*Breaking* Ebola has reached the U.S.

[+Warwagon MVC]

A patient being treated at a Dallas hospital is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday.

 

The person, whose identity was not released, left Liberia on September 19 and arrived in the United States on September 20, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC.

 

At that time, the person did not have symptoms. "But four or five days later," that person began to show symptoms, Frieden said. The person was hospitalized and isolated Sunday at a hospital in Texas.

 

Frieden sought to play down the risk to public health.

 

"It's a severe disease, which has a high case fatality rate, even with the best of care, but there are core, tried and true public health interventions that stop it," he said of Ebola.

 

"The bottom line here is that I have no doubt that we will control this importation or this case of Ebola so that it does not spread widely in this country," Frieden said.

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/30/health/ebola-us/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[mudslag]

it was bound to happen

[Hum]

Nothing to get excited about.

 

Won't affect 99% of people.

[Praetor]

Nothing to get excited about.

 

Won't affect 99% of people.

 

unless it gets out of control in Africa...and in there it's winning :/

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

"breaking"

 

 

:|

 

 

bound to happen

[Lenny Bruce]

I sure hope it doesn't get out of hand here; it probably won't.

[compl3x]

unless it gets out of control in Africa...and in there it's winning :/

 

 

However, you have to consider how ill-prepared those countries were. The U.S. isn't in the same situation. I'd bet it would be quickly quarantined and treated.

[Praetor]

However, you have to consider how ill-prepared those countries were. The U.S. isn't in the same situation. I'd bet it would be quickly quarantined and treated.

 

yes but remember that this is a high infectious virus, with a very high mortal rate.

[Intersect]

so resident evil was a sign to the world that bad things were comming then.

 

hopefully this will not get out of hand.

[mudslag]

yes but remember that this is a high infectious virus, with a very high mortal rate.

 

 

It really depends on where you're talking about. It has a high mortality and infectious rate in Africa for a number of reasons. Those being, they have a weaker infrastructure in many regards. Their health care systems are slower to respond and less able to handle outbreaks. The social views are skewed against the health care system as well as the view on ebola itself. Their funeral practices aren't modern and often involve touching and even kissing the dead bodies. Their eating practices and even the distances between cities, towns and small villages make it difficult to get health cares workers in to help out. Even the lack of basic communications is part of the problem.

 

In a modern countries like the US, EU, ect, we wouldn't have any where near the outbreak effects. We have mass communication to get the word out of even potential outbreaks. Our health care infrastructure is pretty well equipped to handle it. We have a far better ability to track down those in contact with potential infected. We don't eat bush meat, we have strict rules regarding the dead and infectious materials. We are socially far more educated on diseases in general. In practically every aspect we are far more advanced and better off. 

 

Even though this has been the worst outbreak of ebola, the mortality rates is still under it's normal rate of 90% all because there was a more proactive action this time around. It's still bad but could have been far worse in terms of over all rates. Basic smarts of washing your hands and staying away from other people's bodily fluid and you could sit next to a infected person and truly have very little to worry about.

[Mockingbird]

Zzzzzzzz

 

Because of the superior healthcare in the U.S., there won't be an outbreak like in many African countries..

[JustGeorge]

The only issue I see is if Ebola goes airborne. That will be a problem.

[notchinese]

The only issue I see is if Ebola goes airborne. That will be a problem.

 

Isn't that the plot of I am Legend  :shiftyninja:

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Prepare of Ebola sensationalism on the media...

oh wait, too late.

[JustGeorge]

Isn't that the plot of I am Legend  :shiftyninja:

Naw, I think those individuals had more problems than Ebola.

[webeagle12]

We are all going to die!!!

 

[spenser.d]

This seems relevant before you all go freaking out about it.

 

[webeagle12]

This seems relevant before you all go freaking out about it.

 

 

 

America has the best doctors and public health infrastructure..

 

 

[123456789A]

The ebola carrier must immediately be incinerated before the virus can spread.

[spenser.d]

 

This seems relevant before you all go freaking out about it.

 

 

 

America has the best doctors and public health infrastructure..

 

 

 

 

That's not really the relevant part :P

[123456789A]

That's not really the relevant part :p

 

Well if it only spreads through body fluids, that guy was an idiot for coming into contact with body fluids of an ebola carrier and then traveling abroad having knowingly done so. He should be incinerated immediately before the virus has a chance to mutate into an airborne one.

[webeagle12]

.... into an airborne one.

Not sure if serious or just trolling..

[freak180]

This seems relevant before you all go freaking out about it.

 

LOL! BIGGEST JOKE EVER

[123456789A]

Not sure if serious or just trolling..

 

You've never heard of viruses mutating before?

[spenser.d]

LOL! BIGGEST JOKE EVER

 

Do I need to cut out the bottom part for you to get the point? :rolleyes: