Two, you get Ebola by eating bushmeat, or being in close contact (very close) with someone who has it. Crewmembers don't leave the vessel in these ports, they want nothing more to do with Africa than any of us do, perhaps less.
Three, even if they had Ebola, it can essentially be cured with minor medicines and Gatorade. It's tearing through Africa like the ‘85 Bears, because Africans aren't really up to speed on things like hygiene, and quarantine.
Get ‘em in here, study it, and cure them.
The only way to stop this is quarantine where it comes from. This is plain stupid.
You’re a freakin’ mis-informer.
I don’t like your idea - at all.
“Three, even if they had Ebola, it can essentially be cured with minor medicines and Gatorade. “
No ebolavirus-specific treatment exists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_disease#Treatment
I’ll fund your humanitarian mission to Liberia with “minor medicines and Gatorade”.
“Crewmembers don’t leave the vessel in these ports, they want nothing more to do with Africa than any of us do, perhaps less.”
Yes, because sailors never, ever, see prostitutes.
And there are never, ever, little boats with prostitutes that go from boat-to-boat.
Never, ever, happens.
1985 Bears were humiliated by the lowly Dolphins. I was there. It was awesome.
There were posters here who were opposed to permitting two US citizens back into the US for treatment.
It is doubtful these guys even have Ebola and they are in a frenzy.
My goodness what have you been smoking? Depending on the strain, the fatality rate is upwards of 50% to 90% and it’s a jolly nasty way to go.
I will concede, however, that the crew members may not be Africans, but if they were in an African port of call and enjoyed the local ladies, they could easily be infected. I will also concede that Africa’s primitive medical facilities are a big part of the problem.
There is fear that this version of Ebola may spread through the air because it has mutated a number of times.
It is in metro areas in Africa, we are living in a small world and the US has porous borders. The length of time before symptons are shown is anywhere between two and 25 days. Those who are “cured” are still contagious for up to 7 weeks.
It is a virus so most of the care is supportive not curative. And the more cases there are, the more opportunity for mutations, and it is suspected that the number of cases and exposures is fairly substantially underrreported.
I suspect it is not a matter of whether it will spread to the US and potentially become uncontrollable, but when. If you want to stiffen your spine a bit, read Hot Zone by Preston. By God’s grace, this Ebola strain wasn’t transmissable to humans, but you get a good idea of how careful people can become infected and/or spread the disease to others.
There’s more than a bit of hubris involved in allowing potential Ebola cases into the US in my opinion - including the doctor and medical worker.
Wow. That's interesting. Do you have some supporting links, please?
-——Three, even if they had Ebola, it can essentially be cured with minor medicines and Gatorade.-——
If that is the case why are sending 3,000 military personnel instead of truckloads of Gatorade...?
“Three, even if they had Ebola, it can essentially be cured with minor medicines and Gatorade.”
Specific data regarding your proposed treatment of Ebola is requested.
Could you have confused Ebola with Cholera?
You might actually want to do some real research instead of listening to propaganda unless propaganda is your job.
I only differ with you on one point. When using ferocious NFL defenses as an analogy go with the 86 Giants :-)
One and three, I agree totally. If you look at video...these folks are getting meager rations, and no I-V packs. They get dehydrated, and just have a twenty-percent of survival at that point.
On point two....we’ve progressed passed it being some ‘bad meat’. Sweat contact is now the more likely possible way of passing it. So, you don’t want to be within twenty feet of a guy with it.
We are being stupid about this whole thing....thinking that we can allow some individuals with it...come into the US for any reason. If you can’t ensure the health and safety of the nation....there’s a fundamental problem.
Wrong. Sailors go ashore for a whore. Been like that for thousands of years. And when it comes to a plague, it comes from ships ....also thousands of years been happening.