. The public has a shameful percentage of folk who think they're much more expert on science matters than scientists. And they're prone to panic and incite panicking.

A lot of this is the desire to believe in conspiracy theories, that there is some greater power behind the curtains manipulating events and information to some vague and undetailed outcome.

Of course most of the time that's complete fantasy but it doesn't stop the misinformation and fear from spreading.

It's especially bad when you have a celebrity or "media personality" spreading the misinformation they themselves fell for and refuse to acknowledge was a lie or fabrication. Someone who is famous for whatever reason is more likely to get national attention and be listened to than some scientist in a lab somewhere saying it's false.

 

[Sawyer]

I only have two comments.

1) Wiles wouldn't know what a Christian was if it bit him on the ass. People like this are the worst kind of fraud. They're not Christian, and IMO, they know perfectly well that they're not Christian. But they've found a bread and butter portraying themselves as such to drum up fear from the panicky gullible masses who send them their life savings. The 700 Club and its ilk are professional con men, nothing more and nothing less.

2) Does he think Ebola is going to pick and choose "sinful" people and spare righteous folks?

Yeah, that's the thing that gets me. Like if a hetero family man is within infecting distance, its just going to hop, skip or jump right over him and immediately head for the nearest gay? Like, what, did the virus download the Grindr app ahead of time?

 

[Teelie]

Scarce Ebola drugs bring hard ethical choices as outbreak spreads

A panel of ethicists convened by the World Health Organisation will weigh whether drugs that haven't been widely tested for safety should be used in an outbreak in which about 40 per cent of infected people survive with just supportive care. If so, the panel members must address who gets the medicines, which so far only exist in small amounts.

"This is the first effort to have a long overdue, transparent, public discussion about how to distribute life-saving medicines in an emergency," said Arthur Caplan, a director of a medical ethics division at New York University. "A ton of attention is going to follow this panel."

 

[Pink Ranger]

Yeah, that's the thing that gets me. Like if a hetero family man is within infecting distance, its just going to hop, skip or jump right over him and immediately head for the nearest gay? Like, what, did the virus download the Grindr app ahead of time?

After hiring consultants, the Ebola virus is target-marketing childless singles and couples with disproportionate levels of disposable income, so naturally it wants to look at gays.

 

[Marvolo]

Scarce Ebola drugs bring hard ethical choices as outbreak spreads

I would not want to be on that panel. Im assuming that wherever the drugs end up that kids will get priority followed by women and then men.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/07/rick-wiles-ebola_n_5658481.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

"Yeah, that virus is terrible and all, but if it kills some dudes that wanna get married or women getting abortions, maybe it's not so bad."

... .... ... ... sorry I cant seem to find an adequate response. Wait, I got something.

Yep there it is.

 

[terry78]

I feel like a lot of those comments are just trolls that really don't believe it.

 

[Marvolo]

I feel like a lot of those comments are just trolls that really don't believe it.

Nah they believe it. Ive experienced this kind of idiocy first hand growing up in the bible belt and from going to a fundamentalist christian school. Some really believe AIDS and stuff like this are a plague from God.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Kent Brantly released from hospital today.

 

[terry78]

The other one was also. Apparently they're ebola free? If so, this is gonna rattle a lot of cages if it was that simple to eradicate.

 

[Dr. Evil]

The other one was also. Apparently they're ebola free? If so, this is gonna rattle a lot of cages if it was that simple to eradicate.

He held a press conference and looked pretty good.

 

[Teelie]

The other one was also. Apparently they're ebola free? If so, this is gonna rattle a lot of cages if it was that simple to eradicate.

It's not that simple to eradicate. If it were it would have been done decades ago. The drugs they used require sophisticated and complex genetic engineering and treatments. This kind of thing wasn't possible before and it might not be 100% effective. It might not even be 50% effective. There have been two people treated so far, that's barely enough to say it works at all.

 

[Anita18]

The other one was also. Apparently they're ebola free? If so, this is gonna rattle a lot of cages if it was that simple to eradicate.

Uhhh how so? It's just that nobody has bothered because it's intensive and expensive. You need to setup and wait for things to make antibodies for you, especially if it isn't mass-produced like vaccines are nowadays.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I'm pretty sure America has at least an experimental vaccine just in case there's an air borne outbreak in the US.

Something like that could potentially wipe out the US population.