SharkTooth: Ebola In Dallas

KrazyKris 10.02.14	It speaks for itself that these doctors sent the guy home after he said, he was in Liberia and thinks he might have Ebola. What kind of braindead idiots are working in your hospitals?
DikkoZinner 10.02.14	It's airborne all is lost
SharkTooth 10.02.14	pretty f-ckin stupid ones from the looks of it, I never had to go to a hospital so I can't say firsthand, but I'm quite sure ebola is not something to be scoffed at.
YoYoMancuso 10.02.14	it's not an absolutely pressing issue unless you're in Texas. People freak out because the CDC releases statements before they know all there is to know
zakalwe 10.02.14	Hell of a sequel to Debbie Does Dallas. Cafe au lait.
SharkTooth 10.02.14	"it's not an absolutely pressing issue unless you're in Texas." well THAT'S a relief lol
ExplosiveOranges 10.02.14	2 should be Spreading the Disease.
YoYoMancuso 10.02.14	I'm just saying be careful, not "keep all your doors shut and end all human contact"
SharkTooth 10.02.14	"2 should be Spreading the Disease." done and done
DikkoZinner 10.02.14	Walking Dead in real life, call in Shane
Mongi123 10.02.14	It won't spread. Outbreaks like these don't happen like they do in movies. We know what this is and we know how to contain it. Unless a virus is completely airborne, there won't ever be anything like say: the bubonic plague again.
SharkTooth 10.02.14	I'm just hoping that I'm living far enough from the guy who got first infected that I can be safe
YoYoMancuso 10.02.14	If Nigeria can contain it (which they did, only 20 cases and the original one was in a city of 21 million) then we probably won't even have another case. The only way it goes somewhere else is if it's flown in somewhere else.
KrazyKris 10.02.14	~I'm just saying be careful~ Really no need to. Everyone possibly infected is closely monitored and in quarantine. They're idiots, but it's still the US. Unless you mean "Please don't visit the guy and let him sneeze in your mouth". Then you're absolutely right.
Storm In A Teacup 10.02.14	How hard is it for a virus to get airborne though?
SharkTooth 10.02.14	it's usually a small scale virus in terms of contagiousness, but it's a REALLY deadly one nonetheless
Mad. 10.02.14	Chill to Ocean Towers and all your worries will fade away
Storm In A Teacup 10.02.14	I caught an airborne virus I think once. It wrapped around my heart and started hurting it. I was inhhospital for 6 days
KrazyKris 10.02.14	@Storm Not really our call. Depends on how stable the virus is, how likely it is to mutate. I personally don't know, how dangerous Ebola is when it comes to that. Only thing I read from some virologist is that its structure and behaviour is quite similar to the influenza, so maybe it's not that unlikely.
YoYoMancuso 10.02.14	"How hard is it for a virus to get airborne though?" very very very hard http://www.virology.ws/2014/09/18/what-we-are-not-afraid-to-say-about-ebola-virus/
Mongi123 10.02.14	Plus where Ebola is most prominent like in Africa, those areas are Third World countries without the means or resources to properly contain a disease like this. Countries like the US and Europe are perfectly capable.
NorthernSkylark 10.02.14	sound like acute virus, Storm
SharkTooth 10.02.14	So my chances of survival are somewhat mixed considering my unfortunately close distance to the start of the outbreak
KrazyKris 10.02.14	@YoYo doesn't sound like very hard, only like very unlikely. So it's maybe like winning the lottery, but that has happened every now and then. And the more people get infected, the more likely it is for Ebola to produce exactly that kind of mutation.
KrazyKris 10.02.14	~So my chances of survival are somewhat mixed considering my unfortunately close distance to the start of the outbreak~ Even if you get it, the experimental medicine seems to work quite well so far (not sure about that, but I think only one that got treated with it died). I'd guess it reduces the mortality rate from about two thirds to about 20-30%. Plus, you're young and have a healthy immune system. So, no worries. Believe me, just try and get infected...
SharkTooth 10.02.14	"And the more people get infected, the more likely it is for Ebola to produce exactly that kind of mutation." well there's something for my nightmares
DominionMM1 10.02.14	"sound like acute virus, Storm" sounds pretty ugly to me
SharkTooth 10.02.14	"So, no worries. Believe me, just try and get infected..." I'm gonna try not to get infected just for my personal safety but thanks
zakalwe 10.02.14	This has only been going on for a few months. Some villages in Africa lose a few thousand nameless and it's no drama. Soon as it comes to Western society and Billy Bob contracts it everyone shits it. Morons.
KrazyKris 10.02.14	Still doesn't mean a mutation is likely, but since even the UN and WHO are talking about the probability of 100 000 and more infected people, it doesn't seem too right to completely dismiss it. As a million to one shot maybe, but still.
DominionMM1 10.02.14	"Some villages in Africa lose a few thousand nameless and it's no drama. Soon as it comes to Western society and Billy Bob contracts it everyone shits it." proximity zak proximity
SharkTooth 10.02.14	"This has only been going on for a few months. Some villages in Africa lose a few thousand nameless and it's no drama. Soon as it comes to Western society and Billy Bob contracts it everyone shits it. Morons." the western world has an internet connection, which means more people have the ability to freak out on Twitter and such, is it really that surprising?
Xar 10.02.14	"This has only been going on for a few months. Some villages in Africa lose a few thousand nameless and it's no drama. Soon as it comes to Western society and Billy Bob contracts it everyone shits it. Morons." sad and ugly truth. smh
SharkTooth 10.02.14	infect a couple hundred people who can't afford computers: who cares? infect 10 people with twitter accounts: mass hysteria that's life/:
SCREAM! 10.02.14	"This has only been going on for a few months. Some villages in Africa lose a few thousand nameless and it's no drama. Soon as it comes to Western society and Billy Bob contracts it everyone shits it. Morons." Because this hasn't been talked about in the news for months and no efforts have been made in Africa whatsoever. Get your head out of your ass
ExplosiveOranges 10.02.14	Zak telling it how it is.
SharkTooth 10.02.14	"Because this hasn't been talked about in the news for months and no efforts have been made in Africa whatsoever." you're serious? I thought there war quarantines and shit across the countries where ebola struck
Xar 10.02.14	"Because this hasn't been talked about in the news for months and no efforts have been made in Africa whatsoever. Get your head out of your ass" pretty much the only reason why it was talked about in the U.S. news is bc there were U.S. citizens in Africa treating patients and in danger of being infected. especially after they did get infected, and were sent back to the U.S. to be treated.
SCREAM! 10.02.14	Sarcasm shark my man
Storm In A Teacup 10.02.14	"sound like acute virus, Storm" "sounds pretty ugly to me" Yeah it was rough. I'd been to the hospital the night before but they kicked me out at 3am and I had to walk a mile home. Fortunately it was just a mile. 9am I woke up and I thought I was dying and ended up collapsed on my front lawn before my mom drove through. And then when I got to hospital I was told I was only having a panic attack and they were annoyed by me. They had me wait n the ER waiting room for four hours while I was just collapsed there unable to breathe and in the worst pain ever. I asked for help to go to the bathroom and the attendants through the window said I can do it myself. (I couldn't even move my upper body without feeling completely destroyed and dying in my chest. Then they did their tests and it came back that I was having a heart attack (I'm 24 years old). A few days later a hundred thousand drugs later and a million tests later they realized something had attached to my heart.
Xar 10.02.14	"you're serious? I thought there war quarantines and shit across the countries where ebola struck" he's being sarcastic
KrazyKris 10.02.14	~Because this hasn't been talked about in the news for months and no efforts have been made in Africa whatsoever. Get your head out of your ass~ He said nothing else. I think it could get quite rough, if it really spreads to Europe. In Africa they destroyed hospitals, attacked medical staff. Who knows what'll happen with the dumb 'civilized' masses round here
zakalwe 10.02.14	'Who knows what'll happen' We'll all be sat around the tv awaiting the final result of some singing contest while bleeding out our arseholes.
SharkTooth 10.02.14	"Sarcasm shark my man" what can I say? sarcasm on the internet is a lot harder to detect
ScuroFantasma 10.02.14	The fact it's in the US at all is a bit worrying.
SharkTooth 10.02.14	"He said nothing else. I think it could get quite rough, if it really spreads to Europe. In Africa they destroyed hospitals, attacked medical staff. Who knows what'll happen with the dumb 'civilized' masses round here" we have a better chance of survival, although by how much is questionable
MMX 10.02.14	kill the texas
PayneTiger777 10.02.14	Maybe the Dallas Cowboys will get it....maybe.
Trebor. 10.02.14	The chances of the ebola spreading is ultra unlikely, media scare tactics ffs
Storm In A Teacup 10.02.14	anyone play the game Plague?
Storm In A Teacup 10.02.14	"cheer up everbody! you still use sputnik when youre dead like me! =D" u r adorable
YoYoMancuso 10.02.14	"media scare tactics" "THE US HAS A MASSIVE PROBLEM" -CNBC
KriegdemKriege 10.02.14	GET SCARED EVERYONE WE'RE GOING TO DIE
KriegdemKriege 10.02.14	"Some villages in Africa lose a few thousand nameless and it's no drama. Soon as it comes to Western society and Billy Bob contracts it everyone shits it. Morons." ^ this. Fuck the people getting worried about this now that it's in the US.
zakalwe 10.02.14	You just don't get it do you dude??
beefshoes 10.02.14	Unless you swap saliva, semen, vaginal juice, shite, sweat, perspiration, or someone who's infected with ebola coughs on you, you should be gold. Don't touch dead bodies either. That's the main factor that's played into how ebola has spread so much in west Africa.
zakalwe 10.02.14	That's me fucked.
beefshoes 10.02.14	rip zakalwe :[
Jesuslaves 10.02.14	hermit life master race
SharkTooth 10.03.14	"Unless you swap saliva, semen, vaginal juice, shite, sweat, perspiration, or someone who's infected with ebola coughs on you, you should be gold. Don't touch dead bodies either. That's the main factor that's played into how ebola has spread so much in west Africa." shouldn't be a problem then
YoYoMancuso 10.03.14	the only way it gets out is if quarantine is broken, and the only way quarantine is broken in Africa is when uneducated people "free" their friends from treatment and run away with them.
SCREAM! 10.03.14	"^ this. Fuck the people getting worried about this now that it's in the US" You're kidding right?
emester 10.03.14	as long as all those who contacted duncan are in quarantine, everything will be fine
Mongi123 10.03.14	Guys there's a listen to learn from all of this: Don't be a fucking idiot like this guy and come home from Africa knowing that you prob have Ebola and potentially infect your loved ones. I have spoken.
emester 10.03.14	Really not upset at the guy tbh. Its the fact that the hospital sent him home at first is what worries/angers me
Tyler. 10.03.14	hey have you guys heard of a little thing called climate change idk its just a small thing idk nothing to worry about
SharkTooth 10.03.14	"hey have you guys heard of a little thing called climate change idk" this ain't a global warming thread dude
Storm In A Teacup 10.03.14	ugh
RVAHC13 10.03.14	Honestly this country has more hypochondriacs than everywhere else in the world. From Avian Flu to Mad Cow to H1N1 I've had to brush off neurotic sensationalists from trying to convince everyone that THIS IS THE END without even calmly analyzing the full situation. The only difference now is that the disease isn't airborne, but of course someone out there saw Outbreak and is convince it's going to mutate at any second. We live in one of if not the most medically advanced country in the world and we've survived multiple outbreaks, including ones from other countries. Yes ebola is indeed transmitted through bodily fluids so it's clear you shouldn't be handling dead bodies or swallowing fecal matter during this time (if you work the morgue, sorry), the last thing people need to be doing is getting worked up over nothing and assuming the worst. Remember, BAD NEWS SELLS so don't go freaking out over the news either. No reporter seems to remember that we managed to fly two infected individuals from Africa to Georgia and resolve their illness just in time for an interview.
Greyvy 10.03.14	ebola is the newest and freshest meme
sixdegrees 11.24.17	holy fuck