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[United Marxist Nations]

As horrible as Ebola is people need to understand it is not going to become global pandemic like Spanish flu. It is only transmitted through bodily fluids. It is very rare for a virus to change how it is transmitted. The odds of it happening are very slim.

If it does mutate so that it can transmit more easily, society will be thrown into a panic.

Which is far more unlikely than you may think. Mutation is a very random process, and to become airborne, a specific set of genes would have to mutate, and even then they would have to mutate in a certain way.

[The Stalker]

EVERYONE PANIC! Mass extinction is just around the corner! The media is always right and in no way feeds off of fear mongering!

Just remember when Swine Flu and the Bird Flu wiped out millions of people! Or when Y2K happened and robots took over the planet.

[Cyrisnia]

EVERYONE PANIC! Mass extinction is just around the corner! The media is always right and in no way feeds off of fear mongering!

Just remember when Swine Flu and the Bird Flu wiped out millions of people! Or when Y2K happened and robots took over the planet.

I for one welcome our new Illuminati overlords.

[Alyakia]

EVERYONE PANIC! Mass extinction is just around the corner! The media is always right and in no way feeds off of fear mongering!

Just remember when Swine Flu and the Bird Flu wiped out millions of people! Or when Y2K happened and robots took over the planet.

pretty sure the number of cases in this outbreak outnumbers all previous known ebola outbreaks and probably swine blu and bird flu combined so, uh, yeah

[Prezelly]

Its not like it's the end of the world. Just the end of the first sentient race of monkeys on earth

[United Marxist Nations]

EVERYONE PANIC! Mass extinction is just around the corner! The media is always right and in no way feeds off of fear mongering!

Just remember when Swine Flu and the Bird Flu wiped out millions of people! Or when Y2K happened and robots took over the planet.

pretty sure the number of cases in this outbreak outnumbers all previous known ebola outbreaks and probably swine blu and bird flu combined so, uh, yeah

However, by 2012, research showed that as many as 579,000 people could have been killed by the disease, as only those fatalities confirmed by laboratory testing were included in the original number, and meant that many of those without access to health facilities went uncounted. The majority of these deaths occurred in Africa and Southeast Asia. Experts, including the WHO, have agreed that an estimated 284,500 people were killed by the disease, much higher than the initial death toll.[30][31][32]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic

While Swine Flu wasn't very deadly, it had an advantage that Ebola didn't have, that it can infect a lot of damn people very quickly, speaking from personal experience.

[Othelos]

If it does mutate so that it can transmit more easily, society will be thrown into a panic.

Which is far more unlikely than you may think.

why would I think that is likely at all???

[United Marxist Nations]

Which is far more unlikely than you may think.

why would I think that is likely at all???

Because you brought it up for no apparent reason.

[Othelos]

why would I think that is likely at all???

Because you brought it up for no apparent reason.

I gave a hypothetical scenario. I don't think that Ebola will become a problem in developed nations.

[United States of The One Percent]

Take the Nigerian Sewage Affected Water Bucket Challenge!

[Koopaville]

It's Obama's fault for getting ebola into America. Now I can call him Hosni MuBarack Saddam Hussein Obola bin Laden al Kenya the Kenyan Communist Community Organizer-"in-chief".

Vote Republican in 2014 to save America!
Vote Democrat if you want America to become a third world country!

Just kidding.

[Nazi Flower Power]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/06/nurse-spain-tests-positive-ebola

First reported transmission of Ebola outside of Africa.

Never seems to end - to think countries actually made a big fuss about SARS when it affected a much smaller group of people.

I really do think the response here is wholly inadequate - even by WHO.

All right! EBOLA was caught! New Pokedex data will be added for EBOLA!

I'm really not sure what else you want people to do other than refrain from bringing Ebola patients to Spanish hospitals that don't have adequate containment procedures. People are working to deal with the mess in West Africa, but there is only so much you can do if the locals don't cooperate and the existing hospitals suck.

[Geilinor]

Spain, meet ebola. Ebola, meet Spain.

[United States Kingdom]

I am sure they is a cure out there. Some promising possibilities are Garcinia kola and Nano Silver.

[Greed and Death]

Spain, meet ebola. Ebola, meet Spain.

Confirmed the Spanish variant is more easily transmitted.

Dozens in Spain affected.

[Wisconsin9]

Spain, meet ebola. Ebola, meet Spain.

Confirmed the Spanish variant is more easily transmitted.

Dozens in Spain affected.

Your normal joking bullshit is even more worse than useless right now.

[Martean]

Confirmed the Spanish variant is more easily transmitted.

Dozens in Spain affected.

Your normal joking bullshit is even more worse than useless right now.

Maybe he's got it right http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/10/07/actualidad/1412666827_708666.html (It's in Spanish because no international newspaper has still noticed yet)

[The Greater Ohio Valley]

Spain, meet ebola. Ebola, meet Spain.

If it spreads to Madagascar then you know we're screwed. Ebola for supreme overlord 2015.

[The Greater Ohio Valley]

As horrible as Ebola is people need to understand it is not going to become global pandemic like Spanish flu. It is only transmitted through bodily fluids. It is very rare for a virus to change how it is transmitted. The odds of it happening are very slim.

If it does mutate so that it can transmit more easily, society will be thrown into a panic.

Still the unlikeliest of scenarios.

[Lydenburg]

I was at OR Tambo International not long ago. Especially now that Zimbabwe's worried about Ebola in their own borders, we're tightening up on security. It's been proposed that all travelers coming from the affected areas be barred from entering RSA unless they have a signed doctor's note declaring them free of the virus.

If it can work it's probably worth it. The attending physician puts his name and reputation on the line by signing that note, so he'll make damn sure the guy really is OK.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Your normal joking bullshit is even more worse than useless right now.

Maybe he's got it right http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/10/07/actualidad/1412666827_708666.html (It's in Spanish because no international newspaper has still noticed yet)

As far as I understand there's around 50 people being interned in the hospitals because of the Ebola thing.

The nurse that was in observation has tested twice negative to Ebola and it is more likely she has another sort of infection and not Ebola like initially thought. Her husband is also being kept in close observation after having close contact with his wife.

A man who came to Spain from Nigeria is also testing negative. They will make another test to make sure.

[United States Kingdom]

I oppose the fact that Obama is sending troops to Africa. Its just better to send health workers instead of

[Scomagia]

EVERYONE PANIC! Mass extinction is just around the corner! The media is always right and in no way feeds off of fear mongering!

Just remember when Swine Flu and the Bird Flu wiped out millions of people! Or when Y2K happened and robots took over the planet.

pretty sure the number of cases in this outbreak outnumbers all previous known ebola outbreaks and probably swine blu and bird flu combined so, uh, yeah

The later statement is most definitely false.

[Neutraligon]

I oppose the fact that Obama is sending troops to Africa. Its just better to send health workers instead of

The troops are there to ensure the safety of those already there.

[Wisconsin9]

I oppose the fact that Obama is sending troops to Africa. Its just better to send health workers instead of

We've gone over this quite thoroughly at least once so far this thread.