Marburg breaks out in Uganda... Developing...

Drudge | 10/05/2014

[seeker41]

Marburg breaks out in Uganda

[EBH]

Just dandy as candy ...

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Folks, I'm no epidemiologist, I'm just a country lawyer. But it isn't hard to see that as this develops in complexity (as the public health system there in West Africa, whatever is was, degrades and additional viruses, once held in check, begin to spread into the general population) that this will be a very difficult test for the Obama administration. They have never been firing on all cylinders in terms of competency, and their rather obvious incompetence (or is it deliberate inaction?) on immigration is about to pay some really negative dividends here. Fasten your seatbelts!

[Army Air Corps]

Another nasty bug. What next, some dude in Uganda decides to beat feet to the US carrying his little microscopic pal along with him?

[spokeshave]

[MinuteGal]

NO MORE air flights from Africa landing on our shores!

Quarantine all arriving ships and crews if they have visited African ports, also!

Leni

[Army Air Corps]

I’m guessing there is a certain degree of immunity among the native populations there.

I am not so sure given the high mortality rates cited for the Congo and Angola. We'll see how this latest nastiness plays-out.

[null and void]

Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!

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...

[seeker41]

CORRECTION - Marburg is supposedly less deadly then Ebola if that is any comfort. We shall see...

[driftdiver]

Marburg is very bad but from everything I’ve read it’s not quite as bad as ebola. That’s what the scientists say anyway.

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. Health/life BUMP!

[Georgia Girl 2]

If you listen to the guy named Mike who called into Sean Hannity’s show on Friday at the 25 minute mark he says the current “Ebola” epidemic is not Ebola but Marburg virus.

This guy Mike gave Sean’s asst. information to check him out and she did while he was on the phone with Sean. Sean mentioned that he knew the company the guy was the CEO of and that he was the real meal deal.

This guy Mike said that Ebola is 100% fatal in all cases. In 48 hours there is nothing left of your body but liquid. Even your bones liguify. He says the Marburg virus is a sister virus to the Ebola virus and is about 70% fatal. He also said it mutates so fast that you cannot create a vaccine for it for more than about 2 people because by the time 3-5 others get it that vaccine won’t work anymore. He also said by the time they make more of that ZMapp it won’t be effective.

So basically we are being misled at the very minimum about this stuff.

[LukeL]

Marburg may have been less dangerous, but with global warming who knows what may happen.

[dragonblustar]

I read somewhere that South America is battling some virus as well?

[blondee123]

Every time I open FR , there’s more bad news. I need an anti depressant!!!

[isom35]

I always say they have not yet built a jail that could hold Marburg.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Hannity had some scientist who called in who said this is what’s going around and not Ebola. Some FReeper may have the recording.

[seeker41]

They are very similar from what I have read...

[riri]

Well, let’s get on it! Open up that airport and get the flights a’ rolling. We could have that puppy here by mid week!

[dforest]

Next thing we knoow will be that Obama will step up importing Ugandans to the US.

Yes sir, Dr Friedan and the CDC will take care of that the same way they control Ebola****Oh wait a minute, I am really worried now.

[IncPen]

We have Obamacare.

We are safe.