So, 3800 people in Africa died of ebola this past year, is that right?

[CavaliersFTW]

...How many died of influenza?

In the U.S. the figure is hard to peg but the CDC puts the average number of annual deaths in the United States somewhere between 3,000 and 49,000. Globally this figure is an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 worldwide every year.

A good portion of that 1/4 to half a million figure is going to be Africa. Safe to assume a lot more than 3800 people have died of influenza in Africa versus ebola.

[Nick Young]

You're a retard to minimize this virus. Even in state of the art medical facilities, it iss 50% survival rate, and you are permanently braindamaged if you survive.

Do you know what ebola does? You bleed out of every orifice. You are literally shitting blood and vomiting blood and bleeding out your ears until you die. Only a dumbass would mock this virus. Bad karma bro.

[CavaliersFTW]

You're a retard to minimize this virus. Even in state of the art medical facilities, it iss 50% survival rate, and you are permanently braindamaged if you survive.

Do you know what ebola does? You bleed out of every orifice. You are literally shitting blood and bleeding out your ears until you die. Only a dumbass would mock this virus. Bad karma bro.

I'm pointing out the fear mongering. Not mocking anything.

Remember avian flu? Swine flu? Also global epidemics of unprecedented magnitude, according to the news.

[Nick Young]

I'm mocking the fear mongering.

Remember avian flu? Swine flu?

I read about ebola in national geographic when I was 6, 18 years ago. It was uncurable then and still uncurable now.

Back then it was only in tiny isolated villages. Now it is spreading. It is killing healthcare professionals in state of the art "world class" facilities, even though they are having no physical contact with the victim's fluids, and literally completely sealed off from them in layers of medical grade plastic.

You are a dumbass to mock this disease. With swine flu and avian flu, they were only afraid that the disease would mutate to affect humans. Ebola has been killing humans since the 70s, still has no cure, and is spreading like an epidemic in Africa. If you survive, congrats you get brain damage! It is also highly contagious. And now it is on American soil. Only a dumbass would mock ebola.

In this case, the people who are fearmongering are correct. The people who think "Oh ebola is easy to contain if it comes to America" are retards. It is that kind of idiotic thinking that can lead to mass epidemic.

[CavaliersFTW]

I read about ebola in national geographic when I was 6, 18 years ago. It was uncurable then and still uncurable now.

Back then it was only in tiny isolated villages. Now it is spreading. It is killing healthcare professionals in state of the art "world class" facilities, even though they are having no physical contact with the victim's fluids, and literally completely sealed off from them in layers of medical grade plastic.

You are a dumbass to mock this disease. With swine flu and avian flu, they were only afraid that the disease would mutate to affect humans. Ebola has been killing humans since the 70s, still has no cure, and is spreading like an epidemic in Africa. If you survive, congrats you get brain damage! It is also highly contagious. And now it is on American soil. Only a dumbass would mock ebola.

Wow, all that text and you are still more likely to catch the flu and die from it than ebola. I hope you got your flu shot this year.

[ArbitraryWater]

I read about ebola in national geographic when I was 6, 18 years ago. It was uncurable then and still uncurable now.

Back then it was only in tiny isolated villages. Now it is spreading. It is killing healthcare professionals in state of the art "world class" facilities, even though they are having no physical contact with the victim's fluids, and literally completely sealed off from them in layers of medical grade plastic.

You are a dumbass to mock this disease. With swine flu and avian flu, they were only afraid that the disease would mutate to affect humans. Ebola has been killing humans since the 70s, still has no cure, and is spreading like an epidemic in Africa. If you survive, congrats you get brain damage! It is also highly contagious. And now it is on American soil. Only a dumbass would mock ebola.

In this case, the people who are fearmongering are correct. The people who think "Oh ebola is easy to contain if it comes to America" are retards. It is that kind of idiotic thinking that can lead to mass epidemic.

Pretty much..

OP on his Retard trip atm

[CavaliersFTW]

Pretty much..

OP on his Retard trip atm

Ebola is deadly... but it is not highly contagious. You are far more likely to catch and then die from the common flu. Hope you all found time to get your flu vaccines in your panic over ebola.

[Maga_1]

Maybe Wilt could "kill" Ebola, like he did with the moutain lion.

[InfiniteBaskets]

Ebola is deadly... but it is not highly contagious. You are far more likely to catch and then die from the common flu. Hope you all found time to get your flu vaccines in your panic over ebola.

That's what they say in the news, but it makes you wonder how a virus that can't survive more then several hours outside a human body manages to infect healthcare workers all over western Africa, and even in the US where we'd expect our medical policies to be first class.

I think the panic is coming from the finality of what'll happen IF you do catch it. Similar to fear of planes. Your chances of getting into a plane accident is minuscule compared to a car accident, but if you DO get into a plane accident...

[CavaliersFTW]

There are about 7,000,000,000 people on this planet.

About 62,000,000 people died last year.

Or one in every 113 people.

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About 17,000,000 people died last year of heart disease.

About 1,200,000 people died last year from car crashes

About 400,000 people died last year from the common flu

So:

One in every 5 people who died, died of heart disease.

One in every 50 people who died, died in a car crash.

One in every 155 people who died, died from the common flu.

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About 3,800 died of ebola.

One in every 16,000 people who died, died from ebola.

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There are far more relevant things to waste your ****ing time worrying about than catching ebola. Get your flu vaccination, eat a heart healthy snack and buckle your seatbelt in your car.

Or just live in morbid fear of the deadly but extremely unlikely-to-ever-reach-you ebola virus I guess.

[Nick Young]

Ebola is deadly... but it is not highly contagious. You are far more likely to catch and then die from the common flu. Hope you all found time to get your flu vaccines in your panic over ebola.

Its not highly contagious, why are health care professionals in state of the art medical facilities taking the utmost precautions catching it?

Why is it spreading like wildfire in Africa if it isn't contagious? It's highly contagious. The only reason you're more likely to catch the flu is because this outbreak of ebola hasn't had enough time to spread out yet.

Ebola is highly contagious. You are a dumbass to mock it. If we let more assholes like Mr. Duncan in to the country and don't catch it in time, we are phucked.

[Nick Young]

There are about 7,000,000,000 people on this planet.

About 62,000,000 people died last year.

Or one in every 113 people.

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About 17,000,000 people died last year of heart disease.

About 1,200,000 people died last year from car crashes

About 400,000 people died last year from the common flu

So:

One in every 5 people who died, died of heart disease.

One in every 50 people who died, died in a car crash.

One in every 155 people who died, died from the common flu.

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About 3,800 died of ebola.

One in every 16,000 people who died, died from ebola.

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There are far more relevant things to waste your ****ing time worrying about than catching ebola. Get your flu vaccination, eat a heart healthy snack and buckle your seatbelt in your car.

Or just live in morbid fear of the deadly but extremely unlikely-to-ever-reach-you ebola virus I guess.

Why are you so retarded? That's only because ebola hasn't had time to spread all over the globe. You can only catch it in a small region of the world. This time a year ago, ebola was only catchable in a few isolated swamps in Africa. Now it is infecting thousands. Give it time before you mock it, retard. You don't know jack shit about what you're talking about. It is a highly contagious disease and can lay dormant for up to a month. For all we know there can be a thousand African internationals infected with the disease roaming around America on vacation right now. You don't know shit about this.

[CavaliersFTW]

Its not highly contagious, why are health care professionals in state of the art medical facilities taking the utmost precautions catching it?

Why is it spreading like wildfire in Africa if it isn't contagious? It's highly contagious. The only reason you're more likely to catch the flu is because this outbreak of ebola hasn't had enough time to spread out yet.

Ebola is highly contagious. You are a dumbass to mock it. If we let more assholes like Mr. Duncan in to the country and don't catch it in time, we are phucked.

Cause it's their job.

[CavaliersFTW]

Why are you so retarded? That's only because ebola hasn't had time to spread all over the globe. You can only catch it in a small region of the world. This time a year ago, ebola was only catchable in a few isolated swamps in Africa. Now it is infecting thousands. Give it time before you mock it, retard. You don't know jack shit about what you're talking about. It is a highly contagious disease and can lay dormant for up to a month. For all we know there can be a thousand African internationals infected with the disease roaming around America on vacation right now. You don't know shit about this.

Sure, it's only had since 1976.

[Nick Young]

Cause it's their job.

It is their job to catch ebola?