Ebola and other Epidemics, Inadequate Healthcare Threatens Millions

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Razgovory

#511
September 30, 2014, 05:21:37 PM
Quote from: Fate on September 30, 2014, 04:25:35 PM
Quote from: Zanza on September 30, 2014, 04:22:57 PM
I would expect a lot of new colleagues in space suits tomorrow morning. ;)

You don't need space suits when caring for Ebola patients. Goggles/facemask, gown, gloves, shoe covers are sufficient protection. Unfortunately Hollywood/media perpetuates the myth and sometimes health agencies go overboard. If this were an airborne hemorrhagic virus, then it'd be space suit time.

We'd be pretty fucked if there was an outbreak of an airborne hemorrhagic virus.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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Razgovory

#512
September 30, 2014, 05:25:23 PM
Quote from: Jacob on September 30, 2014, 04:25:03 PM
Quote from: Fate on September 30, 2014, 04:21:43 PM
I'm doing my residency at that hospital. Thank god I wasn't the on-call resident yesterday.  :ph34r:

Wake derspiess up when there's a case in Ohio.

Sounds like it's about time to cut the CDC's budget.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Legbiter

#513
September 30, 2014, 05:37:58 PM
Who's gonna be Randall Flagg?
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mongers

#514
September 30, 2014, 05:42:30 PM
Quote from: Fate on September 30, 2014, 04:21:43 PM
I'm doing my residency at that hospital. Thank god I wasn't the on-call resident yesterday.  :ph34r:

Stay safe, we need you guys.

Hopefully it's a very special instance.
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Baron von Schtinkenbutt

#515
September 30, 2014, 05:43:02 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 30, 2014, 05:21:37 PM
We'd be pretty fucked if there was an outbreak of an airborne hemorrhagic virus.

Indeed.  Assuming such a thing could exist.

Ed Anger

#516
September 30, 2014, 05:45:05 PM
Quote from: Legbiter on September 30, 2014, 05:37:58 PM
Who's gonna be Randall Flagg?

Me. Seedy will be the bitter ex-cop security guy.
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mongers

#517
September 30, 2014, 05:59:08 PM
Just to give Timmay a breather:

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Earlier on Tuesday, the CDC said the Ebola virus seemed to be contained in Nigeria and Senegal, with no new cases reported there for almost a month.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29437070
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alfred russel

#518
September 30, 2014, 06:24:32 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 30, 2014, 04:48:20 PM
Would it be fair to say that in a country with decent plumbing Ebola is not really much of a threat?

We might find out if Ebola makes it to the UK. As you may have deduced from Ed's posts, our plumbing has been significantly degraded.  :(
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Ed Anger

#519
September 30, 2014, 06:25:50 PM
Typhoid Ed
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jimmy olsen

#520
September 30, 2014, 07:46:24 PM
Quote from: Fate on September 30, 2014, 04:42:52 PM
Yeah, that photo is complete overkill. Those kinds of suits are what you'd use to transport a Spanish influenza or SARS patient... but you can't get infected merely by breathing the same air as someone with Ebola.
It's not airborne, but it is transmissable through droplets isn't it?
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Caliga

#521
September 30, 2014, 07:52:31 PM
So Tim was right all along and we should indeed panic about Ebola.  I sorry Tim :( :hug:
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Razgovory

#522
September 30, 2014, 08:07:17 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 30, 2014, 05:45:05 PM
Quote from: Legbiter on September 30, 2014, 05:37:58 PM
Who's gonna be Randall Flagg?

Me. Seedy will be the bitter ex-cop security guy.

Oooh!  I know what role I'll play!
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Ed Anger

#523
September 30, 2014, 08:15:04 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 30, 2014, 08:07:17 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 30, 2014, 05:45:05 PM
Quote from: Legbiter on September 30, 2014, 05:37:58 PM
Who's gonna be Randall Flagg?

Me. Seedy will be the bitter ex-cop security guy.

Oooh!  I know what role I'll play!

Hey, no nukes in town!
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

jimmy olsen

#524
September 30, 2014, 08:52:32 PM
Quote from: Caliga on September 30, 2014, 07:52:31 PM
So Tim was right all along and we should indeed panic about Ebola.  I sorry Tim :( :hug:
:hug:
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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