Ebola on US shores

[Baron Von Crowder]

its not rocket science. I work in a hospital donning PPE and taking it off is something we do every day. In fact, id say about 40% of the people in my ICU right now are on contact or droplet isolation. We do the same thing day in and day out.

oh and btw.. I hope the majority of the media gets ebola for all this bullshit fear mongering. Its a whopping 4000 people in the last fucking year. Who cares?

No no, you are wrong. We're all gonna die.

[Shorty]

The nurse is a 2010 TCU grad.

[46Tbird]

its not rocket science. I work in a hospital donning PPE and taking it off is something we do every day. In fact, id say about 40% of the people in my ICU right now are on contact or droplet isolation. We do the same thing day in and day out.

oh and btw.. I hope the majority of the media gets ebola for all this bullshit fear mongering. Its a whopping 4000 people in the last fucking year. Who cares?

Obviously you and your coworkers are the only people on planet Earth that are trained to don and remove PPE correctly. LOL, what a joke. That same arrogance is what has caused this woman to contract Ebola.

Personally I consider a pandemic that is on our shores, still spreading, has a 50% mortality rate, and has no cure to be 'newsworthy.' Or as you say, "Who cares?"

PS - I'm well aware of what we're being told - that our healthcare system and hygiene should keep this disease in check.

[CJ]

Interesting fact to put it in perspective.

From 1976-2013 there were 1,716 reported cases of Ebola by the World Health Organization. This year there has been 8,736 suspected cases, and 4,024 deaths.

[46Tbird]

Who cares!

[bcoop]

Who cares!

<--- I don't!

[Ruffdaddy]

Interesting fact to put it in perspective.

From 1976-2013 there were 1,716 reported cases of Ebola by the World Health Organization. This year there has been 8,736 suspected cases, and 4,024 deaths.

Yikes...

That sheds a lot of light...unfortunately people (as evidenced in this thread) want to wait for it to turn into a massive disaster before caring. Proactive vs reactive...and the stakes of being wrong are massively weighted against the reactive side.

[blownaltered]

Yikes...

That sheds a lot of light...unfortunately people (as evidenced in this thread) want to wait for it to turn into a massive disaster before caring. Proactive vs reactive...and the stakes of being wrong are massively weighted against the reactive side.

I have to agree with this. I don't think this is being taken serious enough by the people in charge.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Yikes...

That sheds a lot of light...unfortunately people (as evidenced in this thread) want to wait for it to turn into a massive disaster before caring. Proactive vs reactive...and the stakes of being wrong are massively weighted against the reactive side.

I bet you live your life in pants-shitting fear of what you may die from any day.

How many people die from seasonal flu each year in the United States?

The number of seasonal influenza-associated (i.e., seasonal flu-related) deaths varies from year to year because flu seasons are unpredictable and often fluctuate in length and severity. Therefore, a single estimate cannot be used to summarize influenza-associated deaths. Instead, a range of estimated deaths is a better way to represent the variability and unpredictability of flu. An August 27, 2010 MMWR report entitled “Thompson MG et al. Updated Estimates of Mortality Associated with Seasonal Influenza through the 2006-2007 Influenza Season. MMWR 2010; 59(33): 1057-1062.," provides updated estimates of the range of flu-associated deaths that occurred in the United States during the three decades prior to 2007. CDC estimates that from the 1976-1977 season to the 2006-2007 flu season, flu-associated deaths ranged from a low of about 3,000 to a high of about 49,000 people. Death certificate data and weekly influenza virus surveillance information was used to estimate how many flu-related deaths occurred among people whose underlying cause of death was listed as respiratory or circulatory disease on their death certificate.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us_flu-related_deaths.htm

[CexMashean]

I bet you live your life in pants-shitting fear of what you may die from any day.

What's the mortality rate of the flu?

[ceyko]

I bet you live your life in pants-shitting fear of what you may die from any day.

I understand your point - but it's more about percentages.

According to this...

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/flu.htm

.5% of the people who get it die....

If Ebola spreads (and I realize it's still an "if") - a lot of people will die. I think the point being made, is do what it takes to make sure it does not spread. Right now it's very few people who have it. Better safe than sorry.

[idrivea4banger]

So can I panic today?

[Baron Von Crowder]

So can I panic today?

Ill panic when the cowboys win the superbowl.

[Forever_frost]

Yikes...

That sheds a lot of light...unfortunately people (as evidenced in this thread) want to wait for it to turn into a massive disaster before caring. Proactive vs reactive...and the stakes of being wrong are massively weighted against the reactive side.

And people say zombies couldn't overtake the world because we'd wipe them out before they did. This is the reason why I disagree

[bcoop]

What's the mortality rate of the flu?

If you'd open your eyes and read, his post included mortality rate of the flu.