Ebola hits US - Dallas, TX

**RaginCajun** · 09-30-2014, 03:41 PM

how the hell does this even happen? CDC confirms first case of Ebola in US | Fox News

**RangerDanger830** · 09-30-2014, 04:00 PM

International travel, especially the kind that sends Americans over there to help with the outbreak then sends them back here. Dallas havign a huge international airport I am not surprised.

**RaginCajun** · 09-30-2014, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by RangerDanger830

International travel, especially the kind that sends Americans over there to help with the outbreak then sends them back here. Dallas havign a huge international airport I am not surprised.

Quarantine those fvcks!

They should not be able to fly out of that country without being swabbed/tested for Ebola

And I'm not surprised either

**Joco71** · 09-30-2014, 05:21 PM

Idiots!! Y would they allow people to come or go to those regions. That's a disaster waiting to happen. I swear the people that make decisions on that stuff have zero common sense. IMo

**lovbyts** · 09-30-2014, 05:52 PM

Sometimes I hate being right so often. The very first report of Ebola I told my co workers it was going to turn into an epidemic and spread to th US. I dont think its an accident either.

**Khazima** · 09-30-2014, 07:07 PM

Well you guys can keep it! Australia's tucked away in our own little epidemic free island!

It's a bit ridiculous that they can let this happen when the average joe realises how it could have been prevented.

BG · 09-30-2014, 07:09 PM

What ever I heard we are going to send the infected over to you like they used to do with criminals

Originally Posted by Khazima

Well you guys can keep it! Australia's tucked away in our own little epidemic free island!

It's a bit ridiculous that they can let this happen when the average joe realises how it could have been prevented.

**Joco71** · 09-30-2014, 07:44 PM

Damn it!!

**GirlyGymRat** · 09-30-2014, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by 00ragincajun00

how the hell does this even happen?

More surprised it hasn't happened earlier.

**Euroholic** · 09-30-2014, 07:59 PM

I dont see the big deal. Only 10000 people have died from ebola in world history. So very small in terms of viruses. Another hype blown out of proportion. You have a greater chance of going to Africa and getting hiv than anything else.

**Euroholic** · 09-30-2014, 08:08 PM

And by the way op. there are several americans with ebola in american hospitals who were diagnosed before they returned home. This is just the first case of a person diagnosed inside the usa. Some american history from a non american

**Euroholic** · 09-30-2014, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by Khazima

Well you guys can keep it! Australia's tucked away in our own little epidemic free island!

It's a bit ridiculous that they can let this happen when the average joe realises how it could have been prevented.

Its good ay.

WORLDS BIGGEST ISLAND!!!!!!!!!!

Now that we have the good government in power were keeping more people out. Its good

**Khazima** · 10-01-2014, 04:58 AM

Originally Posted by Euroholic

Its good ay.

WORLDS BIGGEST ISLAND!!!!!!!!!!

Now that we have the good government in power were keeping more people out. Its good

Yeah but we're also cutting funds for education/health care and my mums losing her job -.-

**Euroholic** · 10-01-2014, 05:04 AM

Originally Posted by Khazima

Yeah but we're also cutting funds for education/health care and my mums losing her job -.-

Sorry to hear about your mum But were in so much debt from labors incompetence that drastic measures need to be taken for the good of the nation. Labor is just useless

**austinite** · 10-01-2014, 05:07 AM

**RangerDanger830** · 10-01-2014, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by Euroholic

I dont see the big deal. Only 10000 people have died from ebola in world history. So very small in terms of viruses. Another hype blown out of proportion. You have a greater chance of going to Africa and getting hiv than anything else.

Ebola is more contagious than AIDS, that is why it is a big deal. There is no way to know how many people have died from Ebola accurately given it mainly affects the very poor and uneducated continent of Africa. That, and we haven't been recording the numbers for very long in our history.

The prior outbreaks were contained fairly easily because we acted quickly and isolated the problem. We did not know about this outbreak until it had infected many people so this one is going to be worse than most in the past due to our delayed response.

The CDC is currently predicting as many as 1+ million outbreaks in the next year. Whether this happens or not remains to be seen, but should be monitored by everyone for the time being.

2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC

**frank13** · 10-01-2014, 08:14 PM

This is how every Apocalypse movie starts

**Rwy** · 10-01-2014, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by lovbyts

Sometimes I hate being right so often. The very first report of Ebola I told my co workers it was going to turn into an epidemic and spread to th US. I dont think its an accident either.

Of course its not

**Sfla80** · 10-02-2014, 05:16 AM

There is a reported case now in Hawaii. ....not confirmed but person is in isolation

**RangerDanger830** · 10-02-2014, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by Sfla80

There is a reported case now in Hawaii. ....not confirmed but person is in isolation

The CDC has instructed all hospitals to immediately isolate anyone who has traveled lately and has a fever. I would hate to get stuck in that if I didn't have Ebola.

**thegame1431** · 10-05-2014, 12:04 AM

the whole thing is overblown, ebola is 10 times LESS infectious than measles

**lovbyts** · 10-05-2014, 01:03 AM

Originally Posted by thegame1431

the whole thing is overblown, ebola is 10 times LESS infectious than measles

Are you volunteering to go help the infected where the epidemic is then? Over 90% of people die from ebola. I have a feeling it's not anywhere close to that for measles.

The thing is they kept saying we had nothing to worry about here in the US. There is no way it would get here. Here it is.... How many cases now, only 2 so far? How many in the infected areas, 3400 so far?

I hope you are right but I still have the feeling this is far from being over.

**RangerDanger830** · 10-05-2014, 08:28 AM

Well I have to admit the media has their own reasons for blowing up the news with Ebola, but that is not to say it isn't a bad thing. Things like Ebola can become much worse if people are uninformed. At least we all know not to go hanging out in Africa in some parts without being aware of the risks. I was just there last month, I am glad I didn't catch it.

**songdog** · 10-06-2014, 05:57 AM

Some guy who flew back said he wasnt around it or in contact with it.Well he lied beacuse he was.He maybe facing charges.But once again American people sticking their nose in everyone elses biz.

**DOSA** · 10-06-2014, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by songdog

Some guy who flew back said he wasnt around it or in contact with it.Well he lied beacuse he was.He maybe facing charges.But once again American people sticking their nose in everyone elses biz.

what?

**RangerDanger830** · 10-06-2014, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by songdog

Some guy who flew back said he wasnt around it or in contact with it.Well he lied beacuse he was.He maybe facing charges.But once again American people sticking their nose in everyone elses biz.

Well I am sure he could have come in contact with it and not known it. I haven't heard anything about this case but I would like to think it would be easily thrown out or won by the defendant if he has a decent lawyer.

**Rwy** · 10-06-2014, 04:01 PM

pharma companies are poised for huge profits in 2015

it will be scary when everyone starts wearing masks on their faces.

**thegodfather** · 10-06-2014, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by Rwy

pharma companies are poised for huge profits in 2015

it will be scary when everyone starts wearing masks on their faces.

C'mon bro, there is no global conspiracy to colonize the world with Ebola....Please name a year that pharma companies AREN'T poised for huge profits?

**thegame1431** · 10-09-2014, 11:19 PM

the zombie apocalypse is coming too....

**Honkey_Kong** · 10-10-2014, 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by songdog

Some guy who flew back said he wasnt around it or in contact with it.Well he lied beacuse he was.He maybe facing charges.But once again American people sticking their nose in everyone elses biz.

He found away out of that one.

**GirlyGymRat** · 10-11-2014, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by Euroholic

I dont see the big deal. Only 10000 people have died from ebola in world history. So very small in terms of viruses. Another hype blown out of proportion. You have a greater chance of going to Africa and getting hiv than anything else.

How can you defend this comparison of HIV to Ebola?

Imagine you are working out at the gym and the person with HIV leaves some sweat on the equipment. You do your set. No issue. The sweat from Ebola is deadly.

If you come down with Ebola there is only a 10% chance of living in the best of situations with prompt medical diagnosis and care. There is NO CURE. NO antibodies. No cocktail to keep you alive. Death is sudden with internal bleeding.

**lovbyts** · 10-12-2014, 09:09 AM

Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.
The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.

**lovbyts** · 10-14-2014, 01:30 AM

**Tigershark** · 10-14-2014, 01:02 PM

I am still wondering how people are surprised by this? Someone travelled to a country with a disease and was not properly screened or lied when they re-entered. And the nurse who is infected most likely broke some type of protocol and got it that way.