Health Advisor: Ebola Still Spreading, Worst Outbreak We've Ever Seen

Lasrick writes After four decades of confining Ebola outbreaks to small areas, experts acknowledged in an October 9 New England Journal of Medicine article that "we were wrong" about the scope of the current situation. At the present transmission rate, the number of Ebola cases in West Africa doubles every two to three weeks. Early diagnosis is the key to controlling the epidemic, but that's far easier said than done: "And there are several complicating factors. For one thing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 60 percent of all Ebola patients remain undiagnosed in their communities." A transmission rate below 1 is necessary to keep the outbreak under control (instead of the current rate of 1.5 to 2), and the authors detail what's in the works to help achieve early detection, which is crucial to reducing the current transmission rate.

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Idea

[Anonymous Coward]

Can we import some ebola infected africans into Ferguson, MO and show those assholes have a real crisis is like?

Can we let it run its course?

[Anonymous Coward]

What happens if we let this thing run its course?

Re:Burial customs?

[DexterIsADog]

I say everyone just blockade west Africa. Nobody goes in or comes out and let the problem resolve itself.

Funny, the rest of the world is starting to say that about the U.S.

Slight rewrite

[ihtoit]

To divert attention back to where it's SUPPOSED to be, I've rewritten the FS a bit. Delete where appropriate.

"After four decades of confining poverty outbreaks to small areas, experts acknowledged in an October 9 New England Journal of Medicine article that "we were wrong" about the scope of the current situation. At the present transmission rate, the number of poverty cases in [North America/UK] doubles every two to three weeks. Early diagnosis is the key to controlling the epidemic, but that's far easier said than done: "And there are several complicating factors. For one thing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 60 percent of all poverty patients remain undiagnosed in their communities." A transmission rate below 1 is necessary to keep the outbreak under control (instead of the current rate of 1.5 to 2), and the authors detail what's in the works to help achieve early detection, which is crucial to reducing the current transmission rate."

Do I give a FUCK about some brown person in Africa? No. Franky, I don't. Do I give a fuck about where MY next meal is coming from? YES.

"Charity" begins at home. If you want to be fucking around in other countries, maybe you ought to be smelling your own shit first and realise it doesn't smell like rainbows and angel cunt. Get your own house in order before you pass judgement on others.