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Ebola Outbreak Continues To Expand
symbolset writes in with the latest about an ebola outbreak spreading across West Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to monitor the evolution of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. The current epidemic trend of EVD outbreak in Sierra Leone and Liberia remains serious, with 67 new cases and 19 deaths reported July 15-17, 2014. These include suspect, probable, and laboratory-confirmed cases. The EVD outbreak in Guinea continues to show a declining trend, with no new cases reported during this period. Critical analyses and review of the current outbreak response is being undertaken to inform the process of developing prioritized national operational plans. Effective implementation of the prioritized plans will be vital in reversing the current trend of EVD outbreak, especially in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
People who kiss and hug and wash dead, infected, highly contagious corpses without any protection are bread out of the gene-pool.
It's a good thing.
That some religious nutjob out there hasn't been taking samples, or deliberately exposing themselves to it
Coming to a plane journey near you, has that chap near you coughing just clearing his throat or is he seriously ill ?
Is he sweating from the heat or fever ?
and Antibiotics1 and 2
At least it's not Anthrax-Leprosy-Mu!
FNORD!
Much Madness is divinest Sense --
To a discerning Eye --
Much Sense -- the starkest Madness
Disease outbreak...check
Pre-WW3 conflicts...check
Justin bieber...check
Ok im ready for Earth obliteration... time to reset society...
really is a stupid pointless acronym
Virii mutate, and do so rapidly (which is why every year there is a new crop of flu virii to fight). If Ebola mutates to add something like an uncontrollable murderous rage in a non-trivial percentage of the infected then we have the potential for World War Z. This is a scenario that rivals the old cold war for scary.
-- Jeff Woods
Who was the sad f*ck who decided to make up a confusing three letter acronym for Ebola?
OK, it's a nasty disease, and the victims are worthy of sympathy.
But in terms of significance in the global population, syphilis kills and cripples more people annually in the developing world than the over-hyped Ebola ever has since it's discovery. As Bugs Bunny might well ask, :"What's all the hubbub, bub?"
Who's brain isn't developed? lmao
I wish it started in Madagascar.
I am not a virologist or an epidemiologist (nor do I play one on TV) but I always seem to remember the risk of a larger pandemic from Ebola or other similar severe hemorrhagic fevers was reduced due to the nature of these illnesses having a rapid onset and severity which limits the ability of infected people to be ambulatory and infect other people.
What I wonder and maybe worry about is a long-term low-grade outbreak leading to mutations which increase the amount of time the infected might be able to spread the illness. I don't know how likely this is, but it seems kind of a scary idea.
Someone who can't tell who's from whose?
And I just read that the doctor that's treated 100+ of the Ebola victims has been infected as well.
3 other nurses have already succumbed to the disease.
The high mortality rate is probably what scares people the most, despite it actually not being that infective through normal pathways.
Coz eternity my friend, is a long *ing time.
From your sarcasm, I'm going to assume that you'd rather that AIDS was characterised as a disease of gay people and minorities who should therefore be ostracised, it wasn't spoken about, and where its very existence was denied?
That's what happened in the 1980s and it caused the fucking problem in the first place.
No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
Maybe he means the people who board the planes
The story I read before this one was about a malaria vaccine that was developed in the early 90's, was known to be effective by '97, and has been awaiting approval since then, while ten million people died from the disease.
Really, though, it was only ten million families who had to lose their loved ones - that's a small price to pay for the paperwork being in order.
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You sound a little insane. Like maybe that you're so far gone that you're a Republican.
Well in his defense he at least isn't posting as an AC...
Statistically, AIDS is mostly a disease of gay people and minorities
Positive you don't know.
Idiots with bad habbits dying and other members of the same species elsewhere surviving to pass on their genes to their descendants is about as close to the definition of evolution as you can get in this situation.
When I migrated to NZ, back in 2000/2001 my blood was tested (for HIV, amongst other things) and an X-ray of my lungs was taken. However (!) I was already in the country for some time as a tourist...
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No, promiscuity is the biggest driver of STIs, as it's the sex in STI. That doesn't mean that we should show no compassion to those affected, but the fact that it's unhealthy behavior has been known and specifically warned against since ancient times. If you look at the records thereof, you will find that most mentions of it talk about how the people who engage in unsafe practices like that end up sick. Moreover, though this has been forgotten or ignored, that appears to be one of the primary *reasons* that people were averse to such behavior in the first place.
But, as usual, people blame those who point out the problem.
LOL. Go read a book on genetics and get back to us when you understand how evolution works.
still waiting for the President of Madagascar to shut down everything.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
When you only talk in sarcasm, you say nothing. Your opinion is only as valid as the justifications you can make for it. Apparently, that's nothing. So we'll treat your opinion with all the respect you deserve.
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They don't want to keep the disease out. They want to keep people with TB out of the health care system. If you were diagnosed as a tourist, they'd throw you out. If you are diagnosed as a prospective migrant, they throw you out. If you are diagnosed as a resident, they treat you. It isn't about the disease, but the treatment costs.
Learn to love Alaska
Statistically, AIDS is mostly a disease of straight white people.
Learn to love Alaska
the US government and the CDC disagrees with you http://aids.gov/hiv-aids-basic...
My daughter was born in NZ in a maternity center, we didn't have to pay a single thing. Back then we still had tourist state. So I don't think you're correct. But I have no idea how much TB treatment costs. In Mexico, where I live right now, in order to get married one has to be tested for HIV. I think that's a sane thing to do. No health tests where required for migration, if I recall correctly. Anyway, my point is: if you test immigrants only, it's pointless.
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I'm ready are you?
Since then, they changed the rules to throw out pregnant tourists. The TB test may have started out as prevention at one point, but at this point in time, it's about costs only.
Learn to love Alaska
From your link:
"MSM [gay males] accounted for 52% of all people living with HIV infection in 2009, the most recent year these data are available"[snip]"and 63% of all new infections"
So it isn't hard to extrapolate and guess that some date before 2009, the "gay male" segment was below half (as now, it's almost exactly half), but the gay male segment grew faster than others recently to overtake it.
The last time I had looked, straight people still lead the gay-male category, but it has been a few years. And its still more non-Black than Black, but it was more white than non-white when I last paid attention.
I don't check the statistics on an annual basis to see what the trends are. None of those results affect my behavior.
Learn to love Alaska
my statement was "gays and minorities", for example in the year 2000 that was over 60% of cases, most being in one or both groups
Clear, thanks for the clarification/correction. TBH, I was surpised that nothing had to be paid.
Perl Programmer for hire
Was the baby a citizen? I thought the rules were any legally-born child (not to an illegal entrant) was a citizen. And that was another reason they kicked them out more recently. But those rules also changed between your time here and mine. I just didn't follow too closely, as they didn't affect me.
Learn to love Alaska
We need to do this. its time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO2-YxWkRxk
The TB test may have started out as prevention at one point, but at this point in time, it's about costs only.
Maybe, but the reason they're really getting anal regarding TB are the rather nasty resistant strains doing the rounds..harder to treat naturally means more expensive, so yes, costs are involved, but no-one wants aany mass TB outbreaks again if we can help it.
I just wish our bloody government was as anal wrt screening as you Kiwis..