Ebola virus hits Dallas (West, Italy: moving, trendy, station)

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by Eastcoasting

I hear they aren't allowing flights into or out of Dallas.

By the way, about 100 people will die today in the US as a result of car accidents.

I know this sounds crazy but I think that at some point every single one of us is going to die.

Wow, that's totally not true!

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by rynetwo

hmmm

Officials: Second person being monitored for Ebola

Also - the first patient was in contact with four or five CHILDREN WHILE HE WAS SYMPTOMATIC.

But...no cause for alarm, folks - absolutely no cause for alarm.

[JJG]

Originally Posted by Eastcoasting

I hear they aren't allowing flights into or out of Dallas.

By the way, about 100 people will die today in the US as a result of car accidents.

I know this sounds crazy but I think that at some point every single one of us is going to die.

*gasp*!

lol...

[synchronicity]

Originally Posted by Austin97

just fyi, the official numbers are thought to be about 25% of the actual numbers. So more like 12000 dead and 28,000 infected.

I agree with your primary point that epidemiologically it is relatively inefficient.

And the outbreak has been ongoing for 10 months, and it hasn't been limited solely to sparsely populated areas. AND it can be transmitted by survivors for several weeks after infection as well, and this variation has about a 40-50% mortality rate rather than 90%, so if anything it should be spread more easily than prior cases. And yet, in spite of things like that (and quarantine centers being actually attacked and destroyed, with symptomatic patients and their clothing and bedding being removed by people with no protective gear), there have been ~3,500 reported cases in Liberia, which even if we multiply by a factor of 5 would be under 18K in a country of 4 million people. If this were a flu with the medical practices (or lack thereof) in place there, I shudder to think what the numbers would be.

To the extent I'm worried about any disease, the enterovirus outbreak bothers me much more than Ebola, overwrought news stories notwithstanding. My chances of dying in a car accident are far far FAR greater than that of contracting Ebola (especially given the way people in Dallas drive. I saw one genius using the shoulder as her own personal lane this morning).

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Eastcoasting

I hear they aren't allowing flights into or out of Dallas.

By the way, about 100 people will die today in the US as a result of car accidents.

I know this sounds crazy but I think that at some point every single one of us is going to die.

Flights are normal today. No closures or cancellations due to Ebola.

And of course all of us are going to die one day. Using that "logic" why don't I just cut to the chase and go shoot myself in the head? I mean, we're all going to die anyway, right? But personally, I'd rather die at a later date and without all the Ebola drama.

[Eastcoasting]

All joking aside, that while concerning I do think this is being blown out of proportion but I promise that if I'm wrong and in a few months I find myself wrapping my house in duct tape and saran wrap I'll come back to this thread and y'all can beat me full sore.

Well, the 50-75% of you that are still alive at that point can attack me.

[MovingtoDFW]

Ebola patient was staying at Ivy apartments in NE Dallas.

Ebola patient was staying at northeast Dallas apartment

[JohnnyDA]

Wolf Blitz really came down hard on the Dallas Hospital medical staff.

[Trainwreck20]

The school kids getting exposed is definite turn in the wrong direction - kids tend to pass these things on much more often than adults. OTOH, 'exposed' does not mean 'transferred to', so hopefully it is contained.

[chipper21]

more info on patient:
Dallas patient in serious condition with Ebola - Dallas News | myFOXdfw.com