Posted on 10/01/2014 5:00:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
What do you know about Ebola? You probably are aware that it's a nasty, often fatal form of a viral hemorrhagic fever.
You may also know that the current outbreak occured last December in Guinea, and that it has spread to Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leona and Nigeria.
And unless you have lived under a rock for the past 24 hours, you also know that it has spread to the United States--Texas, to be specific.
But here's a list of what you may not know, including how the Ebola virus impacts economies and supply chains, issurance issues including evacuation, exposures and policy exclusions, and what you and your companies can do to prevent and control Ebola risk.
First: The Nitty Gritty
1. First discovered in 1976, there are five strains of the Ebola virus, all named after the region where they were detected: Bundibugyo, Tai Forest (previously known as Ivory Coast), Sudan, Zaire and Reston. Yup, the fifth strain was discovered in Virginia, but it only causes asymptomatic infections in humans, being that people can become infected but do not get sick.
2. The current outbreak is caused by the Zaire strain, which has a death rate as high as 90%. It is the most severe of all types of Ebola.
3. As of Sept. 23, the Zaire outbreak has a 47% fatality rate. The World Health Organization reports 6,574 cases, which have resulted in 3,091 reported deaths. Early supportive care is the reason for the reduced deaths.
4. In the United States, there is a single imported case from Liberia that occurred last month. A traveler arrived in Texas. on Sept. 20, developed Ebola symptoms on Sept. 24, first sought care on Sept. 26 and was admitted to a Dallas hospital on Sept. 28. Ebola was confirmed on Sept. 30....
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There is still disagreement as to what exactly caused the Black Death in Europe. Many cases did not fit the pattern of bubonic plague. Som say it was more than one disease. Anthrax, Ebola , and some unknown virus have all been put forward.
I’ll stand by it for the next 60 -90 days. Within that time frame all the “unexpectlys” will surface as has been the case with the Entero68 virus and the “seemingly unrelated” distribution of the illegal documented children to the various states.
Yep. And early on these same “experts” stated without exception that the disease would be contained and burn out quickly because “it was so hard to transmit”. So now it is not so hard to transmit in Africa but “it will be extremely hard to transmit here in the United States because of our higher societal health standards”. But wait, a couple of those Western doctors who caught Ebola had no direct contact with Ebola patients but contracted Ebola anyway.
You can believe what you want, but I have no faith in anything they say if their employment is with the Government or directly funded by it.
This is too serious for anyone to “infer” inflammatory claims.
My request was not whether you stood by the claim, rather did you have any verifiable evidence to any mutation to airborne contagion.
I will ask again, do you have any verifiable evidence or reference to any authority substantiating your airborne statement? If not you would do all here a favor in retracting your statement?
It seems that the Zaire strain has mutated into the
Obola strain.
Where did you hear that rumor?
aka gimmefreesh1t strain
You can believe what you want, but I have no faith in anything they say if their employment is with the Government or directly funded by it.
The experts at the CDC and elsewhere work closely with the people who actually work in the labs researching Ebola--the people who have discovered everything we know about Ebola.
But I guess we really know nothing about Ebola, because every bit of the research on the virus has been conducted by government employees. Or, if they are at a university right now, they are former government employees funded with government grants.
The reason this outbreak keeps going is because of the area where it erupted, and a lot of unfortunate events--a perfect storm--that conspired to cause this to spread before anyone even knew what was going on. It has been contained in Nigeria, and the one case in Senegal did not infect anyone else.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, another Ebola outbreak erupted recently, and we hear almost nothing about it. That's because they have a history of outbreaks, and they know how to contain them quickly. Like the majority of outbreaks, it will be over in a few weeks.
You, of course, do not have to believe anything that a government employed or paid researcher publishes. That goes for anything your doctor tells you, too, since (s)he's most likely working on the basis of information generated with some sort of government involvement.
My question is ... once the Dog is infected (Shows no symtoms etc) now a carrier ...
How long is he a carrier? Forever?
That is one scary thought
TT
Not true. This is a nice little trick to calm fears.
You do not get the fatality rate by adding new cases into the number who have not passed through the illness. The last count I saw of the numbers of that has passed through the whole cycle off this version of Ebola is an 84% fatality rate.
Big difference in a 53% survival rate and a 16%.
My stupid pup licks everyone and everything that is new or old... just a bundle of Love or as a carrier is he a Neutron Bomb?
Dang it
Don’t worry. Obama will reassure the masses.
BULL SH!T !!
The CDC, these are the same people who obtained a damaged enroute sample in 1976 and upon which they have become the national authority on Ebola.
The same CDC that had unsecured samples of smallpox, anthrax ,etc., that they didn't even know that they had until an inventory ?
The same CDC that blamed nurses for contracting Ebola, rather than address the problem and question their established medical protocals ?
The same CDC that supports "OPEN BORDERS" ..even though it defies "COMMON SENSE "
The same CDC that employs nurse Kaci Hickox, who refuses to self-quarantine in New Jersey, or in Maine, despite her having a slight fever upon arrival in the States ?
The same CDC that is offering legal representation by Obola administrations attorney to violate quarantine , and public safety ?
The same CDC that had to change its established safety measures after saying N-95 masks were sufficient, and now state P-100 masks should stop it ?
The same CDC that now reccomends staying 3 feet away from an Ebola patient, while denying any aerosol/airborne condition?
The same CDC that predicted doubling every month (R=1.5), when in fact it is doubling (R=2.0) every 18 - 21 days ?
The same CDC , yeah , I have heard of them
But I trust Medicines Sans Frontiers who has frontline Ebola expierience and suggests total bodily coverage, along with independent air supply.
The current CDC has become a political ally with the current Ebola strategy of "OPEN BORDERS" and denying "COMMON SENSE", so I no longer pay attention to them!
That is an unknown..how long a carrier
What is known is that dogs remain asymptomatic (no overt signs of disease)but once exposed , they can carry the virus to the owner and envireons.
Avoid dog feces and urine, as they are sources of Ebola tranmission contamination.
Wash externally with bleach (10 parts water/ 1 part Bleach) to kill external viruses
It remains unknown how long after exposure that the virus lives internally in a dog - (not yet tested to my knowldge.)
Our pets are like children ... I understand.
My question is about thermometers and their accuracy.
In a CDC scenario, in quarantine, one takes their temperature twice a day....to monitor your body temp to see if it is *elevated*.
From my layman experience, back when I had a glass thermometer [the kind with mercury GASP!] and those *new fangeled digital thermometers came out, I purchased a digital.
My kids were young, and you know how young kids are *always* sick with something. FFIW, I recall taking their temp with both the glass/mercury as well as the digital....the digital consistently ran 3* over the glass/merc in comparision
Now which one was right?
The readings a suspected Ebola patient takes/records could be bogus, depending on their instrument...perhaps putting them into a contagious state....or not.
I understand the newer IR thermometers are pretty accurate
Jes sayin’, wonderin’
There is a difference betwen airborne and aerosol that most medical lay people do not understand.
Airborne signifies that the virus it drifts in the wind - it does not !
Aerosol indicates that the virus, contained in moisture dropletts, or even smaller mico-dropletts, can spread the virus and contaminate others, or create fomites.
Vitality of aerosols vary according to moisture, exposure to U/V rays , and temperature.
Dropletts occur within 3 feet since they are heavy with moisture, micro-dropletts can extend out to 15-18 feet.
Dropletts example :sweat, cough, diarrhea discharge, sneezing (bodily fluids- 3 feet dispersion)
Micro-dropletts example: cough, diarrhea ,projectile vomiting,flushing toilet (bodily fluids 15 -18 feet dispesion ) and subject to wind dispersion.
According to WHO/Doctors Without Borders (A/K/A: MSF) ther are one out of eight (12%) who contract Ebola who show no fever until immediately before death.
Taking temperature will detect 88% of Ebola contamined indiviuals- although it is NOT TOTALLY ACCURATE for 100% detection.
Also , WHO/MSF suggests quarantine for 41 days , not 21 days as reccomended by the CDC.
WHO/MSF are the frontline professionals who speak from expierience from West Africa
How was the mercury thermometor administered- oral or anal ?
Anal is the most accurate measurement, as I recall
Oral was questionable due to recent liquids swallowed .
Thank TIK....my query does not have to do w/ taking a temp to determine Ebola contagion/possible existence....but relates to the instrument itself.
E.G. If I am asked to measure a room to buy some carpet, if I use a yardstick, that only has 35” marked on it....my measurement will off....................
Sorry, that’s not my question.
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