[P.O.E.]

I saw Ebola Vomit open for Black Flag

/Dave Barry mode

[jetson]

Here come the Ebola super rats.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

wash it down thye storm drains—how else can we spred it about? As for that selfish guy who deliberatly brought it to us—we should parachute him to ISIS controled Syria.

[onyx]

Idiocy and outrage.

[EEGator]

Classic. Two Blacks power-washing Ebola. Are these two retards in quarantine?

[dontreadthis]

barf alert

[LambSlave]

Observations:

The vomitus is almost certainly contamined and full of billions of copies of virus

The hose for the power washer is lying in the puddle and is certainly covered. I'm sure it was decontaminated though, right?

There are two open? beverage bottles (Mountain Dew?) within splash range, one in the parking lot, one in front of the car.

The workers are seeminly oblivious to passersby, like the woman with open toed shoes, who are likely to have been splashed and potentially exposed.

The surfaces of the cars (door handles) in the parking lot were likely exposed.

[rockinqsranch]

The “workers” appear to me to be a couple of Mexican guys with a Harbor Freight purchased 2500 psi pressure washer, that probably had not a clue as to the seriousness of the cleanup job they were assigned probably by the management of the apartment building.

Curious if these guys were even aware they were cleaning up Ebola vomit, and there was an iota of danger in what they were doing either for themselves, or anyone else.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It was speculated in “The Hot Zone” that Ebola might be hiding in caves in Africa. The virus would come out every so often, cause a little death and chaos and then recede back into a hiding place. Sewers are kind of like caves. This was a really stupid thing to do. Ebola is with us from here on out. JMO. Thanks Barry! Thanks Obammie voters! Good job!

Disclaimer: I’ve already been advised by someone here that Richard Preston’s “The Hot Zone” is a bunch of BS so take this with a grain of salt.

[TomGuy]

Rush L said that the daughter was the one who brought bleach to the apartment.

==

If you listened to the CDC presser this afternoon, you know they have things well in hand — according to them. When questioned about some of the clownish activities in Dallas regarding Dallas Patient Zero, they did admitted that they were learning as they go.

But not to worry. They said, ‘We have a system. We have an infrastructure. We have network procedures. yada yada yada.’

I summarized the presser this way:

Don’t look at how we have screwed up here (Dallas, etc), look at all the good we are doing over there (Africa).

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Sounds like a good name for a punk band ... Ebola Vomit.

[Ben Mugged]

I read that the CDC “borrowed” bleach from a neighbor and treated the puke. Maybe it was inert after soaking in Hydrogen Chloride. Then again, this is a Government agency......

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

If you ever need to clean up a spill of something nasty and infectious, before you touch it, gently pour some antiseptic on it. This can be any number of things, from bleach, household cleaners, to pool acid. Don’t be in a hurry.

“The WHO recommendations for cleaning up spills of blood or body fluids suggest flooding the area with a 1:10 dilutions of 5.25% household bleach for 10 minutes for surfaces that can tolerate stronger bleach solutions (e.g., cement, metal, asphalt). It is also susceptible to alcohol based cleaners, ethanol, methanol, and isopropyl, stronger than 60% alcohol.”

If someone is sick and has diarrhea or is vomiting, keep a bottle of bleach in the bathroom, and ask them to pour a cup full in the toilet, optimally before they go. Let it steep for at least a minute before flushing. This will prevent a pathogen spray contaminating the room when they flush.

[soycd]

Chlorine and gasoline would have been better. Some biology, chemistry and pyrotechnics all in one show. A great learning experience and educational moment.

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping…

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

[Sacajaweau]

will the ebola virus multiply in warm state like Texas.

[353FMG]

Now the sewer rats in Dallas will carry the ebola virus like the Vienna sewer rats carried the bubonic plague.

Not that I compare Dallas with Vienna. God forbid.

[greeneyes]

When was that photo taken? Three or four days after he threw up? Those two men had better hope that the sun shine render the virus harmless, else I would think that they are at pretty good risk for getting a big dose of exposure.

And who knows whats going to happen with the sewer rats etc. I wonder sewer rats could become the species that makes it endemic here?

[null and void]

The game of Ebola Roulette continues...

*click* spin *click* spin *click* spin…BANG!

Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!

Bring Out Your Dead

We’re gonna need

a bigger cart!

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

[Slyfox]

Raccoons like storm drains. Maybe they ought to start trapping and testing them.

All that stuff will probably make its way to White Rock Lake.