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BTW the patient is not suspected of carrying Ebola, he recently visited Africa and is suspected of having malaria or a gastrointestinal virus. They're going all rambo quarantine to cover their legal a$$es
I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but does anyone else suspect that this potential Ebola victim that's being hyped so much is just a planted story to test reaction? They put bags in parks and on subways or leave white-powder envelopes to see how people will react, why not this?
Whether it's ebola or just a virulent strain of the flu, some day it will hit. There was a lot of hype about H1N1 and then it just disappeared and people forgot, however there is a real threat of something like that happening. I am an insider on this subject and have seen what is going on from the inside. The truth is sooner or later there will be a virus that rapidly spreads. If it only affects 30% of the population there will be shortages of items. Just think if 1/3 of the truck drivers were sick and could not deliver to the local stores. Or 1/3 of the paramedics were sick. But when you consider 1/3 of the population so sick they can not work, you then have a real crisis. Mind you, I am not saying 1/3 of the population die - I am just saying sick.
As has already been said, most food stores have 2-3 days of supplies and that is at a normal sales rate. In a crisis they will sell out fast. If 1/3 of the drivers are out sick resupply will be a real problem.
The truth is most people could not last 3 days without going to the store. My research has discovered that most households do not have enough supplies to last 3 days without any outside help. (This meaning food, water, and a method of preparing it). Not to mention prescriptions and other emergency supplies.
Whether it's ebola or just a virulent strain of the flu, some day it will hit. There was a lot of hype about H1N1 and then it just disappeared and people forgot, however there is a real threat of something like that happening. I am an insider on this subject and have seen what is going on from the inside. The truth is sooner or later there will be a virus that rapidly spreads. If it only affects 30% of the population there will be shortages of items. Just think if 1/3 of the truck drivers were sick and could not deliver to the local stores. Or 1/3 of the paramedics were sick. But when you consider 1/3 of the population so sick they can not work, you then have a real crisis. Mind you, I am not saying 1/3 of the population die - I am just saying sick.
As has already been said, most food stores have 2-3 days of supplies and that is at a normal sales rate. In a crisis they will sell out fast. If 1/3 of the drivers are out sick resupply will be a real problem.
The truth is most people could not last 3 days without going to the store. My research has discovered that most households do not have enough supplies to last 3 days without any outside help. (This meaning food, water, and a method of preparing it). Not to mention prescriptions and other emergency supplies.
I am an insider/expert on this, too, and I say that the risk to be wiped out by a virus/pathogen is 1/1000th of that of the earth being hit by a planet out of its normal orbit in the universe.
better not to let that fantasy interfere with your normal living. you can only prepare such much for emergency/the unpredicted, and if the earth is doomed to fail us, living 30-60 extra days will just give you experience of more horror before you eventually give up to it...
with that said, being reasonably cautious and considerate of the surroundings is a virtue; worrying things beyond common sense is nothing more than self-torture.
I'm having a tough time getting through tonight without delivery. I live in soho though, so I can just help myself to the supplies of all the little male princesses prancing around that are too fem to put up a good fight.
Seriously though, try getting out of manhattan on a normal Friday afternoon. One of my biggest fears is this place having to be evacuated. Think I'd likely make my way down by the world financial center and find the best means to make it across the river.
If this was Ebola or rather an airborn virus, it would be almost pointless to quarantine manhattan given by the time it was realized, millions of people would have been exposed and have left the city already during their daily routines.
I'm having a tough time getting through tonight without delivery. I live in soho though, so I can just help myself to the supplies of all the little male princesses prancing around that are too fem to put up a good fight.
Seriously though, try getting out of manhattan on a normal Friday afternoon. One of my biggest fears is this place having to be evacuated. Think I'd likely make my way down by the world financial center and find the best means to make it across the river.
If this was Ebola or rather an airborn virus, it would be almost pointless to quarantine manhattan given by the time it was realized, millions of people would have been exposed and have left the city already during their daily routines.
When SARS broke out in big cities like Bejing and Shanghai, it was terrifying but still controllable, despite that these cities are even more packed and have much more backward medical/political technologies, and btw, SARS is airborne.
relax, be mindful of it, and take a chill.
I'm having a tough time getting through tonight without delivery. I live in soho though, so I can just help myself to the supplies of all the little male princesses prancing around that are too fem to put up a good fight.
Seriously though, try getting out of manhattan on a normal Friday afternoon. One of my biggest fears is this place having to be evacuated. Think I'd likely make my way down by the world financial center and find the best means to make it across the river.
If this was Ebola or rather an airborn virus, it would be almost pointless to quarantine manhattan given by the time it was realized, millions of people would have been exposed and have left the city already during their daily routines.
Best way out would be by boat.
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