Overreaction or measured response...
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Ebola virus outbreak: live [^] Possible evacuation of Americans infected with Ebola triggers fears in U.S. [^] Is this just media outlets milking a story or should we be worried? (personally I'm not worried but seems like a good topic for conversation).
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Ebola virus outbreak: live [^] Possible evacuation of Americans infected with Ebola triggers fears in U.S. [^] Is this just media outlets milking a story or should we be worried? (personally I'm not worried but seems like a good topic for conversation).
When was the last outbreak, 2000? We had the media winding us up about H5N1, chicken flu, avian flu, chinesse stirfried chicken flu, and pretty much everythig else, so I am tempted to say, dont sweat it.
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When was the last outbreak, 2000? We had the media winding us up about H5N1, chicken flu, avian flu, chinesse stirfried chicken flu, and pretty much everythig else, so I am tempted to say, dont sweat it.
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
don't sweat it
Precisely - sweat is one of the transmission vectors. I'm looking forward to the government health warning campaign slogan "Don't pet the sweaty things" :-D
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
don't sweat it
Precisely - sweat is one of the transmission vectors. I'm looking forward to the government health warning campaign slogan "Don't pet the sweaty things" :-D
:) I was tempted to say 'dont shit yourself about it' :)
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Ebola virus outbreak: live [^] Possible evacuation of Americans infected with Ebola triggers fears in U.S. [^] Is this just media outlets milking a story or should we be worried? (personally I'm not worried but seems like a good topic for conversation).
They're taking them to a hospital right near the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. These guys kinda know what they're doing... Besides, worst case... It's just Georgia... :-D
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They're taking them to a hospital right near the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. These guys kinda know what they're doing... Besides, worst case... It's just Georgia... :-D
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)LOL: quite like Atlanta but the rest is a redneck wasteland. :-)
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They're taking them to a hospital right near the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. These guys kinda know what they're doing... Besides, worst case... It's just Georgia... :-D
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Ian Shlasko wrote:
They're taking them to a hospital right near the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta
Can't they just disimigrate them back to Nigeria? (I am going to have to hide after that! :omg: )
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They're taking them to a hospital right near the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. These guys kinda know what they're doing... Besides, worst case... It's just Georgia... :-D
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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Ian Shlasko wrote:
These guys kinda know what they're doing..
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
So like I said, they kinda know what they're doing :-D
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) -
They're taking them to a hospital right near the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. These guys kinda know what they're doing... Besides, worst case... It's just Georgia... :-D
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) -
They're taking them to a hospital right near the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. These guys kinda know what they're doing... Besides, worst case... It's just Georgia... :-D
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Ian Shlasko wrote:
These guys kinda know what they're doing...
yeah right. That's why they accidentally shipped the deadly 5N1 bird flu strain (I think that's what it was) to several labs around the country, and it was only discovered recently. I don't trust the CDC with the spittle from my sneeze. [edit] Oh yeah, your question. Overreaction. [/edit] Marc
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Ian Shlasko wrote:
These guys kinda know what they're doing...
yeah right. That's why they accidentally shipped the deadly 5N1 bird flu strain (I think that's what it was) to several labs around the country, and it was only discovered recently. I don't trust the CDC with the spittle from my sneeze. [edit] Oh yeah, your question. Overreaction. [/edit] Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
spittle from my sneeze.
Wasn't that one of Dr.Suess' less well known books? Marcy was little He liked to stand in the middle and piddle with his fiddle. The big chittle walked up with a riddle full of fleas. Little Marcy he declared, have you heard of the CDCs? And little Marcy said yes, though he felt weak in the knees. And I wouldn't trust 'em with the spittle of by sneeze.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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When was the last outbreak, 2000? We had the media winding us up about H5N1, chicken flu, avian flu, chinesse stirfried chicken flu, and pretty much everythig else, so I am tempted to say, dont sweat it.
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But don't they have a point with the flu thing? As I understand it what we call Common Flu now is a strand of the Spanish flu which appeared in 1918, travelled back with the returning WW1 Soilders and ended up killing more people than WW1. The reason it doesn't kill as much anymore is we;ve built up an immunity to it. But every hundred years or so the Flu virus manages to mutate into a strain that can bypass our immune system and kill a high percentage that contract it. I think all the strains you have mentioned have the killer aspect, they just can't be airbourne yet and it's only a matter of time before one of them acheive this through mutation or cross strain breeding?
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Marc Clifton wrote:
spittle from my sneeze.
Wasn't that one of Dr.Suess' less well known books? Marcy was little He liked to stand in the middle and piddle with his fiddle. The big chittle walked up with a riddle full of fleas. Little Marcy he declared, have you heard of the CDCs? And little Marcy said yes, though he felt weak in the knees. And I wouldn't trust 'em with the spittle of by sneeze.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
jeron1 wrote:
Wasn't that one of Dr.Suess' less well known books?
That was absolutely amazing!!! :laugh: Marc
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Ebola virus outbreak: live [^] Possible evacuation of Americans infected with Ebola triggers fears in U.S. [^] Is this just media outlets milking a story or should we be worried? (personally I'm not worried but seems like a good topic for conversation).
Move Ebola patients to the US. What could possibly go wrong? :~
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Ebola virus outbreak: live [^] Possible evacuation of Americans infected with Ebola triggers fears in U.S. [^] Is this just media outlets milking a story or should we be worried? (personally I'm not worried but seems like a good topic for conversation).
Move Ebola patients to the US. What could possibly go wrong? :~
**_Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong._**
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