Posted on 10/25/2014 6:55:04 PM PDT by Gadsden1st
I’ve been walking the earth for a half a century, so I’m sure I’ve picked up a bit along the way. I know the Gettysburg Address by heart. I can recite all the presidents. I can taste the difference between Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi, and I’m fairly certain I can tell you the starting lineup from the 1976 Cincinnati Reds. But if you ask me if I’m worried about Ebola, if our hospital is ready or if our nurses and staff are up to the challenge, chances are you will probably hear me say this:
“Hell if I know.”
.... he the new czar ?
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...
No.
He's vastly over-qualified for that job.
I fear progressives
Bump for a very interesting read. The Doc makes some good points.
Thanks, a poster who respected his audience would have included that in the except, or at least post #1,
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That would probably spread a lot worse than Ebola would.
I do respect this audience, however I admit I did fail to realize the difficulty some would have with reading the article instead of having excerpted parts I found important spoon fed to them.
As an example, I found the more interesting point not the concern for the flu. I thought the most important point was that he wasn’t sure they would show up for the party.
I loathe progressives, and I am their pandemic! :-)
I did read the article and on to his book reviews on Amazon. Thanks.
I read the article. It was honest and interesting. Thanks for posting.
You might have found that more interesting, but ask yourself, is there anything in the title that would suggest readers would click to see ‘that more interesting thing’?
Or would they be clicking to see what the doctor found more scary?
“But a real bad flu?
There is no way you can prepare for it. The goal should be to protect your hospital from it.”
A very interesting perspective not yet considered, from what I have read.
Thanks for the summary, I didn't want to go to the link.
Influenza is quite alarming--it only takes a few mutations for H5N1 or H7N9 to infect the upper respiratory system where they will become airborne. MERS, at the moment, seems not very contagious, but it is very much like a cold virus and we don't know enough about it to know what might make it more contagious. These are all quite deadly... while Ebola is dramatic, it does not have the potential to cause widespread death that the respiratory viruses have.
The entire article and the reader comments are golden, and should be read. If such a pandemic hits, either be the first one to the hospital, or don’t go at all!
I like his honesty......:o)
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