This ebola hysteria needs to stop

• Hanna wrote on 2014-10-16 20:52

  Quote from Odin;1251258:

  I think the bigger scare right now is that the CDC acted on the assumption that it could not spread airborne at all, which was true for previous variants of Ebola.
  
  This one does not behave exactly like the others. It has demonstrated airborne spreading at short range due to sneezing dispersing contaminated body fluids.
  
  The capacity for further evolution exists if it begins to spread through that method more often.
  
  For most people there's nothing to worry about- but the people in charge of quarantining and treating victims of this disease need to really step up the safety protocol or they will get themselves infected and fail to properly contain it.
  
  That's where the real concern should be, the authorities are acting on assumptions that have not been conclusively proven for this particular variant of ebola and should not be cutting corners with containment.
  
  Rather, since they are dealing with a bit of an unknown here, they should instead be going all-out with the maximum possible containment and worker safety procedures in place. Don't start cutting back on such measures until the capabilities of this virus are better understood and we have an effective treatment in place.

  
  
  I don't really consider sneezing airborne since you still need to be in contact with bodily fluids. Sneezing for example is snot and saliva.
  It is possible for it to go airborne like a lot of viruses but it is improbable that it ever will. I'm just sick of the panic I've seen people wearing those masks things in the grocery store with rubber gloves and a rain jacket, the fear mongering needs to stop. It is definitely something we should be concerned about but the panic going out right now is fucking ridiculous. If these people should be afraid of a virus it should be the fucking flu.
• RegisAreus wrote on 2014-10-16 21:14
  Heard about it, but don't care. Seem kinda interesting though.
• Osayidan wrote on 2014-10-16 22:48
  While I do hate the way many people are trying to spread fear about it there's a few important points that never get mentioned that piss me off.
  
  1) You need to be in contact with bodily fluids, but it's much easier to be in contact with body fluids that you would expect. Someone's sweaty hand touching a door in a highly trafficked building for example is body fluid contact.
  
  2) The primary cause of death from ebola is lack of medical care. Most deaths occur in african countries, where having as much as a clean blanket is a luxury. Lack of clean water, food and supplies kills people more so than ebola.
  
  3) related to #2, in any developed country with easy access to water and medical attention, if you replace the water and nutrients ebola causes you to lose from vomiting and diarrhea for a long enough period of time while receiving proper medical care, you can get over it and be fine.
  
  4) The people in charge at this hospital need to be fired. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/10/16/texas-hospital-apologizes-for-mistakes-during-initial-ebola-treatment/ I read multiple articles about this over the last few days and facepalmed every time.
• Zekkii wrote on 2014-10-16 22:55

  Quote from JADT;1251219:

  Just give pigs with h1n1 ebola, see how bad things go from there. While you're at it, give the pigs rabies, potentially start the zombie apocalypse.

  
  Then the vegetarians rule the world. We all knew it would happen one day.
• Osayidan wrote on 2014-10-16 23:05

  Quote from Zekkii;1251287:

  Then the vegetarians rule the world. We all knew it would happen one day.

  
  
  Fuck that, we eat the vegetarians. They're clean.
• Odin wrote on 2014-10-16 23:19

  Quote from Hanna;1251260:

  I don't really consider sneezing airborne since you still need to be in contact with bodily fluids. Sneezing for example is snot and saliva.
  It is possible for it to go airborne like a lot of viruses but it is improbable that it ever will. I'm just sick of the panic I've seen people wearing those masks things in the grocery store with rubber gloves and a rain jacket, the fear mongering needs to stop. It is definitely something we should be concerned about but the panic going out right now is fucking ridiculous. If these people should be afraid of a virus it should be the fucking flu.

  
  
  The air leaving your mouth during a sneeze has been observed at speeds in the neighborhood of 100 MPH. ( I thought it was around 60 MPH, this article says its 100 MPH. http://www.webmd.com/allergies/features/11-surprising-sneezing-facts )
  
  Saliva is mostly water, which at those speeds can very easily become a fine mist that can travel several feet before settling down again.
  
  Thus, if someone with ebola sneezes in close proximity to someone else without proper respiratory protection, it is possible for this second person to inhale the saliva mist and achieve fluid contact with contaminated saliva putting them at risk of infection as well.
  
  Fortunately this mist tends to settle out fairly quickly, and the virus itself is known to lose its potency very rapidly after leaving the body making it unlikely to spread by contaminated surface unless you touch the same surface right away.
  
  
  Of course there will be plenty of people who get incredibly paranoid, especially people already germophobic. These people will always try to equip themselves with relevant protective gear based on the news articles they've read and what they have heard from other people. Its really quite harmless, and can actually be a conversation starter.
• Hanna wrote on 2014-10-17 00:00

  Quote from Odin;1251291:

  The air leaving your mouth during a sneeze has been observed at speeds in the neighborhood of 100 MPH. ( I thought it was around 60 MPH, this article says its 100 MPH. http://www.webmd.com/allergies/features/11-surprising-sneezing-facts )
  
  Saliva is mostly water, which at those speeds can very easily become a fine mist that can travel several feet before settling down again.
  
  Thus, if someone with ebola sneezes in close proximity to someone else without proper respiratory protection, it is possible for this second person to inhale the saliva mist and achieve fluid contact with contaminated saliva putting them at risk of infection as well.
  
  Fortunately this mist tends to settle out fairly quickly, and the virus itself is known to lose its potency very rapidly after leaving the body making it unlikely to spread by contaminated surface unless you touch the same surface right away.
  
  
  Of course there will be plenty of people who get incredibly paranoid, especially people already germophobic. These people will always try to equip themselves with relevant protective gear based on the news articles they've read and what they have heard from other people. Its really quite harmless, and can actually be a conversation starter.

  
  
  Noted, also I notice there is a shit ton of parents who have pulled their kids out of school because of this shit.
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• Maenad wrote on 2014-10-17 04:24
  I hope a pandemic starts. Then maybe life would start being interesting.
• Intimacy wrote on 2014-10-17 04:28

  Quote from Maenad;1251327:

  I hope a pandemic starts. Then maybe life would start being interesting.

  
  And the match has been struck, brace for the shitstorm.
• Compass wrote on 2014-10-17 04:34

  Quote from Hanna;1251252:

  rip in piece

  
  Don't say things like that! ;___;
• Aubog007 wrote on 2014-10-17 05:24

  Quote from Maenad;1251327:

  I hope a pandemic starts. Then maybe life would start being interesting.

  
  
  You would be bored within a few days with nothing to do.
• JADT wrote on 2014-10-17 10:47
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• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2014-10-17 15:59
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• Kelvas wrote on 2014-10-17 19:40
  Too long, didn't read..
  

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• Maenad wrote on 2014-10-18 08:50

  Quote from Intimacy;1251328:

  And the match has been struck, brace for the shitstorm.

  
  
  I thought we were talking about Ebola, not dysentery.