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[Freechrist]

There have been 2 cases where a person that has died of the Ebola Virus, rises and walks around.

Zombies?

[Imperial Nilfgaard]

THE ALARMING QUESTION

Is the world ready for Ebola? What do you think about the One-Million Milestone? CAN WE STOP WORLD WAR EBOLA?

(Anyway, tell meh' whatcha' ya' think.)

6/10

Kinda obvious.

[Nord Amour]

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/26669393/officials-first-ebola-case-diagnosed-in-us

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/30/health/ebola-us/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

"(CNN) -- [Breaking news alert published at 5:50 p.m. ET]

A person traveling from Liberia to the United States has been diagnosed with Ebola, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters Tuesday. The person, whose identity was not released, left Liberia on September 19 and arrived in the United States on September 20, he said. 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, he said.

[Original story published at 5:42 p.m. ET]

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

Several other Americans were diagnosed in West Africa and then brought to the United States for treatment.

The person who first tested positive for Ebola in the United States is a patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, hospital spokesman Stephen O'Brien said Tuesday.

The adult patient developed symptoms days after returning to Texas from West Africa, and was admitted into isolation on Sunday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

The CDC is expected to provide more details on the case in a press conference at 5:30 p.m.

Sanjay Gupta explains Ebola virus

The Ebola outbreak has been centered in the West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, though there have been concerns about international air travel and other factors -- including the fact the symptoms might not appear until two to 21 days after one is infected -- may contribute to its spread.

More than 3,000 people in West Africa have died after being infected with Ebola, according to a World Health Organization report from last week. The same report stated that there had been 6,553 cases of the virus overall, though the number is suspected of being much higher given difficulties in tracking and reporting the disease.

According to the CDC, Ebola causes viral hemorrhagic fever, which can affect multiple organ systems in the body and are often accompanied by bleeding. Early symptoms include sudden onset of fever, weakness, muscle pain, headaches and a sore throat, each of which can be easily mistaken early on for other ailments like malaria, typhoid fever, meningitis or even the plague."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/30/health/ebola-us/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

EDIT: I admit to unintentionally misquoting certain CDC statements issued to the public.


I trust that the US can contain the disease. I do not trust the CDC.

EDIT: I am not claiming that Ebola is a threat. There is no rational basis on which to refer to my thread as "fearmongering."

[Nord Amour]

Bump

[Jute]

I was hoping this would not happen. This makes a bit more pessimistic...

[Stormwind-City]

Why don't you trust the CDC? They make mistakes, but most of the time they get the job done.

[RPGers]

Bump

Don't bump after three minutes

[Stormaen]

And so it begins...

[The Flood]

Perhaps we shouldn't be accepting flights from countries infested with the most deadly virus known to man?

[Stormwind-City]

Perhaps we shouldn't be accepting flights from countries infested with the most deadly virus known to man?

Blame Congress for not giving the CDC that power.

[United States Kingdom]

Perhaps we shouldn't be accepting flights from countries infested with the most deadly virus known to man?

The second part of your statement is just... Most deadly virus known to man? Seriously?

[Geilinor]

Hopefully the spread stops here, but I doubt it when more West African tourists arrive.

[Nord Amour]

Bump

Don't bump after three minutes

I'll let the mods tell me that. Thank you.

[Geilinor]

Perhaps we shouldn't be accepting flights from countries infested with the most deadly virus known to man?

The second part of your statement is just... Most deadly virus known to man? Seriously?

70% mortality rate and death within 72 hours? Yes.

[Vekalse]

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/09/3 ... ola-in-us/

"Overreacting."

[Braberbourg]

I really hope those "ministers" at the Parliament (EU) will close those f*cking borders once and for all, if not the entirety of Europe is doomed.

[New Kvenland]

Perhaps we shouldn't be accepting flights from countries infested with the most deadly virus known to man?

He's got a point. If I were the Liberians, the Guineans, etc. I would close my borders to all but Red Cross doctors.

[Right-Wing Anarchy of Egoism]

Not gonna go to America for vacation until the infection subsides, it seems.

[Stormwind-City]

I really hope those "ministers" at the Parliament (EU) will close those f*cking borders once and for all, if not the entirety of Europe is doomed.

The fear mongering is great with this one.

[Stormwind-City]

Not gonna go to America for vacation until the infection subsides, it seems.

Its only 1 case in Texas.

[Braberbourg]

I really hope those "ministers" at the Parliament (EU) will close those f*cking borders once and for all, if not the entirety of Europe is doomed.

The fear mongering is great with this one.

You have to keep in mind that it's a densely populated continent.

Besides, most of Europe is done with the immigrant influx anyways, so it's a win-win.

[United States Kingdom]

The second part of your statement is just... Most deadly virus known to man? Seriously?

70% mortality rate and death within 72 hours? Yes.

So its worse than Malaria, or HIV.

[Union of Kiwi Socialists]

It was only a matter of time

[Vekalse]

HAHHAHAHHAH! And people thought I was overreacting.

[Right-Wing Anarchy of Egoism]

Not gonna go to America for vacation until the infection subsides, it seems.

Its only 1 case in Texas.

Oh, it's gonna spread further. Unless, of course, Texas is declared independent and borders are closed.