Posted on 09/01/2014 3:06:24 PM PDT by Kartographer
Vespignani has analyzed the likelihood that Ebola will spread to other countries. Using data on millions of air travelers and commuters, as well as mobility patterns based on data from censuses and mobile devices, he has built a model of the world, into which he can introduce Ebola and then run hundreds of thousands of simulations. In general, the chance of further spread beyond West Africa is small, Vespignani says, but the risk grows with the scale of the epidemic.
Ghana, the United Kingdom, and the United States are among the countries most likely to have an introduced case, according to the model.
(Excerpt) Read more at shtfplan.com ...
Oh, I happily read supermarket tabloids, I won’t lie to you. The photos are wonderful if you like pop culture.
I would say this headline is perfect for a tabloid article placed between Bat Boy photos.
Until someone gets on a transcontinental flight sneezing and contaminating the bathrooms.
Aircraft from effected regions are still landing in Europe.
United is still running a 787 5X a week to Lagos out of Houston.
Delta flies to Dakar, Accra,and Lagos. It is cancelling it’s Monrovia service at the end of Sept, but it is still flying, right now.
WHY ARE WE STILL FLYING THERE???
I would not panic over it yet folks. 30,000 to 40,000 people die each year in the US from the regular flu. How worried about the upcoming flu season are you?
There is not even one case here yet. That being said it would behoove everyone to have several mos worth of food and supplies so you can quarantine yourselves at home just in case.
Aids has only killed about 36 million people, and kills fewer than 2 million a year now.
See post #43 this thread.
And don’t go poking your arm with someone else’s needle.
I’m not panicking.
i think a little simpler transmission is the difference.
Thank you for a perfect example of ' Normalcy Complacency ', and Normalcy Bias .
The only known control for Ebola is Quatentene as Jim Noble stated in post #9.
This is a disease that has no vaccine, no known proven cure, which mutates rapidly, and must run its course with a 20-60% survival rate .
Yes , a tabloid like history hasn't seen before because we already have 13-15 centers around the country to handle it for 20-30 people; but how about for 5-10,000 people ??
except that it is leap-frogging over current medical protocals and medical controls,
also , there is the issue of testing giving false negatives for the disease due to its numerous mutations,..
where the most expierienced medical practitioners are comming down with the disease , or fadeing from total exhaustion
and you call it supermarket tabloid .. you should hope so !
Reminds me of Alfred E Newman from Mad Magazine : " What ?.. Me Worry ? " ... until it hits your community , or your family , then you will be concerned ..
but like the poor folk of Africa, that concern will be too little , and too late .
WRONG :There is not even one case here yet.
Wrong: There were two cases brought into the USA into Atlanta by the CDC, supposedly ,currently 'cured' with no obvious signs of hemmoragic fever.
However, there is some indication that the virus may remain alive 'in testes', in males even after treatment.
The Virus can remain alive and virilant for up to 5 days on hard surfaces.
Additionally , there is it issue of proven 'false negatives' during testing.
Regardless, you should have a 30 day supply of food and water stored up for emergency and self-preparedness.
You mean it didn't...?
LOL!
It’s been a long weekend. We’ve been doing a lot of work on the house and I’m TIRED.
you had better be a little alarmed at ebola
it kills up to 90% of the victims in less than a month, and they are contagious BEFORE symptoms show up. You can walk through a room where someone with ebola has been and catch it.
Aids kills over 20 years. and you only catch it by dangerous activities, it is quite hard to catch. I know several nurses who say the lies told about aids are very bad- they almost never see it except in gay people and drug users ONLY.
Ebola kills everyone, and very fast- in fact so fast it usually burns itself out before it can become an epidemic.
Look at the graph lines for this- it does NOT look to even be flattening yet, let alone declining- it has not reached the peak
Great link in article to the 52 weeks of preparation. I’m watching this closely. Thanks for posting. Health/life BUMP!
I do too. That was at the end of the Last Great Ice Age, the early 80's.
However, this could be everything they claimed AIDs was going to be.
Lots of resistant or mutated bugs floating around now and they are being brought across our borders.
There is a mutated polio virus that is infecting people already vaccinated for polio:http://www.fiercevaccines.com/story/mutated-polio-virus-found-beat-vaccine-protection/2014-08-28
This could be trouble and my be responsible for the weird symptoms in children in California:http://consumer.healthday.com/public-health-information-30/centers-for-disease-control-news-120/mysterious-polio-like-illness-is-striking-kids-in-california-685110.html
Personally I could care less if people think the risk is overblown. Its their choice.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.