It was already the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Now it’s moving into Africa’s cities

washingtonpost ^ | August 30 at 7:57 PM | Todd C. Frankel

[GOPJ]

Let's say Ebola came here ... what's the best and worst places to live? A condo highrise? Homeless shelter? Hospital? Detached single family home? Apartment complex? Place with elevators.. is there a risk? Opening and touching mail? Buying food?

Safest way to handle food? Can vegetables be washed in a weak bleach solution? Produces is touched all the way from the field to the grocery store... is that a problem?

Any ideas on how to survive until the virus blows through?

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Smokin' Joe]

You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!

[Dark Wing]

As far as you can from concentrations of drug abusers as you can manage.

Drug abusers looking for a fix are fundamentally irrational in that they are slaves to their cravings. That makes them two legged Ebola vectors in a epidemic situation.

The easiest way to spot areas with a lot of drug abusers are electronic maps of high crime areas. There are a number of web sites and smart phone ‘Apps’ that will give you that information.

[GOPJ]

Drug abusers looking for a fix are fundamentally irrational in that they are slaves to their cravings. That makes them two legged Ebola vectors in a epidemic situation.

Good one... thanks.

[null and void]

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Bring Out Your Dead

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...