Posted on 10/16/2014 3:00:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Frontier airlines has brought the “Ebola” plane to Denver for decontamination. People are not amused around here.
“Of course, if air travel decreases you just know that TSA is going to start laying off. /s/”
And that would be a good thing. We have not flown for almost two years, and I have over a half a million miles worth of “milage” that are the leftovers from a career that involved substantial international air travel. I used to absolutely love to get on a plane and go somewhere. Between the TSA, terrorism, and shi-ty service, the magnetism is all gone.
This will impact everything, not just International travel...
Domestic travel will nose dive into the ground, travel agents, ground transportation, tourist destinations, hotels, hospitals, rental car industry and on and on and on....
You’d have to be stupid to get on a commercial aircraft today, here or abroad.
Friends of mine are in Europe, they have to come home in another couple of weeks. We’ve talked about getting masks, wipes, and rubbing alcohol, the 90% alcohol kind that kills viruses. Wear clothes on flights that you were going to throw out anyway and toss them. Especially things like cheap raincoats. Scarves, gloves, other disposable protective gear. Fly during nonrush hours. Look around the cabin before takeoff and if you don’t like the looks of other passengers, get off immediately.
Have fun.
Exactly why the wife and I haven't flown since 2005. If we can't drive there, we're not going.
They need to run it through overhaul and burn the entire contents of the fuselage. Used to be called a “D” check, but now, with the progressive maintenance program, not sure what they call “overhaul” these days.
The holiday travel season will certainly be interesting this year...
That could be a very long time. Previous outbreaks would burn themselves out in 4-6 months, given some reasonable adult leadership, and common sense containment. This one is different in several ways.
Outbreaks Chronology: Ebola Virus Disease
The worst difference is that we don't currently have any such adult leadership, and insanity rules the day.
Incompetence or malice; stupid or evil? And does it really matter?
Speaking of the Ebola Effect, both Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp announced yesterday they’re refusing to take blood samples from anyone suspected of Ebola. They can’t risk contaminating tens of millions worth of test equipment or exposed their lab personnel to such danger.
I suggest if you’re correct, you need to buy puts on airline stocks and become the next version of the Koch Bros.
Having said that, airline stocks have done ok the last couple days. I think the plunge in oil prices (their big cost driver) is offsetting some of the Obola hysteria.
Can’t imagine that the cruise ship industry will fare very well either. The couple 100 employees on board every ship come from all over the world. Who knows how well they are vetted. I usually cruise once a year, but not this year!
Yeah, Obama feels its ok if our air lines take a bath but he wants to protect the economy of the African countrys by not shutting down air travel from there.
Just book a charter like the CDC told Nurse 2 to do.
I was an aircraft mech in my youth but it isn’t fun any more
so you would have to DRAG and GAG me to board a plane now.
If I can’t drive, I ain’t going.
And they will go under. No sane person is going to fly anywhere if it’s not absolutely necessary.
I haven’t flown since pre-9/11. It wasn’t even a pleasurable experience then.
The days of flying being “fun” are gone forever, I fear. Like you I used to love it.
For all the reasons you mentioned plus...the planes seem to have maintenance problems. Maybe not “crash worthy” problems...but just as scary.
From whom?
It doesn't matter what this administration says -- it isn't likely that it will be believed.
I believe that two forms are created. One to distract and occupy the immune system while the other does the dirty work.
The description of the glycoprotein intrigued me because I have read of the harm that glycation does. Glycation is not the same as glycosylation. Glycation is
Bonding with yet other protein molecules can occur leading to advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs). There the immune system regards these glycated proteins as foreign and develops antibodies against them and can result in a defective immune system directing antibodies against the host's own tissues. It is thought to be the cause of autoimmune disorders.
The point is: the ebola virus is bad but like all others operates within the confines of biochemistry. It will be defeated. But in the meantime . . . .
(We put men on the Moon in relative short order. We can defeat Ebola and other hemorrhagic diseases.)
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