Well they say the hospitals burn the fecal matter. That didn't happen from his house and the sanitary sewar water from Dallas is recycled and sent to Houston as drinking water. So Dallas is trying to kill of Houston. (Yes I realize the process that goes into making that drinkable but its still funny).

(10-01-2014 11:08 AM)slycat Wrote:  Well they say the hospitals burn the fecal matter. That didn't happen from his house and the sanitary sewar water from Dallas is recycled and sent to Houston as drinking water. So Dallas is trying to kill of Houston. (Yes I realize the process that goes into making that drinkable but its still funny).

Someone tell Houston Cougar fans to not drink the water!

Good read on the water

http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2011/12...-drinking/

I don't know about Ebola, but we do like to warn incoming freshmen to watch out for the Bobcat Scratch. ;-)

(10-01-2014 06:16 AM)bobcat09 Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 05:52 AM)cleburneslim Wrote:  Its alot more contagious and spread amongst children like the flu.

WOW! Really?! Please educate yourself. Treat it the same as HIV and you'll be fine. The difference between US and west Africa is that we have medicine and we take precautions when it comes to working with bodily fluids or being intimate. Do not let one person's ignorance be your influence on the subject matter. I live in Ft Worth and we are not worried.

-Ebola is NOT an airborne virus.
- People contract Ebola through contact with bodily fluids or blood of an infected person.

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/20.../16471377/

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/pdf/infographic.pdf

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/

You misunderstand i was saying the entrovirus is much more contagious and was spreading among children.

Man consider context did you not read the text immediately above my post

(10-01-2014 10:05 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 05:26 AM)gseagle Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 05:17 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 01:08 AM)Godzilla Wrote:  I have faith in the Dallas County Health department in conjunction with the CDC can keep this well under control. Hemorrhagic fever is scary but can be contained easily in a first world hospital.

Agreed. The good news is Viruses like that are very hard to transmit to others. Nothing we can do but have confidence that a hospital in a major country can contain it to an isolated incident.

Its not like he's the first ever on US Soil, just the first outside of Atlanta. Nigeria has effectively stopped the virus after it infected just 19 patients, and our health facilties are far better. If we cant contain it to no more than a couple isolated couples, I'd be far more worried about the state of our health care.

i hope you're right...i'm not as confident in the ability to contain this virus as you. we can't even contain the latest respiratory virus that's going around.

Controlling the Spread of Ebola is no different than really controlling the spread of Aids. An open part of your skin has to have direct contact with another person' vomit in order to spread the virus. That's the reason the virus strikes caregivbers. It spreads through family and doctors who don't follow proper sanitation and decontamination when dealing with the sick.

Africa's had a massive spread of this virus because people there are scared of the Government, and scared of doctors, and many often don't go to hospitals when they get sick, instead choosing to try and wait the virus out. They eat contaminated meat, and practice burial ceremonies with the dead that make it very easy to contract diseases.

They've said that a person isn't even contagious until they begin throwing up. Most Americans know to go into a doctor well before it gets to that point.

This is nothing like a respiratory virus that strikes children, is extremely rare, and is spread by sharing utensils, cups, and food with others. Something that is essentially impossible to avoid in the public school system.

The scary thing about Ebola is that there is no cure. That freaks people out to the ends of the earth.

this is how it can easily ebola can get out of hand and spread:
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/10/...apartment/

Stir pot....

Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.
Unite humanity with a living new language.
Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
Balance personal rights with social duties.
Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.
Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.

I am not worried and headed to dallas next week.

(10-01-2014 10:21 AM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 10:05 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 05:26 AM)gseagle Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 05:17 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 01:08 AM)Godzilla Wrote:  I have faith in the Dallas County Health department in conjunction with the CDC can keep this well under control. Hemorrhagic fever is scary but can be contained easily in a first world hospital.

Agreed. The good news is Viruses like that are very hard to transmit to others. Nothing we can do but have confidence that a hospital in a major country can contain it to an isolated incident.

Its not like he's the first ever on US Soil, just the first outside of Atlanta. Nigeria has effectively stopped the virus after it infected just 19 patients, and our health facilties are far better. If we cant contain it to no more than a couple isolated couples, I'd be far more worried about the state of our health care.

i hope you're right...i'm not as confident in the ability to contain this virus as you. we can't even contain the latest respiratory virus that's going around.

Controlling the Spread of Ebola is no different than really controlling the spread of Aids. An open part of your skin has to have direct contact with another person' vomit in order to spread the virus. That's the reason the virus strikes caregivbers. It spreads through family and doctors who don't follow proper sanitation and decontamination when dealing with the sick.

Africa's had a massive spread of this virus because people there are scared of the Government, and scared of doctors, and many often don't go to hospitals when they get sick, instead choosing to try and wait the virus out. They eat contaminated meat, and practice burial ceremonies with the dead that make it very easy to contract diseases.

They've said that a person isn't even contagious until they begin throwing up. Most Americans know to go into a doctor well before it gets to that point.

This is nothing like a respiratory virus that strikes children, is extremely rare, and is spread by sharing utensils, cups, and food with others. Something that is essentially impossible to avoid in the public school system.

The scary thing about Ebola is that there is no cure. That freaks people out to the ends of the earth.

And if you get that strain and recover, you never get that strain again. You are immune to it. So you got that going for ya... which is nice.

That hasn't been proven yet, but it is a hypothesis a lot of researchers are working from and it seems as though it may largely true.

Well is seems the Dallas hospital made a very stupid move when the guy first came in. They let him leave even though he told a nurse where he had been. 80 people are now believed to have been in contact some way.

Scores may have been exposed to U.S. Ebola patient

Quote:As many as 80 people had contact with the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus in the United States, a significant jump from the 18 cited earlier, NBC News reported on Thursday.

Health officials said four members of the man's family had been ordered to stay home as a precautionary measure and urged hospitals across the country to heed the lessons from Dallas, where a hospital initially sent the patient home, possibly exposing more people to the deadly virus.

The Dallas County health and human services said 80 people came into contact with the Ebola patient or his family, NBC reported Thursday. Director Zachary Thompson said the 80 included anyone who had some kind of contact with or exposure to the patient.

(10-02-2014 09:21 AM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  Well is seems the Dallas hospital made a very stupid move when the guy first came in. They let him leave even though he told a nurse where he had been. 80 people are now believed to have been in contact some way.

Scores may have been exposed to U.S. Ebola patient

Quote:As many as 80 people had contact with the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus in the United States, a significant jump from the 18 cited earlier, NBC News reported on Thursday.

Health officials said four members of the man's family had been ordered to stay home as a precautionary measure and urged hospitals across the country to heed the lessons from Dallas, where a hospital initially sent the patient home, possibly exposing more people to the deadly virus.

The Dallas County health and human services said 80 people came into contact with the Ebola patient or his family, NBC reported Thursday. Director Zachary Thompson said the 80 included anyone who had some kind of contact with or exposure to the patient.

Out of those 80 though, really the only people in direct danger would be those who maybe attempted to clean up his Vomit.

That probably means that maybe two or three of those 80 plus his immediate family were actually exposed. Hence why they are only isolating his immediate family.