Posted on 09/17/2014 12:20:11 PM PDT by Dallas59
he deaths of 10 people in the past week of a mysterious disease in several cities in Venezuela, including the capital of Caracas, have caused panic within the population and has prompted doctors to sound the alarm.
A government spokesman minimized the warnings and described efforts to notify the public of a disease that has killed four adults and four children as a "campaign of disinformation and terrorism."
Despite the government's indifference, the country's doctors insist there is plenty of reason for concern about a highly dangerous and contagious disease of unknown origin.
(Excerpt) Read more at local10.com ...
What would prevent that?
They would not be contagious until they were symptomatic.
They would have a short time to “infect good people” by close quarter contact. Just standing next to someone is not going to do it.
Then they would be unable to move, because they would be dehydrated and bleeding from every possible opening .
Nasty little "things". Their simplicity is their key to keeping us company. Once we have an immune system that has been programmed with the ability to identify it and the white cells eat it up and die in the process of getting rid of it, the problem is solved.
It's been said that at any given time we have 40 immune system magic bullets in our white cell army inside the body. That army continuously issues orders to remove the plans to kill the thing they least see and dealt with the longest time ago in favor of updating the orders to new exposures and reprogramming those white cells to do their job. The problem is that Ebola is not recognized. It's been around a long time and you would think that immune systems would have kicked in by now?
liberalism will kill us all....the proper decision about a month ago would have been to lock down Africa, no external air traffic, no ships....but
Obama will be importing sick Venezuelans into the country to make it “fair”.
https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Infection_Mechanism_of_Genus_Ebolavirus
Maybe you were the one who posted that most highly interesting page.
Very interesting indeedy.
CDC recommends N100 now.
The N95 recommendation is outdated.
I would rather be prepped when a plague or pandemic spread through America, than not.
Who wouldn’t?
So everything I know about viruses comes from an 11th grader. That is until you shared that link. Cool stuff!
When or if Ebola or some other horrific disease makes an appearance in the US, "the agenda" will be our worst enemy. Media will be told to reassure the public. Planes will continue flying, schools will stay opened, people will be expected to show up at work in buildings with closed air systems. People will gather at conventions and concerts.
It will be "for our own good" and for economic considerations. There will be concerns that doing anything dramatic would cause panic, so governments and the media will encourage no change in routines.
The thing to do is to stay alert and decide for oneself if there's a real threat. If there is, self quarantine for a few months might make sense.
I'm preparing not just with foods and emergency supplies, but plenty of books, puzzles, CDs, DVDs...... Will it happen? Probably not. But if it does, we'll mostly be on our own to tell when there's a situation where quarantine is wise.
JMHO
You’re very welcome. I have bookmarked so many links I can’t remember who posted them :)
Yup, it will diminish and disappear... slowly erode all risks.
Nature has a way of mediating all risks.
I feel like Howard Hughes without the money.
It’s actually more stable in cold. It’s the humidity it likes.
140F and over attenuate/kill it.
Unlike nature, we re-elect them.
Yes, and pretty much inevitable if in close proximity to a patient and/or infected materials. If you were to go into a room with a symptomatic patient -- and touch anything that has been in contact with the patient, or the patient coughs -- it would be essentially pointless to wear a mask. You're going to be infected, unless you're also wearing a full containment suit, and maybe even then unless it is decontaminated and removed properly.
You’re probably late to the party.
So no beards on your oil rig?
In another study, Ebolavirus dried onto glass, polymeric silicone rubber, or painted aluminum alloy is able to survive in the dark for several hours under ambient conditions (between 20 and 250C and 3040% relative humidity) (amount of virus reduced to 37% after 15.4 hours), but is less stable than some other viral hemorrhagic fevers (Lassa) Footnote 53. When dried in tissue culture media onto glass and stored at 4 °C, Zaire ebolavirus survived for over 50 days
There isn't much contagion threat until the person is symptomatic. Once symptomatic, they won't be shaking hands much, and they will be recognized, quarantined and contacts investigated. There probably would be some transmission before they were caught, but probably not as bad as you imagined.
They would have a short time to infect good people by close quarter contact. Just standing next to someone is not going to do it.
Then they would be unable to move, because they would be dehydrated and bleeding from every possible opening .
Nevertheless, it is spreading like wildfire in Africa.
Granted we have better hygiene and medical savvy than them, however, if it happens in a crowded location, many people could be infected.
I think it will hit here eventually, but not to the degree that it would in Africa. But it won't be pretty and it will cause a LOT of problems.
I am still making ready to spend a significant amount of time isolated.
Course, by all indications, this winter is going to be a bear and I always get ready anyway. We don't live particularly close to a store and I don't like hauling stuff in through the slop and don't have the luxury of running out for the least little thing I need if I run short. So I'm ready anyway. But this is solidifying the plans I am making.
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