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Many in W. Africa thought to be immune to Ebola
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| Saturday, September 6, 2014
| Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Posted on 09/06/2014 2:13:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
09/06/2014 2:13:53 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: null and void
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posted on
09/06/2014 2:15:16 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: RinaseaofDs
R0 may be entirely different in this particular population than in an urban one or one of another race.
To: BenLurkin; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ..
Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping! Bring Out Your Dead
Were NOT 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...
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posted on
09/06/2014 2:18:39 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
To: BenLurkin
I was just thinking about this and wondering if there were survivors who were immune, or others who for some reason were immune.
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posted on
09/06/2014 2:19:31 PM PDT
by
greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
To: BenLurkin
Cool.. West Africa privelige.
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posted on
09/06/2014 2:23:48 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: BenLurkin
I surfed into a show last night where a very sympathetic interviewer was interviewing the doc who recovered in Atlanta. I enjoyed it until I started thinking about his bloody diarrhea going out into the sewage system. Anyone know whether those rooms have holding tanks?
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posted on
09/06/2014 2:24:49 PM PDT
by
Mercat
To: BenLurkin
It's fair to say that some people are immune, said Robert F. Garry Jr., a Tulane University expert in hemorrhagic fevers who works in Sierra Leone. But we don't know if it's 1 percent or 2 percent or 20 percent.
I would say it's fair to say that ANY viral or bacterial infection has a portion (small or large) of the populace that is immune to it. Every single individual is in some tiny way different, and some of those differences will make the difference in whether or not you can be susceptible to, a carrier thereof, or completely immune to, any particular infection. Whether it is, like the expert says, 1 percent or 2 or 20. If anyone knows of anything, I'd love to be informed.
To: BenLurkin
“Many in W. Africa thought to be immune to Ebola’
“thought”?
Well bring on the monkey poop and lets find out.
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posted on
09/06/2014 2:28:56 PM PDT
by
Slambat
To: BenLurkin
Problem is, they are contagious for up to 6 months after being infected even if they never show symptoms.
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posted on
09/06/2014 2:38:36 PM PDT
by
piytar
(The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/06/2014 2:42:11 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
To: greeneyes
Some homo sapiens have to be immune. Some people have to be immune to a virus or the entire species is at risk.
To: BenLurkin
Unfortunately, the only way to find out if someone is immune is to expose them to the virus.
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posted on
09/06/2014 2:48:10 PM PDT
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
To: piytar
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posted on
09/06/2014 2:48:22 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Mercat
At the 4 special centers in the U.S, they treat the body wastes to sterilize it.
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posted on
09/06/2014 2:50:57 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
To: reg45
I think a blood sample would show if you already have the known antibodies from a previous exposure.
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posted on
09/06/2014 3:01:06 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
To: BenLurkin
It is possible that some get low doses of virus by eating infected monkeys or bats that are undercooked. Coming soon to elementary school cafeterias and Obamacare websites from coast to coast.
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posted on
09/06/2014 3:02:26 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
To: Former Proud Canadian
Well yes, that’s true, but I don’t know of any natural law that exists to say that humans won’t or can’t become extinct.
So of course, one does have a certain curiousity to know more about such a deadly virus.
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posted on
09/06/2014 3:06:11 PM PDT
by
greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
To: ansel12
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posted on
09/06/2014 3:07:00 PM PDT
by
Mercat
To: Mercat
They do here. It gets incinerated.
West Africa? It flows into the nearest reservoir or river.
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posted on
09/06/2014 3:12:17 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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