Posted on 10/18/2014 11:57:59 AM PDT by IChing
As a rule, one should not panic at whatever crisis has momentarily fixed the attention of cable news producers. But the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which has migrated to both Europe and America, may be the exception that proves the rule. There are at least six reasons that a controlled, informed panic might be in order.
(1) Start with what we know, and don’t know, about the virus. Officials from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other government agencies claim that contracting Ebola is relatively difficult because the virus is only transmittable by direct contact with bodily fluids from an infected person who has become symptomatic. Which means that, in theory, you can’t get Ebola by riding in the elevator with someone who is carrying the virus, because Ebola is not airborne.
This sounds reassuring. Except that it might not be true. There are four strains of the Ebola virus that have caused outbreaks in human populations. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the current outbreak (known as Guinean EBOV, because it originated in Meliandou, Guinea, in late November 2013) is a separate clade “in a sister relationship with other known EBOV strains.” Meaning that this Ebola is related to, but genetically distinct from, previous known strains, and thus may have distinct mechanisms of transmission.
Not everyone is convinced that this Ebola isn’t airborne. Last month, the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy published an article arguing that the current Ebola has “unclear modes of transmission” and that “there is scientific and epidemiologic evidence that Ebola virus has the potential to be transmitted via infectious aerosol particles both near and at a distance from infected patients, which means that healthcare workers should be wearing respirators, not facemasks.”
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
It appears that playtime is over.
Not reading it. I’m already panicked. I wish someone of import would take a stand. A State or 3. I would join them.
I strongly recommend reading it. I was highly concerned already, but after closely taking in the author’s excellent data and analysis, I’m very seriously thinking of grabbing my family and bugging out from the D.C. area, back to rural upstate NY....
42 days incubation covers 98% of vics.....
Uh, no, we cut fire lines in front of its advance to contain it, wait for it to burn out and go in to dampen the lingering hot sports.
Read on, and see why he was putting that in there.
Ebola treatment center = government death camp.
Adolf would be so proud.
Just stole your wonderful graphic.
Suggest every donkey party candidate use it ASAP. It should finish them of and put them out of OUR misery!
So for now, the Obama administration will insist on keeping travel open between infected countries and the West and hope that they, and we, get lucky.
There it is. Taking action to close the border to ebola is a threat to the Democrat way to power. They won't do it no matter what happens. Why? Because if there is an epidemic, it will be used as a justification for the exercise of unlimited power, and a way to kill off their political opponents.
If anybody thinks that such is beyond Valerie Jarrett, I have news for them.
Bfl
Is this what you want?
noun
1.
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
2.
an instance, outbreak, or period of such fear.
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Finance. a sudden widespread fear concerning financial affairs leading to credit contraction and widespread sale of securities at depressed prices in an effort to acquire cash.
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Slang. someone or something that is considered hilariously funny:
The comedian was an absolute panic.
adjective
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of the nature of, caused by, or indicating panic:
A wave of panic buying shook the stock market.
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(of fear, terror, etc.) suddenly destroying the self-control and impelling to some frantic action.
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(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the god Pan.
verb (used with object), panicked, panicking.
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to affect with panic; terrify and cause to flee or lose self-control.
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Slang. to keep (an audience or the like) highly amused.
verb (used without object), panicked, panicking.
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to be stricken with panic; become frantic with fear:
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"Not reading it. I’m already panicked." - Vaquero
Then first watch Bill Whittle discuss
. . . he tempers fear with rational science.
Then please take the time to read this "Weekly Standard" article, Six Reasons to Panic which explains why this rational science brings out the fear in all of us.
From which I quote:
"(3) Do you really want to be scared? What’s to stop a jihadist from going to Liberia, getting himself infected, and then flying to New York and riding the subway until he keels over? This is just the biological warfare version of a suicide bomb. Can you imagine the consequences if someone with Ebola vomited in a New York City subway car?A flight from Roberts International in Monrovia to JFK in New York is less than $2,000, meaning that the planning and infrastructure needed for such an attack is relatively trivial. This scenario may be highly unlikely. But so were the September 11 attacks and the Richard Reid attempted shoe bombing, both of which resulted in the creation of a permanent security apparatus around airports. We take drastic precautions all the time, if the potential losses are serious enough, so long as officials are paying attention to the threat."
Juxtapose the ACTUAL news report from yesterday morning against the above quote:
"A passenger died on a Nigeria-to-JFK flight after a vomiting fit Thursday — and a top lawmaker said officials gave the corpse only a “cursory” exam before declaring that the victim did not have Ebola.
Sobering stuff.
More cheery news, Obongo plans to let 100,000 Haitians into the U.S. without visas, yay!:
I’m not the author of this one, and I wouldn’t have chosen that term. But the article’s content is nonetheless compelling, and frightening.
One of my favorite lines from the movie “Margin Call” is Jeremy Irons’ character exclaiming forcefully, “It’s not panic if you’re the first ones out the door.”
Thanks for posting this. Well done.
Take it and pass it around, it will really piss of the libs.
Health care workers aiding Ebola patients must take care to don and remove their protective gear without exposing themselves to potentially deadly organic materials. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended a preferred sequence for putting on and taking off the gear.
HOW TO PUT ON PROTECTIVE GEAR
Gown must fully cover torso, neck, knees and wrists.
When putting on face mask, fit flexible band to nose bridge. Fit mask snug to face and below chin.
Adjust eye protection to fit.
Extend gloves to cover wrist of gown.
HOW TO REMOVE PROTECTIVE GEAR
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