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To: cripplecreek
60% of people with Ebola die. TB is very treatable....

That said...maybe 60% of Ebola patients die due to sub-standard care. Maybe with better care...the number goes down??

And many with TB don't follow their treatment guidelines...as treatment is very long. But if I got TB...I'd take all the treatment...for sure. Because it can be cured.

Anyway, I work in the healthcare field...and I'm more concerned about the Hep alphabets than anything.......

FWIW-

43 posted on 07/30/2014 9:48:21 AM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: Osage Orange

Without a hospital the death rate for some strains of ebola is 90%. With a hospital its 50-60%.

Many of their doctors are western trained. They may lack the fancy (expensive) equipment but they are disciplined and give decent care.


46 posted on 07/30/2014 9:54:47 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Osage Orange

The 60% figure IS the number with good care. Normally its 90% untreated.


67 posted on 07/30/2014 10:23:44 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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To: Osage Orange

“TB is very treatable....”

That is no longer the case. There are now strains of TB that are drug resistant. There also are strains that are highly contagious.


120 posted on 07/30/2014 12:16:36 PM PDT by khelus
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