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

[Nick Young]

Because they are living in areas where contaminated bodies are left in the street, where water comes from dodgy sources, where hygene is terrible, where there's shortages of many basic medical necessities including high quality gloves. And if you mean the spanish woman you've already been told numerous times she broke protocol and infected herself.

Why did a nurse in dallas become infected doe?

[Nick Young]

You missed the point. It's in response usually to people who keep saying things like "if ebola mutates to be airborne...." in a similar vein the flu is already airborne and has a history of mutations and far more unstable than ebola yet these ebola panic tards want to keep acting like it's simple for ebola to become airborne while ignoring the fact it's more likely for a serious strain of the flu (which has happened pretty recently in human history) to turn up.

It doesnt need to go airborne to **** us all, retard.

[CavaliersFTW]

Why did a nurse in dallas become infected doe?

Because she touched her mouth while nursing the guy who was infected.

Why did none of the rest of the hospital staff or people he came in contact with since being in the U.S. NOT get infected, is just as relevant a question.

[Nick Young]

Because she touched her mouth while nursing the guy who was infected.

Why did none of the rest of the hospital staff or people he came in contact with since being in the U.S. NOT get infected, is just as relevant a question.

wrong, that was the nurse in spain.

[Nick Young]

Because she touched her mouth while nursing the guy who was infected.

Why did none of the rest of the hospital staff or people he came in contact with since being in the U.S. NOT get infected, is just as relevant a question.

The virus can be dormant for a month without showing symptoms, breh.

[outbreak]

Why did a nurse in dallas become infected doe?

well it's now being reported she breached protocols. Why did no one else get infected if you think it's such an infectious disease?

Sure it doesn't need to get airbourne but it isn't going to spread very far at all in it's current state in a country like America. The countries it is spreading in have very different customs and beliefs for one, there was a story recently about a town actually blocking off the road so that doctors without borders couldn't reach them as they believed they were spreading the disease in the first place. Ended up with a bunch of people dieing in the village. You clearly don't understand the conditions over there and why it would spread in a western country. There's more than just ebola that kills people in Africa but doesn't do much in the western world due to hygene and customs. Many disease and virus's.

[outbreak]

The virus can be dormant for a month without showing symptoms, breh.

....and they were all screened and turned up negative Dormant doesn't mean they can't detect it it just means it's not symptomatic yet and can't be spread further. Seriously it's like talking to a brick wall with you.

[niko]

It's far far far more likely a flu turns into some deadly disease killing us all than ebola. Ebola doesn't transfer easily. Nick Young keeps stammering BUT BUT BUT BUT but nothing, it doesn't transfer easily. Period.

Flu, a disease which transfers easily turning deadly is far more likely than a hundred times more deadly diease that doesn't transfer, suddenly becoming an airborne threat.

Ebola isn't affecting a lot of people, it's much less scary than the flu from a few years ago. People in NY were catching that shit left and right, despite the shot, and the precations, quarenteening victims, etc.

Ebola has scary symptoms but I'm far more scared of cancer or something like that i could actually get.

[Dave3]

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.

In the last 12 months Influenza has killed 1532 people, and most are elderly/young children - ie. individuals with weak immune systems (despite infecting many many more). Whereas no matter how healthy you are, infection with Ebola is almost a 50% death sentence. I think that's main source of fear here - Ebola is deadly almost regardless of your situation.

I do agree that it's a lot of fear mongering (like those clowns that were saying those infected weren't allowed to come back to the U.S despite the only reason they got it was that they were helping people there to begin with), and of course influenza is a lot more infectious. Influenza has a vaccine though and though there's debate about its efficacy, I imagine it would be better than nothing.

[CavaliersFTW]

In the last 12 months Influenza has killed 1532 people, and most are elderly/young children - ie. individuals with weak immune systems (despite infecting many many more). Whereas no matter how healthy you are, infection with Ebola is almost a 50% death sentence. I think that's main source of fear here - Ebola is deadly almost regardless of your situation.

I do agree that it's a lot of fear mongering (like those clowns that were saying those infected weren't allowed to come back to the U.S despite the only reason they got it was that they were helping people there to begin with), and of course influenza is a lot more infectious. Influenza has a vaccine though and though there's debate about its efficacy, I imagine it would be better than nothing.

Influenza has killed a lot more ppl than that man. It kills 250,000-500,000 people per year, not 1,500.

[outbreak]

Influenza has killed a lot more ppl than that man. It kills 250,000-500,000 people per year, not 1,500.

from memory h1n1 killed over 200k world wide in 2008 or 2009 whenever it was. not sure how many die from regular flu strains each year though but I'm sure the info is out there.

[DeuceWallaces]

OP you're being an idiot.

First, flu deaths are primarily estimated because...

They kill the old, young, and sickly who already have problems that confound diagnosis.

Secondly, you can get vaccinated for the most popular strains to further protect yourself.

Additionally, there traditionally have been few vectors for Ebola so it's spread was limited in the developed world.

Ebola is no joke; spread rather easily and incurable. I don't go around worrying about either but there is no comparison to make between the two.

[gts]

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

Because if you do catch it there's a very good chance you'll die

[outbreak]

OP you're being an idiot.

First, flu deaths are primarily estimated because...

They kill the old, young, and sickly who already have problems that confound diagnosis.

Secondly, you can get vaccinated for the most popular strains to further protect yourself.

Additionally, there traditionally have been few vectors for Ebola so it's spread was limited in the developed world.

Ebola is no joke; spread rather easily and incurable. I don't go around worrying about either but there is no comparison to make between the two.

yet it has only killed 3000 odd people in africa which has incredibly worse hygene and distrust of doctors compared to a country like America...

The facts are that it does not spread easily.

[DeuceWallaces]

yet it has only killed 3000 odd people in africa which has incredibly worse hygene and distrust of doctors compared to a country like America...

The facts are that it does not spread easily.

You're making an ignorant assumption that the amount of deaths is directly tied to its transmittance, when in fact it's a function of potential sources, human traffic, etc. Moreover, no one can be certain of the actually cause of death in many cases, especially underdeveloped areas.

It can be transmitted through any bodily fluid. That is easily; especially when compared to more restrictive means such as blood ingestion.