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Ebola case diagnosed in US

ashjoma — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:40:13 GMT

On the news websites now.

Diagnosed in Texas.

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***super_nova*** — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 01:50:26 GMT

Ebola is the most dangerous threat to the world, much more dangerous than ISIL, yet we do very little to stop it. The number of cases is increasing exponentially, and by start of next year it may infect up to 1.4 million people.

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boris1gary — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:27:12 GMT

and our "humanitarian" govt only interested in running guns and dropping bombs...

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/bishop-rebuked-over-ebola-comments-20141001-3h0n8.html

Bishop rebuked over Ebola comments

Re: Ebola case diagnosed in US

polksaladallie — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:10:42 GMT

@ashjoma wrote:
On the news websites now.

Diagnosed in Texas.

If the patient is male, white, heterosexual, he'll be treated well.

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debra9275 — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:24:09 GMT

I wonder how much contact he had with other people in the U.S. before he got sick? Time will tell I suppose

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princessmasterpiececollection — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 07:52:09 GMT

OMG.. is this for real?

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shuveee — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 10:28:46 GMT

yes, definitely for real, but the situation doesn't sound terribly threatening, and he's not the first person to be treated for ebola in the US

http://preview.msn.com/en-us/news/newsus/CDC-confirms-first-ebola-case-diagnosed-in-the-United-States/ar-BB6EA9s?src=mymsn

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kilroy_is_here — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 10:35:28 GMT

so let me get this straight ..... you dont want the australian governement to put our truops into iraq a medium risk opperation as you dont think they have a good enough exit stratagy. BUT... you do want them to put our aid workers into a high risk situation where infection has a kill rate in the 90% without having a suitable exit stratagy. im glad your not my boss

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jimmy*part4 — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:26:49 GMT

If the patient is male, white, heterosexual, he'll be treated well.

That is *insert the harshest, NON-interpersonal hostile comment you can think of* thing I've seen you say (maybe).

A man who took a commercial flight from Liberia that landed in Dallas on Sept. 20 has been found to have the Ebola virus.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/health/airline-passenger-with-ebola-is-under-treatment-in-dallas.html?_r=0

I've just informed the person below (in liberia, via skype) that she's a male, white, and heterosexual.

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polksaladallie — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:46:31 GMT

@jimmy*part3 wrote:
If the patient is male, white, heterosexual, he'll be treated well.

That is *insert the harshest, NON-interpersonal hostile comment you can think of* thing I've seen you say (maybe).

A man who took a commercial flight from Liberia that landed in Dallas on Sept. 20 has been found to have the Ebola virus.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/health/airline-passenger-with-ebola-is-under-treatment-in-dallas.html?_r=0

I've just informed the person below (in liberia, via skype) that she's a male, white, and heterosexual.

So glad you asked.

Ebola has been around for almost 40 years. Only when it has reached white people has the world taken any notice. Absolutely disgraceful.

It wasn't until AIDS affected a WHITE, HETEROSEXUAL, MALE that USA and the world took any steps to deal with it. Before that, thousands of others had died, and tens of thousands were ill.

The shameful attitude of the Australian Government and the nasty words of Bishop about our response to this disaster will disappear into the stratosphere the minute an Australian is affected. There are doctors and others who have asked to go to Africa, but our government has refused permission.

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polksaladallie — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 00:21:29 GMT

Huh?

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jimmy*part4 — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:45:22 GMT

So glad you asked.

But I didn't ask!

Ebola has been around for almost 40 years. Only when it has reached white people has the world taken any notice. Absolutely disgraceful.

Because the people available already have there hands full and take problems that are the most serious.

And this....nothing to do with anyones color. Why aren't you doing anything about it, instead of sitting in your chair calling the world disgraceful?

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jimmy*part4 — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:43:32 GMT

Oh...and people and money, etc had been planning/trying to help long before it reached our shores. As a matter o fact...the first 2 people to get treated here for it caught it over there...volunteering there time and knowledge to help.

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polksaladallie — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 04:28:03 GMT

@jimmy*part3 wrote:
So glad you asked.

But I didn't ask!

Ebola has been around for almost 40 years. Only when it has reached white people has the world taken any notice. Absolutely disgraceful.

Because the people available already have there hands full and take problems that are the most serious.

And this....nothing to do with anyones color. Why aren't you doing anything about it, instead of sitting in your chair calling the world disgraceful?

It is to do with colour. As I said, until it reached white people, nobody took any notice. Same with AIDS.

"This ebola outbreak" could have been prevented if "the world" had taken it seriously decades ago.

I have looked after people in infectious disease areas in a hospital. I would not be allowed to "do anything about it" now.

"Oh...and people and money, etc had been planning/trying to help long before it reached our shores. As a matter o fact...the first 2 people to get treated here for it caught it over there...volunteering there time and knowledge to help".

40 years too late.

You can't be proud of the stuff-up by US health authorities of this latest case. I hope Mr Duncan recovers soon.

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bad_watermelon — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 05:19:34 GMT

If he does recover and he goes back to Liberia, the government there is going to prosecute him for answering "no" when asked if he'd had any contact with an Ebola-infected person before leaving. There's some question as to whether he actually knew the pregnant woman who succumbed to the disease had Ebola.

So far, 80 or so people in the US he might have had sufficient contact with to spread the disease.

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polksaladallie — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 05:33:46 GMT

@bad_watermelon wrote:
If he does recover and he goes back to Liberia, the government there is going to prosecute him for answering "no" when asked if he'd had any contact with an Ebola-infected person before leaving. There's some question as to whether he actually knew the pregnant woman who succumbed to the disease had Ebola.

So far, 80 or so people in the US he might have had sufficient contact with to spread the disease.

I heard that about him. But USA handled it all badly.

I doubt that "sufficient contact" would be true. The disease is not all that easy to contract, much like HIV. But I certainly hope no-one else tests positive from contact with this patient.

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pollysd — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 06:07:29 GMT

@shuveee wrote:
yes, definitely for real, but the situation doesn't sound terribly threatening, and he's not the first person to be treated for ebola in the US

http://preview.msn.com/en-us/news/newsus/CDC-confirms-first-ebola-case-diagnosed-in-the-United-States/ar-BB6EA9s?src=mymsn

*waves to shuveee!*

Ebola is actually not that easy to contract. It's not airborne. A person has to actually come in to direct contact with an infected persons bodily fluids....blood, urine, sweat. The reason it's been so prevalent in Africa is because it is their custom to prepare their dead for burial so family members are actually coming in to direct contact with the disease. If there are fluids left on bedding, clothing, medical equipment, etc......that's another way people are coming in to contact with it. Another issue is the fact that they are not being educated well enough in good hygiene and the use of such things as gloves, masks....proper disposal of infected equipment and such.

It is said that people aren't actually infectious until they show signs of being sick. So it's not like airborne diseases like SARS, the measles or the flu where you might catch it from someone just by standing near them and before that person even realizes they're sick.

I'm not going to say that having a case show up on U.S. soil isn't disturbing, it's very scary.....but we have procedures in place to prevent it spreading. Not only that, but if someone should unfortunately pass away from this disease, that body would be treated to properly....preventing spreading it to others unaware. So I think that while, yeah, having a case of ebola show up is not good news by any means, people shouldn't start panicking either.

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karliandjacko — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 01:28:08 GMT

@kilroy_is_here wrote:
so let me get this straight ..... you dont want the australian governement to put our truops into iraq a medium risk opperation as you dont think they have a good enough exit stratagy. BUT... you do want them to put our aid workers into a high risk situation where infection has a kill rate in the 90% without having a suitable exit stratagy. im glad your not my boss

Perhaps she just doesn't buy that pathetic excuse from the government, given there are already Australians who are there.

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graem-frede — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 06:20:33 GMT

“Depopulation should be the highest priority of foreign policy towards the Third World.” “The United States economy will require large and increasing amounts of minerals from abroad, especially from less developed countries,” Mr. Kissinger added. “War and famine would not do. Instead, disease offered the most efficient and fastest way to kill the billions that must soon die if the population crisis is to be solved. AIDS is not an efficient killer because it is too slow. My favorite candidate for eliminating 90 percent of the world’s population is airborne Ebola (Ebola Reston), because it is both highly lethal and it kills in days, instead of years. “We’ve got airborne diseases with 90 percent mortality in humans. Killing humans. Think about that. “You know, the bird flu’s good, too. For everyone who survives, he will have to bury nine”. ---Dr. Eric Pianka